Trucker Ghost Stories: And Other True Tales of Haunted Highways, Weird Encounters, and Legends of the Road
“[Trucker Ghost Storiesis] a terrific collection of stories told by truckers, or about ghostly encounters on the road…. Two of those stories were particularly moving. "My Guardian Angel is a Truck Driver" is an unusual story of a Hillsborough County, Florida deputy sheriff who encounters the same truck driver twice in her life. And, Gary M. Vaughn's story, "Babe," actually made me tear up, the story of a truck that passed from one trucker to another, with interesting results….Trucker Ghost Stories brings a slightly different viewpoint to ghost stories, an interesting take on the subject. There are enough fascinating stories to make this anthology a worthwhile addition to any ghost story collection.” --Lesa's Book Critiques "Britain and Europe have their road ghosts (as the work of Paul Devereux and others attests), but the USA is the country of the internal combustion engine; while its highways may be considerably newer than our ancient lands and trackways, its road-lore is arguably more extensive. And nowhere is this more evident than in the semi-mythic figure of the truck driver, hero of a thousand country songs and spinner of as many tales of life on the road – including its spooky side, as shown in the traditions of ghostly vehicles and phantom hitchhikers. Annie Wilder, who has previously written on haunted houses, has collected together a wide range of firsthandTrucker Ghost Stories, very much in the manner of one of our ownIt Happened to Me!collections. In fact, the material extends beyond ghost stories to encompass pursuit by weird lights, URO encounters, demon attacks, skinwalkers and even the chupacabras. Wilder’s own wonderfully weird story of following a Michelin Man entity on Interstate-94 earns her some extra brownie points with us as she refers to “the UK’s hipster paranormal magazine Fortean Times”! Some stories stretch credulity, some have endings that are a little too pat to ring true, but there are some real gems of weirdness here and the whole thing is perfect for late-night reading…but perhaps not as you huddle in your cab at a lonely truck-stop!" --Fortean Times, October 2012