Get your haunts on this October!

 October brings a chill in the air and anticipation of Halloween, costumes, candy and ghost stories. The settings for some of the scariest ghost stories and haunts are right here in Virginia. Scary. You could be dining at a haunted house tonight.

Don’t miss the opportunity to meet and speak with Virginia authors who have studied the most famous ghost stories and can help separate campfire myth and the paranormal.

Pamela K Kinney is the author of Haunted Richmond, Virginia, and Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths, and True Tales. She will be speaking and signing her works this month at the following locations:

• October 9, 6:00-8:00 pm – Pamela will sign her works at Barnes & Noble, Creeks at Virginia Center Commons, 9850 Brook Road, Glen Allen, VA.
• October 10, 10:00 am – Pamela will attend muli-author Fourth Annual Monster Fest at Chesapeake Central Library 298 Cedar Rd. Chesapeake, VA. Details http://www.monsterfestva.com.
• October 17, 1:00 - 3:00 pm – Pamela will sign her works at Blue Moon Antique Mall and Bookstore 8230 Thomas Nelson Hwy. Lovington, VA
• October 27, 6:00 - 8:30 pm – Pamela will talk about the hauntings of Richmond, Petersburg and Virginia in general at Ghost Storytelling Event at the Petersburg Public Library-Central Branch 137 S. Sycamore Street Petersburg, VA.
• October 29, 12:00 - 4:00 pm – Pamela will discuss and sign her works at Barnes and Noble: The College of William and Mary Bookstore, 345 Duke of Gloucester Street Williamsburg, VA.
• October 30, 6:00 - 8:00 pm – Pamela will discuss and sign her works at Barnes and Noble, Chesterfield Towne Center 11500 Midlothian Turnpike Richmond, VA
• October 31, 1:00 - 4:00 pm – Pamela will sign and discuss her works at Simples Pleasures Books & Gifts 10180 Lakeridge Parkway Suite 104 Ashland, VA. Details: http://simplepleasuresbooksandgifts.com.
• November 10, 7:00 pm – Pamela will sign and discuss her works at James L. Hamner Public Libray, 16501 Dunn Street, Amelia, VA . Details: www.hamnerlibrary.org.

Beth Brown is the author of Haunted Plantations of Virginia, Haunted Battlefields: Virginia's Civil War Ghosts, and Conducting a Paranormal Investigation. She will be speaking and signing her works at the following locations:

• October 10, 10:00 am – Beth will attend multi-author Fourth Annual Monster Fest at Chesapeake Central Library 298 Cedar Rd. Chesapeake, VA. Details http://www.monsterfestva.com.
• October 17, 12:00 pm – Beth will discuss the haunt of Rosewell Plantation, and sign books at Twice Told Tales, 6658 Main St., Gloucester Court House, VA.
• October 20, 6:30 - 7:30 pm – Beth converses on Haunted Plantations of Virginia. Signing follows talk at Richbrau Brewing Company, 1214 E. Cary, Richmond, VA sponsored by Fountain Bookstore.
• October 27, 7:00 pm – Beth will give presentation about haunts in the Hopewell area and a reading from "Haunted Plantations of Virginia" at Appomattox Regional Library, East Cawson Street, Hopewell, VA
• October 31, 1:00 pm – Beth will give special spirit tour and book-signing event at Shirley Plantation. $11 admission for plantation/graveyard tour. 501 Shirley Plantation Rd, Charles City, VA.

J. J. Smith is the author of Haunted Alexandria & Northern Virginia. He will be speaking and signing his work at the following location:

• October 31, 5:00 - 7:00 pm – J. J. will read and discuss his work at Sacred Circle Books, 919 King Street, Alexandria, VA.