Why didn't you just leave - julia rios

Its the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didnt you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication .

its never that simple.

In this book, youll find twenty-two all-new stories about the reasons people dont leave scary situations-parents who stay in haunted houses to protect their children, convicts who literally cant leave their prison, retail workers who need a paycheck even if its from a haunted workplace, trauma survivors suffering from agoraphobia, and more.

Featuring Shauntae Ball, I.

Belle, Die Booth, Max Booth III, Christa Carmen, Raquel Castro, Alberto Chimal, Gabe Converse, Lyndsey Croal, Victoria Dalpe, Alexis DuBon, Corey Farrenkopf, Cassandra Khaw, Joe Koch, E.

Linden, Steve Loiaconi, R.

Diego Martinez, J.

McCarthy, Suzan Palumbo, Tonia Ransom, Rhiannon Rasmussen, and Eden Royce.

With illustrations by Luke Spooner, Yves Tourigny, and Yornelys Zambrano.