Third Book on Rockford, Illinois Cemeteries Released

ROCKFORD, Ill. - June 18, 2019 - PRLog -- The third book in a new series on Rockford, Illinois cemeteries was released on June 18th.  The book focuses on  two of Rockford's cemeteries, Arlington Memorial Park and Union Cemeteries. The book is by Gary Hill. It is a photo-heavy book, with extensive galleries of each cemetery along with some general information on each location and a short segment on one notable burial at Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery.

The first book in the series was published on April 9th and was focused on Cedar Bluff and Greenwood Cemeteries. That book was similarly photo heavy. It was also done by Gary Hill, but that one also included contributions from Ernie Fuhr. On that one the galleries are rounded out by some bios of some of the notable burials and an article by Ernie Fuhr titled "The Ghouls of Greenwood."  The second book was released on April 23rd - which is World Book Day.  The book focuses on  two of Rockford's oldest remaining cemeteries, Guilford Turner and Guilford Union Cemeteries.  That one was solely by Gary Hill.

Originally scheduled for March, lingering snow in the area slowed the process because it created a snag with getting the photographs taken. Poplar Grove based Tales of Wonder and Dread Publishing is releasing the book series titled "Rockford's Final Resting Places." Going forward the series will continue its focus on cemeteries in Rockford. Each future book (as the first two) will feature a limited number of cemeteries. The fourth book is scheduled to be published on 815 Day - August 15th. .

Founded in 2018, Poplar Grove based Tales of Wonder and Dread Publishing has released seven books to date:. "Life Blood: A Collection of Vampire Tales," "Spooky Rockford: Creepy Tales in the Greater Forest City Area" and "Strange Realities: Collected Short Stories and More by Gary Hill - Expanded and Revised Edition" were all released on September 4th. "Spirited Classics: A Collection of Timeless Ghost Stories" was published one month later. "Original Superheroes: Classic Tales of Superhuman Beings" was published on November 6th.  "Interstellar Journeys: A Collection of Space Travel Stories"  and "Temporal Journeys: A Collection of Time Travel Stories"  were both released on February 5th.

"Life Blood: A Collection of Vampire Tales" features modern vampire related contributions from Heath D. Alberts, Erynn Crittenden, Gary Hill, Dustin Urness and Dessie R. Voigt along with historical tales in the rich tradition of vampiric fiction, including some poetry. "Spooky Rockford: Creepy Tales in the Greater Forest City Area" includes non-fiction, fictionalized non-fiction and fiction stories with contributions from Heath D. Alberts, Ernie Fuhr, Diane Hill, Gary Hill and Kathi Kresol along with two photo galleries.  "Strange Realities: Collected Short Stories and More by Gary Hill - Expanded and Revised Edition" is a reissue with five newer fiction tales (along with two non-fiction and some blog posts) not included in the  original collection of short stories.

"Spirited Classics: A Collection of Timeless Ghost Stories" is a collection of classic ghost stories from Algernon Blackwood, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and H.G. Wells. "Original Superheroes: Classic Tales of Superhuman Beings," is a collection of mythology tales with some illustrations under the assumption that mythological tales were the original superheroes. "Interstellar Journeys: A Collection of Space Travel Stories" features stories from Heath D. Alberts, Eric Danhoff, Gary Hill, Ian Christopher LeBlanc, John Michael Oró and Katrina Cooper-Hinton along with a classic tale from Edgar Allan Poe.  "Temporal Journeys: A Collection of Time Travel Stories" includes new tales from Heath D. Albert, Abby Goldsmith and Gary Hill along with several classic tales.

All of the books will be available in paperback at lulu.com/strangesound and Amazon.com and other book retailers. A hardcover edition of each will be available exclusively at lulu.com/strangesound.