A collection of folktales highlighting famous and notsofamous Southwestern ghosts mysterious happenings powers of darkness and wonders of the invisible world. Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happenedampmdashand still do happenampmdashin the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations these compelling retellings of popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts from cattle rustlers to runaway trains. Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tails of ghostly hauntings eerie happenings and other strange occurrences in Nevada Utah Arizona Colorado and New Mexico and Texas. Set in the American Southwestamp39s historic towns and sparsely populated expanses the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.