title: Eerie Little Bedtime Stories
author: Christy Moeller-Masel
description: Author/Illustrator, Madame M is the Mistress of the Creepy Things. She has spent many years researching their horrific habits to make the public aware of their existence. She gives them a place to stay to keep them safely off the streets at night. Madame M is married to Wolfman Joe, who is a master luthier and really cool ghoul. You can learn more about the Creepy Things in her first book, "Madame M Presents: Creepy Little Bedtime Stories."
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  ## Ghost at Work
  
  
  
  
  
  A Bailey Ruth Mystery
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Carolyn Hart
  
  
  ![image](../images/logo.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To Phil—“Side by Side” has been our song since  
  that sunny summer of 1957
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](chapter01.xhtml#ch01)
  
  
  
  
  
  Incandescent dashes of pink and gold spangled the fluffy white…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](chapter02.xhtml#ch02)
  
  
  Brrr. I hadn’t been cold in a long time. A…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](chapter03.xhtml#ch03)
  
  
  The wheelbarrow squealed as Kathleen jolted to a stop.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](chapter04.xhtml#ch04)
  
  
  A cuckoo clock warbled the quarter hour. No wonder I…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](chapter05.xhtml#ch05)
  
  
  I sat on the branch of a cottonwood and watched…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](chapter06.xhtml#ch06)
  
  
  I lightly touched the meshed grille as the police cruiser…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](chapter07.xhtml#ch07)
  
  
  I drifted deliciously between sle