Steve Vernon – lisa疯马秀 Publishing and Vagrant Press lisa疯马秀 Publishing is the largest English-language publisher east of Toronto Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:11:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153484567 Where the Ghosts Are /store/where-the-ghosts-are.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-the-ghosts-are Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:40:10 +0000 http://nimbus.ca/store/where-the-ghosts-are If you're from Halifax, you've probably heard that the Five Fisherman Restaurant is supposedly haunted, and that Georges Island is overrun with ghosts. If you're from Nova Scotia, you probably know about rumours of buried treasure on Oak Island, or about the UFO sighting in Shag Harbour. But what about the Grey Lady of Stoney Beach? Or the Ghost of Haddon Hall? Featuring addresses and GPS coordinates, this guide to Nova Scotian haunts maps out the origin stories of 50 spooky tales.

Author Steve Vernon has covered every corner of the province in search of the spooky, bizarre, and unexplained. The perfect companion for those interested in the history of the province and thrill-seekers alike, Where the Ghosts Are is a DIY-ghost tour of Nova Scotia's most haunted spots.

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]]> 78949 More Maritime Murder /store/more-maritime-murder.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-maritime-murder Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:39:48 +0000 /store/more-maritime-murder Anticipated follow-up to bestselling true-crime collection Maritime Murder, from celebrated author of Where the Ghosts Are and Halifax Haunts. The master of Maritime murder is back. More Maritime Murder presents […]

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]]> 89766 Maritime Monsters /store/maritime-monsters-2.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maritime-monsters-2 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:00:12 +0000 /store/maritime-monsters-2 This children's picture book is a field guide to Maritime monsters, taken from local folklore and legends. The monsters described include Prince Edward Island's Old Hook-Snout, New Brunswick's Acadian Werewolf, Nova Scotia's Parker Road Phantom and Newfoundland's Not-So-Cuddly Kraken!

Each entry includes a short story featuring the monster and a field guide entry: location, diet, size, frequency, description, and special monster-hunting advice. An indispensable resource for the young Maritime monster hunter!

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]]> 82583 Maritime Murder /store/maritime-murder.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maritime-murder Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:40:15 +0000 /store/maritime-murder.html/maritime-murder In his uniquely homespun style, sinister storyteller Steve Vernon digs up the dirt on Maritime murders from 1770 to 1929鈥攁long with a few bodies along the way. Unearthing historically buried, and occasionally unsolved, violent crimes from across Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Vernon's versions of these 19 macabre tales will chill you to the bone.

Featuring a bevy of questionable characters from the darkest recesses of Maritime history, Maritime Murder divulges a diverse array of bygone crimes, trials, and the eerie aftermath. From botched executions and poisonous tea, to axe murders and curious cover-ups, bear witness to the villains and victims of some of the dastardliest deeds this side of the Atlantic.

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]]> 55898 The Lunenburg Werewolf /store/the-lunenburg-werewolf.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lunenburg-werewolf Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:39:25 +0000 /store/the-lunenburg-werewolf.html/the-lunenburg-werewolf The wind is howling and a full moon is in the sky-it must be time for more chilling tales from storyteller Steve Vernon.

Spanning the length and width of Nova Scotia, these 25 blood-chilling yarns make perfect campfire fare. Some stories are so terrifying that they have been told far and wide, such as the Ghosts of Oak Island or The Haunting of Esther Cox. Others, including the Murder Island Massacre and the Caledonia Mills Spook, might be lesser known, but are no less scary. Written in Steve Vernon's unique style, these stories of the haunted, the supernatural, and the unexplainable are part history, part folklore, and a lot of old-fashioned, frightening fun.

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]]> 53933 Sinking Deeper /store/sinking-deeper.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sinking-deeper Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:38:54 +0000 /store/sinking-deeper.html/sinking-deeper The tiny fishing community of Deeper Harbour is in deep trouble-and so is fourteen-year-old Roland MacTavish. Roland's mom wants to move with him to Ottawa, away from his father, his weird friend Dulsie, and his even weirder grandfather, Angus. So Roland does what any sane teenager would do: he invents a sea monster. Unfortunately, the scheme quickly spins out of Roland's control, and he has to go to greater and greater lengths to keep up the illusion. And then Roland must deal with a situation far more terrifying than any sea monster.As moving as it is irresistibly funny, Steve Vernon's portrait of Roland and Deeper Harbour is perfect for anyone who's ever been stuck badly enough to do something awesomely, brilliantly, heroically stupid.

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]]> 53226 Halifax Haunts /store/halifax-haunts.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=halifax-haunts Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:35:42 +0000 /store/halifax-haunts.html/halifax-haunts The streets of Historic Halifax are paved with the dark and eerie tales of its colourful and gruesome past. Shadowy secrets and hints of the unknown are lurking around every corner and in the mist that rolls in from the Atlantic. Centuries of tragic happenstance have left behind many restless spirits that are awaiting your discovery: the ghost of an eighteenth-century French admiral has been spotted marching- to the beat of his own missing heart- across the harbour and through the streets of Halifax; the haunting profile of a victim of the Halifax Explosion has been seen in the window of the city's oldest church; a spectral tall ship has been sighted plying the waters just off Point Pleasant looking for a rematch with its War of 1812 opponent.

Halifax Haunts presents the spooky history behind thirty-three of the city's scariest places. Master storyteller Steve Vernon serves as your trusted guide and offers phenomenal detail while winding you through the ghostly and ghastly happenings that still haunt Halifax to this day.

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]]> 53971 Haunted Harbours /store/haunted-harbours.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=haunted-harbours Thu, 30 May 2024 23:58:20 +0000 /store/haunted-harbours.html/haunted-harbours This is a collection of ghost stories from Nova Scotia鈥攆rom the restless spirits of Devil's Island to the Black Dog of Antigonish Harbour. Documented and well-known stories from the provincial archives are mixed with word-of-mouth legends of strange happenings and scary sightings from across Nova Scotia. Steve Vernon relies on his storytelling experience to create moody and terrifying tales from the annals of history.

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]]> 53929 Sinking Deeper /store/sinking-deeper-2.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sinking-deeper-2 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:24:53 +0000 /store/sinking-deeper-2nd-edition.html/sinking-deeper-2nd-edition The tiny fishing community of Deeper Harbour is in serious trouble, and so is fourteen-year-old Roland MacTavish. His parents are separated, and his mother has just told him that she's moving to Ottawa and taking him with her. She doesn't think Deeper Harbour, with its closing school and dismal economic future, has anything to offer her and Roland anymore. But Roland disagrees. He loves his father, his weird friend Dulsie, and most of all, his wild, hilarious, unpredictable grandfather, Angus. So with the help of his friends, he does what any rational teenager would do: he invents a sea monster.

News of the monster spreads, until real live tourists start to turn off the new highway and visit Deeper Harbour, giving everyone hope that the town may actually be resuscitated. But before he can celebrate his successes, Roland faces a sadness that goes far beyond separated parents and new cities, and finally discovers that change, however frightening, is not the most painful thing in the world.

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]]> 55995 Wicked Woods /store/wicked-woods.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wicked-woods Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:12:41 +0000 /store/wicked-woods.html/wicked-woods A new collection of ghost stories from every corner of New Brunswick.
Pull up a seat and listen closely-storyteller Steve Vernon has another collection of classic, bone-chilling tales to tell. Steve takes readers from one end of New Brunswick to the other, unearthing dark tales of strange happenings along the way-from the headless ghost that haunts those who pass through Johnville's covered bridge, to the spirit of a murdered man that guards long-buried treasure at Wolf Point. Drawing on both documented stories and legends passed on by word-of-mouth, Steve sets one spooky scene after another with a storyteller's attention to every creepy detail, and just a touch of wry humour. It's as though you're sitting beside him at the campfire, getting goosebumps as each story unfolds.

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