{"product_id":"9781619400054","title":"Jap Herron, A Novel Written from the Ouija Board: Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eVarla Ventura, Coast to Coast favorite, Weird News blogger on Huffington Post, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Bizarre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond Bizarre\u003c\/i\u003e, introduces Weiser Books’ new Collection of forgotten occult classics. \u003ci\u003eParanormal Parlor\u003c\/i\u003e is an eerie assemblage of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s sixth sense for tales of the weird and unusual. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot just a “novel written by the Ouija” Jap Herron was purported to be one of three lost novels of Mark Twain, delivered by his mortal scribe, Mrs. Emily Grant Hutchings. According to the author's introduction, over several months Samuel L. Clemens' (Mark Twain's) ghost delivered message specifically for Hutchings to edit into a story, all via a medium's Ouija board. Hutchings and her husband painstakingly took down every letter the planchette directed them to. However, \u003ci\u003eJap Herron\u003c\/i\u003e was never widely published, having been pulled from distribution thanks to a lawsuit brought against Hutchings and her publisher by Twain's daughter. Hutchings, a fairly accomplished journalist, was skewered for her desperate attempts to gain fame. Surprisingly true to the voice of Twain, Hutchings was either a gifted charlatan or a truthful telepathic. You read it and decide!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Wheel\/Weiser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174016336112,"sku":"9781619400054","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619400054_p0.jpg?v=1763854658","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619400054","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}