Spirits peer out the bay windows of the breakfast room trying to see what’s going on in the world outside. Black vines grow around the windows as black birds and mice dance around the room.
Read moreSomething Strange is Afoot at the Harley Clarke!
Perhaps you have driven down Sheridan Road passed the Harley Clarke Mansion and seen its windows alight with scenes of not-so-scary Halloween horrors.
Read moreSkellies by Hannah Batsel
The Skeleton Sisters give many a fright / With their macabre merrymaking / They save their spooky tricks for Halloween night / And leave all the mortals shaking
Read moreA House Haunted — Windows by Hannah Batsel
Artist @hbatsel brings the party to the Harley Clarke Mansion in Evanston. Her carefree ghouls and mischievous creatures will haunt the windows of the house — and our website — all month long.
Read moreA Murder of Crows by Beth Herman Adler
A murder of crows ascends the staircase together / An image made ominous by their ink-black feather / But this flight does not portend a gloomy foretelling / There shines a hopeful future for this bookish dwelling
Read moreSpecial Edition Ep. 05: Ghostly: A Conversation with Audrey Niffenegger
ABH Board Member Ken Gerleve recently sat down with ABH’s founder and president, bestselling author and visual artist Audrey Niffenegger, to discuss ghosts, ghost stories, cemeteries, and their relevance to her artwork and writing. They also discussed her second novel Her Fearful Symmetry, which features London’s Highgate Cemetery, and the ghost story anthology Ghostly, which Audrey illustrated.
Read moreSpecial Edition Ep. 03: Pam Smy
For this Special Edition, Jamie Thome spoke with writer and illustrator Pam Smy. Ms. Smy has illustrated folktales, chapter books, nursery rhyme collections, picture books and novels.
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