Guys Read: The Old, Dead Nuisance

Two fake psychics, one real haunted house—what could go wrong?

Inside a creaky Massachusetts house, the story follows young Paul as he hides behind parlor furniture with a book of world records while his father films an episode of True Spook.

The television crew brings two bickering mediums who yell over phantom knocking while completely ignoring the real nineteenth-century ghosts lingering on the stairs.

The Canaan estate holds a host who munches Tic Tacs beside gravestones, a swarm of angry specters, and a forgotten fortune hidden in plain sight. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
Spooky Stories for Kids: Josiah Smitch’s bitter sons hover over the deathbed as floating faces with onion eyes, furious that their father concealed his wealth.Funny Books for Kids: Two rival psychics trade ridiculous accusations about lost channels and fake knockings until a plastic flowerpot gets smashed over someone’s head.Unlikely Hero: Paul pieces together the clues about the China trade and deduces the real secret behind the ugly three-legged plant holder.Also by This Author: The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen and Whales on Stilts.