Presence in the Parlor: True Stories of Ghostly Encounters in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey (Spirits Between the Bays Series, Volume 5) - Softcover

Okonowicz, Ed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964324474 ISBN 13: 9780964324473

Publisher: Myst & Lace Pub, 1997

Synopsis

Presence in the Parlor is Vol. V of the Spirits Between the Bays Series. It includes 19 true ghost stories and two popular legends. The chapters include tales of haunted Indian sites, ghosts in Baltimore Harbor on the USS Constellation, a floating casket that comes home to rest in Accomack County, Va., ghost stories from Tangier Island, the "Dream Lady," and haunted inns in New Castle, Del., and Salem, N.J.

About this title

About the Author:

Ed Okonowicz is the author of 15 books, including two volumes featuring haunted antiques and nine volumes of the Spirits Between the Bays Mid-Atlantic ghost/folklore series. Several of his books have won state and national awards. The books in his DelMarVa Murder Mystery series are set on the Delmarva Peninsula, which includes Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia.

Also a professional storyteller, he has appeared in the documentary Ghost Waters, which was featured on The Learning Channel and he conducts ghost tours at Fort Delaware and other sites throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. He sometimes is referred to as "Delmarva's Stephen King."

Review:

"Okonowicz lulls the reader into a false sense of security and then--Wham!--he hits you with some terrifying detail..." -- Chris Woodyard, Invisible Ink

"So make some hot chocolate, turn out the lights, light some candles and read this local ghost story aloud." -- The Sentinel-Ledger [Ocean City, N.J.]

About this edition

• Publisher: Myst & Lace Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0964324474
• ISBN 13: 9780964324473
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 106
• Illustrator: Okonowicz Kathleen