New Collection of Humorous Ghost Stories for Young (Middle-Grade) Readers

Oct. 12, 2010 - PRLog -- Welcome to the spooky realm of Myrtleville, a fictional small town in Indiana near the Wabash River, set in an area of prairie-covered hills and dark, forested hollows . . . and inhabited by an endless host of ghosts!

Released just in time for Halloween, Dripping Blood Cave and Other Ghostly Stories is a new collection of eight humorous ghost stories by author Raymond Bial of Urbana, Illinois.

Bial is the author of more than 100 books, including acclaimed photodocumentary books Amish Home, The Underground Railroad, Where Lincoln Walked, Nauvoo, Ellis Island, and others. His previous ghost stories include The Fresh Grave, The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek, and Shadow Island.

Perfect for middle-grade readers, the linked stories in Dripping Blood Cave feature the adventures of young teen ghost-magnets Hank Cantrell and his fleet-of-foot, ’fraidy-cat sidekick, Clifford Hopkins.

Together, Hank and Clifford encounter a host of spooks, haunts, spectres, and just plain ornery folks who won’t die and go away . . . until Hank works out a solution ("assisted" – if that’s the word – by the big-talking, faint-hearted Cliffie).

Join the plucky fellows, and their sweethearts Rosie and Mary Ethel, for some fun, not-so-scary adventures . . . facing (and learning valuable lessons from) the ghosts of the past.

Praise for earlier books in the Hank & Clifford series:
“Readers will find the suspense satisfying and the main character a sympathetic hero.” – Booklist
“A page-turner . . . will keep readers looking forward to further exploits of these two ghost sleuths.” – School Library Journal

Dripping Blood Cave and Other Ghostly Stories is available in trade paperback for $13.95. To order, visit Crickhollow Books (http://www.crickhollowbooks.com/), or order from your favorite bookstore, around the corner or online.

DRIPPING BLOOD CAVE
And Other Ghostly Stories
by Raymond Bial
Crickhollow Books • October 2010
Trade Softcover, 200 pages, 6” x 9”
Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Ghost Stories (for ages 8–12 and up)
$13.95 • ISBN 978-1-933987-13-2

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Crickhollow Books is an independent press, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, publishing quality fiction and nonfiction. For more information about this and other titles, visit our website at http://CrickhollowBooks.com.