Presence in the Parlor is Vol. V of the Spirits Between the Bays Series. It includes 19 true ghost stories and two popular legends. The chapters include tales of haunted Indian sites, ghosts in Baltimore Harbor on the USS Constellation, a floating casket that comes home to rest in Accomack County, Va., ghost stories from Tangier Island, the "Dream Lady," and haunted inns in New Castle, Del., and Salem, N.J.
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"Okonowicz lulls the reader into a false sense of security and then--Wham!--he hits you with some terrifying detail..." -- Chris Woodyard, Invisible Ink
"So make some hot chocolate, turn out the lights, light some candles and read this local ghost story aloud." -- The Sentinel-Ledger [Ocean City, N.J.]
"So make some hot chocolate, turn out the lights, light some candles and read this local ghost story aloud." -- The Sentinel-Ledger [Ocean City, N.J.]
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Ed Okonowicz is the author of 15 books, including two volumes featuring haunted antiques and nine volumes of the Spirits Between the Bays Mid-Atlantic ghost/folklore series. Several of his books have won state and national awards. The books in his DelMarVa Murder Mystery series are set on the Delmarva Peninsula, which includes Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia.
Also a professional storyteller, he has appeared in the documentary Ghost Waters, which was featured on The Learning Channel and he conducts ghost tours at Fort Delaware and other sites throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. He sometimes is referred to as "Delmarva's Stephen King."
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Throughout history, the parlor has been the site of many a ghostly tale. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Gritts, Eastern Shore, Battle of Cooch's Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, Lesley Manor, Pocomoke Forest, Civil War, Fox Lodge, The Bible, New Jersey New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Throughout history, the parlor has been the site of many a ghostly tale. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Gritts, Eastern Shore, Battle of Cooch's Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, Lesley Manor, Pocomoke Forest, Civil War, Fox Lodge, The Bible, New Jersey New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The National Directory of Haunted Places by Dennis William Hauck on page 16
- Pulling Back the Curtain (Spirits Between the Bays Series) by Ed Okonowicz in Back Matter
- Welcome Inn, Volume III: Haunted Inns, Restaurants, and Museums (Spirits Between the Bays) by Ed Okonowicz in Back Matter
- Haunted Places by William Hauck on page 16
- Crying in the Kitchen by Kathleen Okonowicz on page 3
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- Possessed Possessions 2 : More Haunted Antiques, Furniture and Collectibles by Ed Okonowicz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Up the Back Stairway by Ed Okonowicz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Halloween House (DelMarVa Murder Mystery, #2) by Ed Okonowicz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fired! by Ed Okonowicz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- In the Vestibule: True Ghost Stories from the Delmarva Peninsula to the Jersey Shore (Spirits Between the Bays Series, Volume IV) by Ed Okonowicz in Front Matter, and page 2
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