Cozy Ghosts A Haunted History of Columbus, Ohio by Nellie Kampmann Haunted America, Charleston, SC, 2011 112 pp, $19.99 Review by Sarah Stegall “Even for ghosts, there’s no place like home.” — Nellie Kampmann I don’t believe in ghosts, but then I don’t believe in dragons, either. That doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a good ghost story or The Hobbit. Even the most rational person can get a thrill out of a juicy ghost story told around a campfire deep in the woods, or in front of a fire on a winter evening. Now, just in time for Halloween, comes a…
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X-Files: Goblins
The X-Files: Goblins by Charles Grant The translation of an idea intended for the strictly visual medium of television to the literary medium of the printed page is always difficult and often unsuccessful. In many ways, Charles Grant has succeeded in interpreting Chris Carter’s “The X- Files” into book form (“The X-Files: Goblins”, HarperPrism, 1994, $4.99). Agents Mulder and Scully are assigned by their new boss, a newcomer named Douglas, to investigate two murders in a town near Ft. Dix, New Jersey. The MOs suggest a serial killer known to his victims, who prefers a slashing bayonet for that up…