Book description
If tree branches scratching at your window on a stormy April night or
the hot, sticky oppression of a stifling summer's day puts fear into
your heart. Or rustling November leaves, and the chill that sneaks into
your bones during the darkened days of winter makes you quiver with
anxiety, then reading spooky thrillers shouldn't wait until October.
From masterful storytelling duo Roberta and Lonnie Brown comes Spookiest
Stories Ever: Four Seasons of Kentucky Ghosts, a creepy collection of
tales from their home state. Featuring familiar Kentucky landmarks such
as the Palace Theater and the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville and
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, these accounts from across the
commonwealth are sure to put a tingle in the reader's spine. These
notable stories, including tales of the “chime child” who can see and
talk to ghosts, graveside appearances, and the Spurlington Witch of
Taylor County, occur in all four seasons and come from every corner of
Kentucky. An essential part of the American storytelling tradition,
these ghost stories will delight readers who love getting goose bumps
all year long. Roberta Simpson Brown is a retired teacher and an
acclaimed storyteller. She is the author of The Walking Trees and Other
Scary Stories, Queen of the Cold-Blooded Tales, and Scared in School.
Lonnie E. Brown is a musician and author of Stories You Won't Believe.
He also coauthored Spooky, Kooky Poems for Kids, with his wife Roberta.
Both are natives of Russell Springs in south-central Kentucky.
Illustrator J. D. Wilkes is a comic book author, award-winning
documentary filmmaker, and musician. He lives in Paducah, Kentucky.
