Spooky Virginia : Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

by Schlosser, S. E.; Hoffman, Paul G.

• ISBN13: 9780762751259
• ISBN10: 0762751258
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-03
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Pull up a chair or gather 'round the campfire and get ready for twenty-six creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the state of Virginia, From Goggle-Eyed Jim, who keeps stealing horses long after his death, to Rupp, the vampire who plagues Big Stone Gap, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.

Author Biography

S. E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of “let’s pretend” quickly built themselves into full-length stories. She created and maintains the Web site AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all 50 states, some dating back to the origins of America. She lives near the Hudson River in New York State.

 

Paul Hoffman illustrates books of many genres—children’s titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and cookbooks. For the Spooky series, he employs a scratchboard technique and an active imagination. He lives in Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Map	p. x
Introduction	p. xiii
Ghost Stories
Goggle-Eyed Jim: Great Dismal Swamp	p. 2
The Convert: Coeburn	p. 9
The Finger Bone: Lee County	p. 16
Shep: Shenandoah Valley	p. 25
Old House Woods: Mathews County	p. 32
A love Betrayed: Williamsburg	p. 39
Elbow Road: Virginia Beach	p. 45
Shower of Stones: Newport	p. 53
Angel: Fredericksburg	p. 61
The Horseman: Bowling Green	p. 70
Phantasie: Jamestown	p. 80
Old 97: Danville	p. 88
Bunny Man Bridge: Clifton	p. 94
Powers of Darkness and Light
The Witch's Shoulder: Big Laurel	p. 100
The Fiddler and the Wolves: Grayson County	p. 107
The White Dove: Danville	p. 113
The Black Dog: Bedford County	p. 121
Jack Ma Lantern: Front Royal	p. 129
Kitty: Smyth County	p. 138
Fire!: Richmond	p. 145
Foul Smell: Alexandria	p. 153
Trail of Blood: Gloucester	p. 158
Rupp: Big Stone Gap	p. 167
Devil in the Flour Barrel: Amherst County	p. 178
Consecration: Mount Vernon	p. 185
The Honest Wine Merchant: Richmond	p. 192
Resources	p. 198
Additional Chapter	p. 202
About the Author	p. 209
About the Illustrator	p. 210
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