On Any Dark and Spooky Night

by Audrey Parente

Poems of mystery and macabre for all ages ... The poems within this collection will thrill and chill readers of any age on Halloween or any dark and dreary evening … They are fun for entertaining an audience or captivating a class. But if you are alone, better read them with a flashlight under the covers....

On Any Dark and Spooky Night was originally the collection was published as a 1992 chapbook by The Ormond Beach Observer when Audrey Parente was first a freelance reporter. Actor Gary Bullock coached her in a performance of six of the poems at Brevard College, North Carolina where they were both instructors in the summer arts program.

The introduction in the BOLD VENTURE PRESS edition Is by award-winning author Jan Godown Annino, who reads this collection to children at her local library annually near Halloween. One of Annino's most important works is a 2015 U.S. Library of Congress Great Read for Kids: SHE SANG PROMISE: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, created in collaboration with the Seminole Tribe of Florida.