Southern Swamps and Ruins might be termed a collection of ghost stories, but much more lies between its covers. Ghosts are not the only beings, or things, that go bump in the night in the South. Richard D. Laudenslager and Fran Rizer present fifteen original haunting tales that will live in readers' dreams (and nightmares) long after the book is closed. Guest authors L. Michelle Cox, Jenifer Boone Lybrand, Nathan R. Rizer, J. Michael Shell, Robert D. Simkins, and Two Ravens deliver six additional spine-chilling stories.