The stories between the covers of this book are for those who love their tales of the weird, unusual and macabre deliciously - real. Werewolves, vampires, aliens, cryptids, and ghosts are just a few of the mysterious creatures to whom you will be introduced or reintroduced through the voices of those who have encountered them. Come join the Paranormal Journalist as she guides you through a fantastical landscape inhabited by otherworldly beings too often relegated to the dark corners of humanity's consciousness. Read about real paranormal investigators who go places few would go to meet and communicate with the spirits of those long dead. Find out about a harbinger of doom that foretold the collapse of a superstructure and launched a legend. Learn about an organization dedicated to the pursuit of evidence of UFO abductions and visitations. Many writers conduct academic research, but Pat Bussard has also traveled to many of the locations she wrote about in this book to bring to the reader a deeper connection to these places of historical supernatural significance. She has interviewed some of the most renowned voices in the paranormal field to give readers authentic true stories of the preternatural. The book is heavily illustrated by photographs taken by the author while she was on location. Foreword by Rosemary Ellen Guiley. Hear their voices. Read the book. Know the truth.
About the Author: Pat Bussard is the founder of The Ghost Writers, a team of paranormal investigators. Part of the mission of the team is to help preserve stories of paranormal significance, so that they are not lost over time (www.hauntedwriters.com). As a former journalist, as well as an author, her published works have woven words between the covers and across the pages of magazines, books and newspapers. Her column HAUNTED AMERICA was a regular feature in Ghost Voices Magazine, the premier magazine in the U.K. focusing on ghosts and haunting activity. She also writes a column for The Loafer, an arts and entertainment magazine. Her column titled WEIRD WORLD, focuses on the people and issues impacting the world (or the other world) of the paranormal. She also wrote for Haunted Times Magazine, where her column, THE EVIDENCE LOCKER, covered investigations at historic and interesting haunted locations across the country. In addition to the hundreds of nonfiction articles and stories published under her byline, she is also gaining a reputation as a successful horror fiction author. She's had a number of stories published, most recently, "Dining with the Dead," which recently appeared in Witches Brew, from Wicked East Press. As fond as she is of the written word, she is in demand as a paranormal conference speaker. She recently presented at The Great Appalachian Spook Show in McConnelsville, OH, and VA ParaQuest, in Lynchburg, VA, and ScareFest, Lexington, KY, among others. Pat is also an avid photographer whose works have graced the covers of dark fiction and literary magazines. Her recent cover photographs include: "Stairs in Haunted Mansion," which appeared on the cover of Pedestal Magazine, for the February/March 2012 edition; "Danger: Do Not Enter," Screaming Midnight; and, "Moonlite Theatre Closed" appeared on the cover of the February 2013 edition of Twisted Dreams Magazine. Her dark photography can be seen at the 606 State Street Gallery in Bristol, TN.