Spooky California: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore

by S. E. Schlosser, Paul G. Hoffman (Illustrator)

Overview

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in California. Set in the Golden State's big cities, oceanside towns, rugged mountains, and sparsely populated deserts, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have readers looking over their shoulders again and again.

California's folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. Readers will meet the Queen of Death Valley, cheer on the ghost who haunts his claim-jumping murderer, look out for a blood-hungry rolling head, learn about the sea monster of Monterey Bay Canyon, and hear otherworldly voices from the Pacific Ocean—or simply feel an icy wind on the back of their necks on a warm California evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493040773
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/26/2019
Series:	Spooky
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	264
Sales rank:	362,255
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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. A graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature and Rutgers University, she also created and maintains the Web site AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all fifty states, some dating back to the origins of America. She is also the author of Globe Pequot's Spooky New England, Spooky New York, Spooky South, and Spooky Southwest. She lives in Arizona.

Paul G. Hoffman trained in painting and printmaking, with his first extensive illustration work on assignment in Egypt, drawing ancient wall reliefs for the University of Chicago. His work graces books of many genres—children's titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. For the Spooky series he employed a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.He lives in Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Part 1 Ghost Stories

1 Milk Bottles 2

Yuba City

2 The Spook of Misery Hill 7

Pike City, Sierra County

3 Vengeance 13

San Francisco

4 Llorona 21

Riverside

5 Haunted House 27

Fort Bragg

6 Innocence's Revenge 37

Santa Barbara

7 Lady in Lace 44

Pebble Beach

8 Betrayed 51

Hollywood

9 Joaquin's Head 56

San Francisco

10 Ghost Ship 62

Mojave Desert

11 The Bells 66

San Diego

12 Jake's Camels 71

Sierra Nevada

13 Voices of the Dead 80

Winchester Mystery House, San Jose

14 The Lady of Mugu Rock 86

Point Mugu State Park

15 The Lonely Grave 90

Nevada City

16 The Girl in White 95

San Diego

17 Foreshadowing 100

Beverly Hills

18 Wong 106

Lake Isabella

Part 2 Powers of Darkness and Light

19 The Hen and Her Chichi 118

Carmel

20 Juan Stops Flirting 124

Los Angeles

21 The Princess's Curse 130

Death Valley National Park

22 The Corpse Walker 136

Sierra Nevada

23 The Serpent 142

Lake Tahoe

24 The Devil and the Prisoner 147

Los Angeles

25 The Guardian 153

Yosemite National Park

26 May I Carry Tour Sack? 158

San Francisco

The Candle 163

Los Angeles

Tommy Knockers 168

Placerville

29 To Tour Health 176

Sacramento

30 The Evil Eye 184

Monterey

31 Bigfoot 190

Willow Creek

32 The Devil's Pet 197

Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles County

33 They Are Going to Hang Ton for This!

San Diego

34 The Lantern 210

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Ocotillo Wells

35 The Village 215

Mount Shasta

36 Menudo 222

Monterey

37 Prison Break 229

La Jolla

38 The Sarcophagus 236

Ojai

Resources 246

About the Author 250

About the Illustrator 250