From The Frightening Floyds—authors of Kentucky's Strange and Unusual Haunts, Aliens Over Kentucky, and many other books on the mysterious and paranormal—comes Kentucky's Haunted Graveyards, a collection of spooky stories from various cemeteries across the Bluegrass State.Within this book you will find abandoned cemeteries filled with spirits, celebrities' graves, a glowing tombstone, a haunted mausoleum, a sprawling necropolis filled with exquisite monum...

The Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century examines the intimate connections between the horror genre and its audience’s experience of being in the world at a particular historical and cultural moment. This book not only provides frameworks with which to understand contemporary horror, but it also speaks to the changes wrought by technological development in creation, production, and distribution, as well as the ways in which those who are traditionally underrepresented p...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Five stories linked by the same suspense, Italian Gothic is about brave heroines who move through dark and damned places, defying death and facing magical and otherwordly challenges.Miserere: In 11th-century Italy, Countess Isabella is hosted by Abbot Edmond, a man who is considered a saint. But his gloomy abbey holds many secrets, such as what caused the fire that had damaged the building thirty years earlier?The Black Death: Pisa...

Horace Graves is the sole owner of the Graves Mortuary, Crematorium, and Memorial Park. Having both physical deformities and awkward social skills, Horace is desperately lonely. He has neither wife nor friends, but that changes the day he decides to create his own friends and lovers.Instead of burying the dead brought to his mortuary, he mummifies the corpses and places them one-by-one into his living room. Life is good for Horace and his mummified family—for a little while.

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed by Minneapolis police officers, sparking months of unrest at home and around the world. As millions took to the streets to express their outrage and speak out against systemic racism, injustice, and institutionalized violence, the city of Minneapolis and its residents were deeply shaken. For many, George Floyd's murder and the ensuing uprisings shattered the city’s reputation for progressive ideals and a high quality of life. ...

This is an adventure book. I hope that it will be the start of a series.