A few months ago, our cover designer came up with an awesome book cover – sadly, it didn’t quite fit with our upcoming title, but then he had a lightbulb moment: let’s do a ghost story anthology!

So we put out the call for local ghost stories and got quite a response – well over 50 submissions during the two-month period. We couldn’t accept them all, but ended up with more than 30 finalists. And next week, we’ll be presenting Spirits of St. Louis: Missouri Ghost Stories!

They’re creepy and they’re kooky; they’re mysterious and spooky; they’re altogether ooky. Oh, wait . . . that’s the Addams family. Never mind. But you get my point, yes? We’ve got some really cool stories here, things that make you go “huh?” and ones that make you jump up and turn on all the lights. All of them. And make you lock your…