A huge wind swept through the bedroom, bringing with it the damp, salty smell of the sea. The tempest tore the blankets right off Billy’s shaking body. He sat bolt upright, heart thundering against his ribs, as a bloated, red-haired figure stepped down from the vastness of the eternal horizon and down into the bedroom…
“Sailor’s Revenge” from Spooky Washington
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 Washington state. You’ll meet a crimper who sells a newcomer to a ship captain heading for Shanghai without realizing he just doomed his own nephew to bondage; a dead grocer who feeds a starving woman in Spokane; a group of students that descend a mysterious staircase in a cemetery and find themselves at the gates of hell; a young boy that finds himself caught between his murderous step-father and a flesh-eating monster called the Bone Cleaner; and many more.
Washington 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 The Phantom Grocer: Spokane
2 At the Market: Seattle
3 The Warning: Cascade Mountains
4 I Am your Brother: Leavenworth
5 The Final Ride: Kent
6 The Extra Student: Vancouver
7 The Last Vigilante: Rockford
8 The Rocking Chair: Bellingham
9 Sailor’s Revenge: Port Townsend
10 Steak and Eggs: Spokane
11 Has Anyone Seen My Cow?: Steilacoomb
12 The Mausoleum: San Juan Islands
13 Get Out!: Bremerton
Part Two: Powers of Darkness and Light
14 Thirteen Steps: Maltby
15 Tree Octopus: Olympic Peninsula
16 The Draug: Poulsbo
17 Flying Saucers: Mount Rainier
18 The Miser: Tacoma
19 Mountain Devils: Mount St. Helens
20 Bone Cleaner: Douglas County
21 The Message: Richland
22 Demon Man: Yakima
23 Soap: Lake Crescent
24 The Wax Doll: Walla Walla
25 Beloved Woman: Mount St. Helens
26 Totem: Seattle