It was really spooky. I don't know if that says something about Richmond greater as a whole, ... I have to give Richmond props for being the home to the scariest homemade haunted house I've ever been to.

I'm excited to share these Lone Surfer stories because I've always wanted to be a writer since I was a little kid, ... It's a big thrill to see the book on the shelf and share these stories.

It's appealing to imagine that if we can just get that one thing in our life to work out-- [...] that everything will be solved, absolved, good to go for good. I slipped into that way of thinking way too often, I admitted to Missy, even though I knew that sometimes in life all of a sudden there you were--standing with your Technics turntables just across the Canadian border, and you're not a new you, you're just you, but in Canada.

It's spooky. It's really scary because it's daytime.

I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.

He stepped fully into the house. The air inside was cool on his skin. He turned, expecting the front door to close on its own. But it stayed open, as it was supposed to. He shook his head, chiding himself for letting an old house spook him. He walked into the kitchen. Behind him, the front door slammed shut.