The Green Room: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

Reading a ghost story on Christmas Eve was once as much a part of traditional Christmas celebrations as turkey, eggnog, and Santa Claus. Behind the run-down bookstore is a private room for favoured customers, a strange little annex with a stranger atmosphere. The young man feels a wistful presence vying got his attention as he browses, and when he leaves, he knows he will return. Something has been asked of him, and he will answer. Attractively designed and illustrated by well-known cartoonist Seth (creator of several New Yorker covers, graphic novels, etc.)Small trim size and inexpensive price = perfect for register display. Attractive Seth-designed display for books ideal for register placement. Similar series of Xmas Ghost Stories by Galley Beggar Press have sold 30,000+ in UK. Canadian "trial run" of books showed approx. 1,000 copies sold of each book, even as a drop-in title sold into stores in late November w/o register placement. VERY STRONG response from media looking for "feel good" holiday news stories. Multiple angles: 1) reviving old tradition, 2) novel and appealingly counter-intuitive take on Christmas as a spooky time of year, 3) Seth well-known and respected, and does great interviews 4) perfect for quirky gift guide 5)Potential marketing to specialty shops, incl. comic book stores, Christmas gift storesStriking design and classic stories make the books appealing as collectiblesLast "Upstairs from the shabby book store was a private room for the favoured customers. A strange little room with a stranger atmosphere. What was the feeling there? Oppressiveness? Loneliness? Or perhaps there was a presence--something trying to contact him as he browsed. Strange thoughts crossed his mind and even after leaving he knew he must return. Something was being asked of him and he must comply."-- Provided by publisher "Upstairs from the shabby book store was a private room for the favoured customers. A strange little room with a stranger atmosphere. What was the feeling there? Oppressiveness? Loneliness? Or perhaps there was a presence something trying to contact him as he browsed. Strange thoughts crossed his mind and even after leaving he knew he must return. Something was being asked of him and he must comply."-- Provided by publisher Halloween might seem like the spookiest time of year, but Charles Dickens and other great ghost story writers felt otherwise!