Brewing on Books: Holiday Ghost Stories

4831 O'Hear Avenue,North Charleston SC 29405

08 December, 2021

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Author Ed Macy joins us to discuss classic lowcountry ghost stories perfect for a Dickensian holiday season! Join us for a community discussion on the Common Ground with Commonhouse Aleworks as part of our new event series, Brewing on Books: A Community Book Club. This series will focus on local topics of interest for community members. For our December meeting, author Ed Macy joins us to recount classic lowcountry ghost stories perfect for a Dickensian holiday season. Books are available from Itinerant Literate:Haunted Charleston: https://bit.ly/3okcC6t Haunted Harbor: https://bit.ly/3F74Wv5 About the BookHaunted CharlestonLeave embellishment by the wayside and let these ghastly and sometimes dreadful stories of the historic streets of Charleston tell themselves! Combing through the oft-forgotten enclaves of the Holy City, where true life is stranger than fiction, authors Ed Macy and Geordie Buxton bring readers face to face with a group of orphans who haunt a College of Charleston dorm, a Citadel cadet who haunts a local hotel and the specter of William Drayton at Drayton Hall Plantation - just to name a few. Based on historic events and specific details that are often lost in most ghost stories, this collection of haunting tales sparks curiosity about what figure might still be lurking in the alleyways of Charleston's storied streets. Haunted Harbor: Charleston's Maritime Ghosts and the UnexplainedCelebrated tour guides and writers Geordie Buxton and Ed Macy invite you to voyage into the fathoms-deep waters of the Holy City with their new collection, Haunted Harbor. This cache of macabre, eerie and never-before-told stories includes tales of strange occurrences at Castle Pinckney, the reappearing face of a mysterious soldier at Fort Sumter, the influence of real-life pirates on Sullivan's Island resident Edgar Allen Poe, the unexplained sounds of Seneca guns and many more. Determined to combat the usual vague, repetitive ghost stories, and armed with a chilling repetoire of spectral lore, Buxton and Macy have researched unique and ghastly tales that contain "real historical bonds or tangible specificity." Haunted Harbor drips with detailed stories of the pirates, military soldiers, prisoners and sailors who stalked the Charleston waterfront on ship and on foot hundreds of years ago, and who have refused to leave. About the Author Ed MacyEd Macy is a professor, historical journalist and tour guide from Charleston, SC. He graduated with a BA in English from the College of Charleston in 1991, and returned to get an MA on English in 1996. Macy teaches dual credit English at Trident Technical College. He is also the author of the best-selling book “Haunted Charleston.” Macy wrote the very first walking ghost tour in Charleston, SC. His research and stories have been featured on numerous national television shows including CNN, BBC, The Discovery Channel Europe, The History Channel, HGTV, and the Travel Channel. His speaking expertise is varied—the American Revolution, the Gullah culture, Pirate history, and any other subject relating to the Lowcountry, especially the macabre. At Itinerant Literate, we offer new books and friendly recommendations on the go in Viola the bookmobile and seven days a week at the Bookstop, our flagship store in Park Circle. Visit the Bookstop for a curated variety of fiction, nonfiction, children's, young adult, graphic novels, comic books, cookbooks, and gift items. Find the bookmobile at breweries, restaurants, parks, and schools around town for your next literary discovery!