The Perfect Spook House novel is at the publisher's, just in time for a pre-Halloween launch.

Halloween 1969, two car loads of eleventh graders venture down the winding Cedar Springs Road. An old deserted house screams haunted dares to those in search of spooks and goblins. Do tricks or treats await the young thrill seekers? Spontaneity has never taught a tougher life’s lesson, prompting a tiny southern community to shun their very own.  Ask Payne Lewis, the past can haunt forever. Nineteen years of torment comes to a head and eleven men must face their childhood demons one last time. Nostalgia guarantees no happy endings and sometimes is just better off left alone. There once was the Perfect Spook House…

The backdrop is Abbeville, S.C., as along the theme of the Detective Trudy Wagner series in Myrtle Beach, local hangout and landmarks are speckled through the saga. I as always when I have new book published, will plan a book signing in the hometown, especially since this one is centered there.

Next up and hopefully before the Thanksgiving-Christmas shopping time will be Cornbread and Buttermilk, Good Ole Fashion Home Cooked Nostalgic Nonsense, a memoir of course. Pass the Hash, Make Mine a Second Helping on Loaf Bread, second addition to first, more nostalgic foolishness.

My first ever kids novel is being proofed and edited too. Mister Twix is Missing, A Cat Scene Investigation. Join neighborhood sleuths Bucky and Elvis as they attempt to solve the missing cat caper and help little Lorrie find her cat.