Spooky Southwest

Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective backyard of the Southwestern states: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of thirty popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from cattle rustlers to runaway trains, laughing ghosts to arm-wrestling skeletons. Whether read around the campfire or from the backseat of the family van, each expertly told tale is guaranteed to make readers look at the American Southwest--and over their shoulders--again and again.