Glacial Errata, No. 3

One: Theme Park Safety Failures, by Jeffrey P. Stoneking

This week I’m sharing five of the more unusual books I have in my collection. First up: a book whose title fairly accurately describes its content.

Two: Halloween and Satanism, by Phil Phillips and Joan Hake Robie

A banger from 1987, at the height of the Satanic Panic Era. “To schedule author appearances, write: Author Appearances, Starburst Productions, P.O. Box 4123, Lancaster, PA, 17604.”

Three: Paranormal Pooch, by Olga Horvat

From the back cover: “Paranormal Pooch is an eye-opening story about one family’s four-month sojourn into the dark and unknown side of the canine world. The kind of experiences they went through have never been fully documented in nonfiction.”

It’s about a pure-bred toy poodle named Princess.

I also want to add that all the chapter headings look like this:

Four: Cats I’ve Known, by Barbara Bowers

I think I paid a dollar for this at Binnacle Books in Beacon, New York, which was both absurdly way too much and yet somehow also a mere fraction of its true value.

Five: Enjoy Your Own Funeral, by George W. Meek

This one is about life after death, but its title is the kind of thing an 80s action movie hero would say as he was about to ice some dude.