Ghostoria
Subtitle: Vintage Romantic Tales of Fright
By: Tam Francis
Publisher: Plum Creek Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lockhart
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780692264874
Subjects: FICTION; Ghost
Description: Do you like scary stories with a little romance and a vintage twist? Welcome to Ghostoria. What happens when a WWII secretary is trapped in the office with a ghost and the only way out is to make an unwelcome choice? Drive-in movies, hot rods and jitterbugs populate "Long Way Home;" can one young man survive a bloody night in a historic cemetery with his girlfriend? Young residents of a cursed Texas town grapple with what they're willing to sacrifice in order to save their crops, animals and loved ones? Can a kindergarten teacher silence the talking doll that has frightened her students by solving a 50-year-old mystery? Find out what happens when a college coed gets more than she bargained for with her vintage swing dress. A lone lady hitchhiker hops a ride in a 1959 El Dorado Cadillac by a roadside grave. Who will be alive at the end of the drive? A turn-of-the-century jail that housed murderers, liars and thieves for over a100 years is taken over by six teenagers on Halloween. What happens when a childhood chant turns deadly? Those are just a few haunts and haints that populate this world of unrequited love, woe and mystery. Ghostoria will gnaw the corners of your mind and challenge your ideas about life, love and death long after you leave.