As if he sensed my thoughts, Goggle-Eyed Jim turned his face toward the window. His eyes, behind the goggles, seemed to glow with a greenish-blue light. His face was so gray and withered, he seemed like a corpse…
“Google-Eyed Jim” from Spooky Virginia
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Virginia. You’ll meet Google-Eyed Jim, the bane of every Virginia sheriff since this notorious horse thief is really a ghost; a vampire stalking the miners around Big Stone Gap; a preacher who takes on the Jack Ma Lantern singlehanded – and loses; an Honest Wine Merchant who finds something unpleasant in his burgundy; and many others.
Virginia folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and through artist Paul G. Hoffman’s evocative illustrations. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and dreary night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to Grandma’s, this is a collection to treasure.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part One: Ghost Stories
1 Goggle-Eyed Jim: Great Dismal Swamp
2 The Convert: Coeburn
3 The Finger Bone: Lee County
4 Shep: Shenandoah Valley
5 Old House Woods: Mathews County
6 A love Betrayed: Williamsburg
7 Elbow Road: Virginia Beach
8 Shower of Stones: Newport
9 Angel: Fredericksburg
10 The Horseman: Bowling Green
11 Phantasie: Jamestown
12 Old 97: Danville
Part Two: Powers of Darkness and Light
14 The Witch’s Shoulder: Big Laurel
15 The Fiddler and the Wolves: Grayson County
16 The White Dove: Danville
17 The Black Dog: Bedford County
18 Jack Ma Lantern: Front Royal
19 Kitty: Smyth County
20 Fire!: Richmond
21 Foul Smell: Alexandria
22 Trail of Blood: Gloucester
23 Rupp: Big Stone Gap
24 Devil in the Flour Barrel: Amherst County
25 Consecration: Mount Vernon
26 The Honest Wine Merchant: Richmond