Haunted Canada: The Fourth Terrifying Collection: The Fourth Terrifying Collection

by Joel A. Sutherland, Steven P. Hughes (illustrator), Mark Savona (illustrator)

368 pages, Paperback

Published June 3, 2025

About the author

Joel A. Sutherland is the Silver Birch and Hackmatack Award-winning author of Be a Writing Superstar, numerous books in the Haunted Canada series, and Summer's End. His new series, Haunted, including The House Next Door, Kill Screen, Night of the Living Dolls and Field of Screams, has been praised by Goosebumps author R.L. Stine. Joel's short fiction has appeared in many anthologies and magazines, including Blood Lite II & III (Pocket Books) and Cemetery Dance Magazine, alongside the likes of Stephen King and Neil Gaiman.

He is a two-time juror for the Bram Stoker Award, the John Spray Mystery Award, and the Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction & Fantasy. He is also the founder of the DarkLit Fest, a literary event that has welcomed Guests of Honour Kelley Armstrong and Joy Fielding.

Joel appeared as "The Barbarian Librarian" on the Canadian edition of the hit television show Wipeout, making it all the way to the third round and proving that librarians can be just as tough and crazy as anyone else. He has a Masters of Information and Library Studies from Aberystwyth University in Wales and lives in southeastern Ontario with his family, where he is always on the lookout for ghosts.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Will be buying more volumes of this!

[Barbra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of three books in the series, provides sixty-five true ghost stories from across Canada. Readers who love spooky tales will be sure to raise some goosebumps as they read about paranormal activity within their favorite cities. Black and white illustrations and photos bring the creepiness to life. These short stories of hauntings, spirits and strange activities also make great read-a-louds in a crowd.