The fifth book in the 43 Old Cemetery Road series is a lighthearted gothic epistolary novel told through letters, newspaper articles, transcripts and drawings, in which the trio at Spence Mansion get an exciting offer—from Hollywood! 50,000 first printing.
With the impending closure of the post office, the transition to the new communication system VEXT-mail is anything but smooth for the human and paranormal residents of Ghastly, Illinois.
Ignác B. Protiva, úspěšný autor seriálu Krotitel duchů, se přestěhuje do starého viktoriánského domu v ulici Hřbitovní 43. Doufá, že nalezne klidné místo k psaní. Ale realitní agentka mu zamlčí, že dům už obyvatele má! Je jím jedenáctiletý Seymour, pak kočka a nedůtklivý duch, kdysi neúspěšná spisovatelka Olivie. Za života nevydala jediný strašidelný příběh, a proto teď po smrti straší… O tom, že spolu bydlí v jednom domě, zatím nic netuší…
Ignatius B. Grumply moves into the Victorian mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road hoping to find some peace and quiet so he can crack a wicked case of writer's block. But 43 Old Cemetery Road is already occupied by eleven-year-old Seymour, his cat Shadow, and an irritable ghost named Olive. It's hard to say who is more outraged. But a grumpy old ghost just might inspire this grumpy old man--and the abandoned kid? Well, let's just say his last name's Hope. Sisters Kate and M. Sarah Klise, the creators of the award-winning Regarding the . . . series, offer up this volume in a clever epistolary series told in letters, drawings, newspaper articles, a work-in-progress manuscript, and even an occasional tombstone engraving.
In this story told mostly through letters, busybody Dick Tater tries to ban Halloween and ghost stories, as well as to break up the popular writing team of I. B. Grumply, ghost Olive C. Spence, and eleven-year-old illustrator Seymour Hope.