Dark-Thirty Southern Tales of the Supernatural

When it is neither day not night, when shadows lurk and play tricks on the mind, storytelling takes on a spectral cast. In that special half hour of twilight-the dark-thirty-you'll feel the spine-tingling horror of these tales: When a retired Pullman porter hears a ghostly whistle, he knew it's the last train he'll ever ride. Phantom pictures appear on a windowpane-and expose a man's guilt in a lynching. An ex-slave reveals how a straw doll and an ancient chant helped him gain his freedom.Pat McKissack is the author of 'Dark-Thirty Southern Tales of the Supernatural' with ISBN 9780606158848 and ISBN 0606158847.