The Lady in White

 I've been told the stories since I was a child...You're driving down a dark road, you're walking along the beach at night, you're out for an evening stroll, and there she is. The Lady in White. Who is this mysterious girl who will accept a lift from you, then vanish from your car; or will wave to you but as you approach, she vanishes.

When I was a child, it was the Pirate's Lady who walked the Delaware Bay basin at low tide, waiting for her lover who vowed to return rich after turning pirate, but who ne'er returned. The story's sadness haunted me, and I will swear to you I saw her twice on those beaches at low tide from the upper window of my great-aunt's bungalow in Elsinboro.

Sixty years later, watching The Lost Pirate Kingdom, I heard the tale again, but this time it was the historical record of Sam Bellamy and Mary Hallett. I felt both elated the base of the tale was true, and disappointed that it wasn't my Pirate's Lady of the Delaware shores.

The Lady in White is a pervasive urban legend. She was the subject of a very early Supernatural episode, told with horror but with compassion as well. I've heard the tale told in New Jersey, in England, and in France. 

How can a story so ubiquitous be anything but true? But the larger question is, who is this Lady in White, and why does she haunt the roads and byways of the world?

This collection of short stories, Lady in White, offers some answers. Five women present their perspectives on the Lady in White in lyrical, enchanting prose and original backstories that will charm you and horrify you in turn.

This is the third in a series of books that present unique alternative views of familiar urban legends. With an introduction from William Donahue, these five women--LCW Allingham, Cadence Barrett, River Eno, Melissa D. Sullivan, and Susan Tulio--give you the perfect seasonal chills. 

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