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Unfortunately, I found Speaks the Nightbird to not really be to my liking. The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege turned out to be a surprisingly creepy and entertaining alternative. Very readable and quick moving... and nothing like The Crucible. :p

Dean Koontz's Phantoms. It's by far the scariest, most suspenseful book I've ever read. Actually, it's probably the only book I've read that I'd consider scary. The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege is a SUPER bizarre non-fiction option, and a surprisingly...

Ooooo! That looks perfect. Thanks, Canker!

Thanks for the recos guys! I'll check out Something Upstairs. As for Sleepy Hollow, I did read it, and it was more saterical than scary (which is often the same thing ;)), but definitely a contender for a re-read! Anybody else maybe?

I haven't read Stiff yet, but it's on my short list. I have read Spook however, and it was very good. It covered everything you could think of and more. I highly recommend it.

Booknotes - American Character 72 sessions of C-SPAN’s popular author-interview series, covering prominent nonfiction books on American history. They read like short, informal essays. Amazingly interesting and a great jumping off point! (Short attention spans welcome. ;) )

Booknotes - the Life Stories volume. The series is really outstanding. You can cover huge spans of history and pick up tons of things you didn't know, while finding what you want to zero in on -- which is often the same thing. ;)

I'm looking for "scarry" story(s) set in colonial times (or there about)– short stories, fiction, nonfiction, anything. Thanks! :D