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The hills of the Appalachia region hold secrets—dark, deep, varied, and mysterious. These secrets are often told in the form of eerie, thrilling, and creepy folk tales that reveal strange sightings, curious oddities, and commonly serve as cautionary tales for eager and curious ears. These spine-tingling stories have been told and retold by family members, neighbors, and ""hillfolk"" for generations. Haint Country: Dark Folktales from the Hills and Hollers is a collection of weird, otherworldly, and supernatural phenomenon in Eastern Kentucky—tales that have been recorded and documented for the first time. Collected and adapted by Matthew Sparks and Olivia Sizemore, the anthology explores stories of ghosts or ""haints,"" strange creatures or ""boogers,"" haunted locations or ""stained earth,"" uncanny happenings or ""high strangeness,"" and humorous Appalachian ghost stories. Contemporary yarns of black panthers, demons, and sightings of ghostly coal miners are narrated in the first person, reflecting the style and dialect of the collected oral history. Though comprised of a mixture of claimed accounts and fabricated lore, the locations and people woven throughout are very real. Complemented with evocative watercolor illustrations by Olivia Sizemore (who was inspired by the work of Stephen Gammell) and a compendium that provides additional context, Haint Country is a thrilling and bone-chilling excursion to the spooky corner of Appalachia.

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Author:   Matthew R Sparks ,  Olivia Sizemore ,  Jordan Lovejoy
Publisher:   The University Press of Kentucky
Imprint:   The University Press of Kentucky
ISBN:  

9781985900974

ISBN 10:   1985900971
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Introduction Part I The Last Miner of Hurricane Creek A Harlan County Seance The Headlight Haint The Phantom Playmate 'It Was Always on when they Needed it Most' The Snowy Night Visitation The Ghost of Fish Creek 'Robert' The Dance The Man in Black Babies Under the Floor Boards The Old Owsley County Jail The Ghost Light The Bloodstained Mother of Bailey Branch The Crying in the Night ""Yoohoo, Mary Jane!"" Part II That's How Grandpa Quit Gambling They Could Hear it Scream The Hellacious Beast of Wild Dog Boogers of Harvey Bend Part 1 Boogers of Harvey Bend Part 2 'Cornhusk' 'Big Redeye' The Fourseam 'Thing' The Phantom Beast of Cow Creek The Lurker in the Cave Part III I know there are spirits there Tales from the Bonnyman Coal Camp The Restless Spirits of Beech Fork Elementary School My Haunted Double-Wide The Old Hyden Elementary Gym 'Sam' 'A Soul Left to Wander' Haunted Antebellum Property in Jackson County 'Evil Hanner' and the Legend of Blood Rock The Spirit Drums The Wrong Side of the Law Chaney's Knob Part IV A Thinness Where Things Can Bleed Through The Hairy Arm ""Do You See That?"" You'd Think There'd Be Blood Somewhere Being a Caul Bearer An Occurrence at Red River Gorge ""And I Ain't Been Back Since!"" 'Witchy' George Joseph The Unrest of Octavia Hatcher ""We Brought you Here For A Reason"" How to Become a Witch Another Formula for Becoming a Witch The Legend of the John Asher's UFO Part V A Successful 'Haint Hunt' The Pack Peddler's Bones ""That's the Closest I've Come to an Encounter with a Haint!"" Paw Hensley and the Naked Haint Woman of Squabble Creek Afterword Compendium Acknowledgements About the Authors"

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