Legends of the Mountain State - Softcover

Michael Knost

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979323606 ISBN 13: 9780979323607

Publisher: Woodland Press, LLC, 2007

Synopsis

This ghostly anthology includes thirteen accounts of Mountain State ghostly manifestations, myths and mountain mythology, based on known legends from the state West Virginia. Themes included in this work are Mothman, the Ethel coalmine spector, the Chapmanville school haunting, the Ghost of #22 Mountain and many others. Nationally known horror writer Michael Knost serves as the anthology s editor. Participating writers are an amalgamation of professional authors and novelists in the horror, science fiction and fantasy fields, along with up-and-coming writers from Appalachia. Many are National Bram Stoker Award winning authors currently in the national spotlight. All 13 of these stories take place in the state of West Virginia and are of a family-friendly nature; however, this title is suitable for anyone, from any state, who enjoys bone-chilling ghost tales told by some of the best storytellers in the business.

About this title

About the Author

Thomas F. Monteleone is a 4-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the highest honor for writers in the horror genre. He has written television scripts for American Playhouse, George Romero s Tales from the Darkside, and a series on Fox TV entitled Night Visions. He is also the author of the bestseller, The Complete Idiot s Guide to Writing a Novel. Tim Waggoner s novels include Forge of the Mind Slayers, Darkness Wakes, Pandora Drive, The Thieves of Blood, the Godfire duology, Like Death, and A Nightmare on Elm Street: Protégé. Kealan Patrick Burke is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Currency of Souls, The Turtle Boy, The Hides, Vessels, Midlisters, Ravenous Ghosts, and The Number 121 to Pennsylvania, and the editor of the anthologies: Taverns of the Dead, Night Visions 12, Brimstone Turnpike, Quietly Now, and Tales from the Gorezone. Scott Nicholson is the author of six Appalachian Gothic thrillers, including They Hunger and The Farm. He was a 1999 winner of the Writers of the Future award and a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. Joe Nassise is the author of the internationally best-selling series, The Templar Chronicles. He's a Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award nominee, as well a former president of the Horror Writers Association. Bev Vincent is a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine, the horror industry s standard. His first book, The Road to the Dark Tower, an authorized companion to Stephen King s Dark Tower series, was published by New American Library in 2004 and was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. Mark Justice is the author of Bone Songs, a collection of stories from Delirium Books, Deadneck Hootenanny (Novello Publishers) and, with David T. Wilbanks, Dead Earth: The Green Dawn ( PS Publishing). G. Cameron Fuller is an author, editor, and writing teacher who lives in Charleston, West Virginia. For several years, Fuller was on the editorial board for Writer's Digest. Michael M. Hughes is an up-and-coming writer in the horror genre with his first novel in the works for this year. Jude-Marie Green is an author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Brian J. Hatcher is a writer, poet, oral storyteller, actor, magician, fire eater, and wrestling manager from Charleston, West Virginia. Trent Walters is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. Marta Murvosh is a journalist in Northwestern Washington.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodland Press, LLC
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979323606
• ISBN 13: 9780979323607
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Michael Knost