Haint Country (eBook)

Dark Folktales from the Hills and Hollers

Matthew R. Sparks, Olivia Sizemore (Herausgeber)

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2024
216 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-1-9859-0099-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The hills of the Appalachian region hold secretsdark, deep, varied, and mysterious. These secrets are often told in the form of eerie, hair-raising, and creepy folktales that reveal strange sightings and oddities, and they commonly serve as cautionary tales for eager and curious ears. These spine-tingling stories have been shared among family members and neighbors in eastern Kentucky for generations. Haint Country: Dark Folktales from the Hills and Hollers is a collection of weird, otherworldly, and mystic phenomenatales that have been recorded and documented for the first time. Collected and adapted by Matthew R. Sparks and Olivia Sizemore, the anthology explores ghosts or "e;haints,"e; strange creatures or "e;boogers,"e; haunted locations or "e;stained earth,"e; uncanny happenings or "e;high strangeness,"e; and humorous Appalachian ghost encounters. Contemporary first-person yarns about black panthers, demons, and spectral coal miners reflect the style and dialect of the region. Though comprised of a mixture of claimed accounts and fictional lore, the locations and people woven throughout are very real.Complemented by evocative watercolor illustrations by Olivia Sizemore (who was inspired by the work of Stephen Gammell), Haint Country is a thrilling and bone-chilling excursion to the spooky corner of Appalachia.

Autor

Matthew R. Sparks holds a doctorate in Middle East studies from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva, Israel. A native of southeastern Kentucky, he is a writer and researcher focusing on minority ethnic and religious communities in the Middle East. Olivia Sizemore, who was born and raised in Leslie County, Kentucky, holds a BA in studio art from Berea College.

Inhalt

Foreword, by Jordan Lovejoy
Introduction, by Matthew R. Sparks
Part I: Haint Tales
The Last Miner of Hurricane Creek, by Scott Melton
A Harlan County Séance
The Headlight Haint, by Olivia Harris
The Phantom Playmate, by Tracy Banks Shepherd
'It Was Always on when they Needed it Most', by Keisha Morgan
The Snowy Night Visitation, by Tracy Banks Shepherd
The Ghost of Fish Creek, by Carl Fox Jr.
'Robert', by Tracy Banks Shepherd
The Dance, by Carl Fox Jr.
The Man in Black, by Amanda Jones Smith
Babies Under the Floor Boards, by Nathan McDaniel
The Old Owsley County Jail, by Deron Mays
The Ghost Light, by Shania Davidson
The Bloodstained Mother of Bailey Branch, by Sharon Shepherd
The Crying in the Night, by Olivia Sizemore
"Yoohoo, Mary Jane!", by Sharon Gibson McIntosh
Part II: Boogers
That's How Grandpa Quit Gambling, by Rhonda Turner Meade
They Could Hear it Scream
The Hellacious Beast of Wild Dog, by Candi Sizemore Crawford
Boogers of Harvey Bend Part 1: The Sasquatch of 476
Boogers of Harvey Bend Part 2: The Lady in White
'Cornhusk', by Miryam Jackson
'Big Redeye', by Destiny Kaplan
The Fourseam 'Thing'
The Phantom Beast of Cow Creek, by Sharon Gibson McIntosh
The Lurker in the Cave
Part III: Stained Earth
I know there are spirits there, by Rosa Couch
Tales from the Bonnyman Coal Camp, by Mike Overbee
The Restless Spirits of Beech Fork Elementary School, by Samantha North
My Haunted Double-Wide, by Tracy Banks Shepherd
The Old Hyden Elementary Gym
'Sam', by Tonya Moore
'A Soul Left to Wander', by Haley Wells
Haunted Antebellum Property in Jackson County, by Candi Sizemore Crawford
'Evil Hanner' and the Legend of Blood Rock
The Spirit Drums, by Candi Sizemore Crawford
The Wrong Side of the Law
Chaney's Knob, by Tonya Moore
Part IV: High Strangeness
A Thinness Where Things Can Bleed Through
The Hairy Arm
"Do You See That?", by Destiny Caldwell
You'd Think There'd Be Blood Somewhere, by Keisha Morgan
Being a Caul Bearer
"And I Ain't Been Back Since!", by Nathan McDaniel
'Witchy' George Joseph, by Jamie Leigh Dean
The Unrest of Octavia Hatcher, by Brittany Brock
How to Become a Witch
Another Formula for Becoming a Witch
The Legend of the John Asher's UFO, by Eric Wilder, Jonathan Wilder, Andy Wells, and Dustin Feltner
Part V: Humorous Haints
A Successful 'Haint Hunt', by Deron Mays
The Pack Peddler's Bones, by Matthew R. Sparks and Hobert Miniard
"That's the Closest I've Come to an Encounter with a Haint!", by Deron Mays
Paw Hensley and the Naked Haint Woman of Squabble Creek, by Larry Sparks and Matthew R. Sparks
Afterword, by Olivia Sizemore
Compendium
Acknowledgements
About the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2024
• Illustrationen: Olivia Sizemore
• Vorwort: Jordan Lovejoy
• Zusatzinfo: 28 b&w illustrations
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Appalachia • cryptids • Folklore • Folktales • Ghosts • Ghost Stories • haints • illustrated books • Kentucky • Oral History • Oral Traditions • Paranormal • scary • Southern Gothic • stephen gammell • Storytelling • Supernatural • Thrillers • watercolor art
• ISBN-10: 1-9859-0099-8 / 1985900998
• ISBN-13: 978-1-9859-0099-8 / 9781985900998