Haunted Canada 10: More Scary True Stories

by Joel A. Sutherland

These terrifying true tales from across Canada will make your blood run cold. A young voice calls out for help in an abandoned asylum in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, Quebec. A family in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, is tormented by a poltergeist on Christmas Eve. In Victoria, British Columbia, the spirit of a killer terrifies visitors to Fan Tan Alley. Prepare yourself to be haunted!

Genres: Paranormal, Nonfiction, Horror

121 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2020

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

[Paul Weiss]

"... terrifying true tales from across Canada will make your blood run cold"?

Well, as an unconvinced skeptic about the reality of ghosts, visions, specters, phantasmagoria, and the after-life in general, I can't say that Joel Sutherland's collection of ostensibly true paranormal events made my blood run cold. But they're short, entertaining reading, they're certainly appropriate for the Hallowe'en season, and they are obviously thought to be a part of Canadian history that people have genuinely encountered and experienced.

Read and judge for yourself. The back cover marketing blurb suggests, "Prepare yourself to be haunted" ... well, maybe! But you can definitely prepare yourself to smile and be entertained.

Paul Weiss

[Maggie]

My teenage son and I both enjoyed reading this volume. Definitely a great reccomendation for youth interested in ghost stories. They are quick and easy to read. Some more interesting then others. I really like that historical photogrpahs are sometimes included. We also enjoy the ones where we know the city or location. Gives a more spooky vibe knowing the story next time you go there.

[Mike]

Standard fare for a book on ghost stories. The stories are told in bite size snippets, a quick read

[Artina Eslamihaghighat]

This was pretty good, it made me a little scared to be actually living in Canada for a while but i really did like this book

[Bronwen Sutherland]

this book changed my life