Haints on Black Mountain : a haunted short story collection / Ann Hite.
"Ann Hite takes her readers back to Black Mountain with this haunted short story collection. An array of new characters on the mountain experience ghostly encounters. The collection took inspiration from her beloved readers, who provided writing prompts. "Wrinkle in the Air" features Black Mountain's Polly Murphy, a young Cherokee woman, who sees her future in the well's water. Readers encounter relatives of Polly Murphy as the stories move through time. "The Root Cellar" introduces Polly's great grandson, who tends to be a little too frugal with his money until a tornado and Polly's spirit pays the mountain a visit. In "The Beginning, the Middle, and the End", readers meet Gifted Lark on an excessively frigid January day. This story moves back and forth between 1942 and 1986 telling Gifted and her grandmother Anna's story. This telling introduces spirits that intervene in the spookiest of ways. "The Ghost Dog" brings a young widow, who is a photographer, and her thirteen-year-old son to the foot of Black Mountain to live in a one-hundred-fifty-year-old house. Spirits from the past, inhabitants of the house, come into play. This tale is really two: one told in the present and one in 1940. How can two mothers' paths converge with decades separating them? "Take Me Home" features a young girl whisked away from Black Mountain to stay with her grandmother in a house with the infamous Georgia Central State Hospital almost in its backyard. One can only imagine what happens."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0881468525
- ISBN: 9780881468526
- Physical Description: 243 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part One: Wind. Wrinkle in the air ; The root cellar ; There is an untold story ; She'll come home with the wind ; The beginning, the middle, and the end ; Watercolor sky ; Ghost dog -- Part Two: A little removed. Take me home: an imagined story of Georgia's Central State Hospital ; A touch of mountain magic ; Dancers on the horizon -- Part Three: Women to be reckoned with. The dance lesson ; A spider's bite ; Ebb tide ; A moment of laughter ; Last year's Easter egg -- About the author.
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- Subject:
- Spirits > Fiction.
Black Mountain (N.C.) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Fiction.
Short stories.
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rutherford County Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spindale Public Library | NC SC Hit (Text) | 30134100377473 | Adult Fiction Short Story | Available | - |
