{"product_id":"what-whispers-back-spinning-hawaiis-spooky-tales","title":"What Whispers Back: Spinning Hawaiʻi's Spooky Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e**This forthcoming title is only available for preorder at this time \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA double-sided literary anthology showcasing Hawaiʻi writers that explores the thresholds of memory, resistance, and presence through a unique reversible format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne side of the book features thirteen firsthand accounts of the unexplained from Rick Carroll’s popular book series; flipped, thirteen contemporary Hawaiʻi writers offer literary fiction responding to those hauntings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAtmospheric and deeply rooted in the layered history of the islands, these stories present the supernatural not as conventional genre horror, but as a living, enduring presence. This reversible volume pairs historical accounts of the island uncanny with modern literary responses, offering a shared language for navigating uncertainty and remembering what remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes new fiction from \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDonald Carreira Ching, thomas iannucci, Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, Shay Kauwe, Kalehua Kim, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, R. Zamora Linmark, Melissa Llanes Brownlee, D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Kapiliʻula Naehu-Ramos, Lehua Parker, and Misty-Lynn Sanico.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMisty-Lynn Sanico\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a Kanaka ʻŌiwi writer and editor from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Her work has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBamboo Ridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNonwhite and Woman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHonolulu Star-Advertiser\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and elsewhere. She writes and edits spooky tales and believes every good story leaves something behind. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOriginal story compiler, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRick Carroll\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, was an award-winning journalist for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHonolulu Advertiser\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, as well as a frequent contributor to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. His work received honors from the Society of American Travel Writers and the Pacific Asia Travel Association. Carroll authored numerous books about Hawai‘i and the Pacific, covering adventure, voyaging canoes, hula, island curiosities, and the supernatural. He authored over 20 book publications and his collected \"talk story\" accounts of the supernatural introduced 150 local authors to print through the six-volume \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHawai‘i’s Best Spooky Tales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e-----------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esoftcover with french flaps  |   136 pages   |   6\" x 9\"   |   b\u0026amp;w\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bess Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43948397428771,"sku":"9781573067065","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3556\/6115\/files\/89cfb92d-fcb2-4d70-844b-c2a8d3781af5.png?v=1789449838","url":"https:\/\/besspress.com\/products\/what-whispers-back-spinning-hawaiis-spooky-tales","provider":"Bess Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}