The Black Beacon Book of Ghosts will send shivers up your spine this Halloween. The anthology is out now in print and for Kindle. You can also add it to your Goodreads bookshelf. To get you in the mood and give you a little insight into the workings of their minds, our contributing authors are sharing their own haunting experiences with you. Read on, if you're not fainthearted!
Victoria's Most Haunted Mining Town - Cameron Trost
While my contribution to The Black Beacon Book of Ghosts is set in Brittany, one of my favourite ghost towns is in Australia. Several years ago, I discovered the old mining town of Walhalla and was so fascinated by it that I wrote a novelette set there; the Oscar Tremont mystery "The Ghosts of Walhalla". This town was where some made their fortunes but most died untimely deaths, and if it doesn't make you feel like you're in an episode of Scooby-Doo when you arrive there at night in your combi van, well, you lack imagination. The ghosts claimed to haunt Walhalla include those of Emily, a nurse, and Sally, a young bride who fell ill with smallpox. I'm not going to recount these tales here; you can look them up online or relive them as Oscar Tremont solves the case of the "ghosts of Walhalla" in Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable. But first, as Halloween 2024 approaches, grab a copy of The Black Beacon Book of Ghosts and let the spirits take control!
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