Tales From The Haunted Valley

A collection of intriguing ghost stories & delightful folktales & legends of southern Appalachia. Most of these tales have authentic historical settings dating from the early days of settlement of this region to recent times.

A seemingly love triangle that involves murder and betrayal but is really a fascinating insight into the mind of Ambrose Bierce and his radical politics that condemn the nation building and racist ideologies of white superiority that was prevalent among the wealthy Americans of his time.

This is a collection of short stories from author and teacher Jason Lee Willis's creative writing students at Maple River High School. The Haunted Valley is a term used by local natives to refer to an area south of Mankato, where the Maple River School District can be found. Inspired by the local tales, students and staff submitted their own "camp fire" stories for this volume. All profits from the sale of this book are invested into creative writing materials for the students.Volume Two features "The Two Good Thunders" from author Jason Lee Willis as well as twenty stories from his 2019 creative writing class.

Ever hear of Schwaboo, a ghost who's just dying to be on stage? Or, the Brumbaugh Poltergeist? Or how about Duke, the haunted Stag? They are just some of the restless spirits who haunt the campuses of Penn State and they're just some of the ghosts you'll meet in the pages of Haunted Valley, the Ghosts of Penn State, a book that will explore haunted buildings, dorms, and grounds of Penn State, its Commonwealth campuses and communities that surround these schools.

Beaverkill Road: An Odd Assortment of Tales From a Haunted Valley By: Jonathan Hunt With many loosely connected stories of the Beaverkill Valley, these semi-historical tales weave together a non-linear picture of events that may or may not have happened in this special place. The stories also focus on how a long-established local community has been devastated by the gentrification of rural areas.

Bill Devol and Michael Seese lived through, and collected and edited, more than 50 tales of supernatural "things that go bump in the night" happenings in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and the surrounding areas.

Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Range less than 25 miles northeast of Vancouver, Yacolt was once a gathering place for local Indians to trade with coastal and intermountain tribes. The Klickitat word Yacolt means haunted valley or a place of evil spirits. The name might have come from an incident when five children were lost picking wild berries. The demon, Yacolt, took them, so the story goes.