Sweet & Spooky Scaredy Scouts

They're here to learn about ghosts, monsters, the feared, and the weird. With help from S.J. Winston, the Spook Troops (Becca, Oswald, & Olive) show up to help and identify the strange creatures around town in this new original book series by Brian Soria.

Spooky, yet sweet, these scaredy-scout stories have a friendly vibe for the whole family, but contains tongue-twisters and a couple of higher-reading level words. Nothing to be scared of though, right?

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Written and illustrated by Brian Soria

Upcoming Spook Troops Releases

(in progress now!)

S.J. Winston's Boogie Book

We're workin' to assemble a tome that identifies whatever creature compendium of monsters, ghosts, and magical beings you encounter! *COMING 2025*

Where Wolf: A Spook Troops Animated Short

Where Wolf? An animated tale *IN PRODUCTION*

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Spook Troops earn scaredy badges from encountering creepity creatures!*

Spook Troops Ghoullery Blog Posts

Bugbear

Possesed Dianna Belle Doll

Fright Rouse at the Light House

Macabre Miner

Introvertpire

Phantom of the Phathoms

Creep Eddie

Become a spook troop &

Earn Scaredy Badges

*Card-carrying Spook Troops are guaranteed safe passage from monsters, ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and magial beings as agreed upon by the Trick-or-Treaty, and enforced by the Haunstitution. Don’t leave home without it!

MEET SJ WINSTON

Founder of the Spook Troops

S.J. Winston is a professional preponderer of paranormal presences with a proven proficiency in propagating preternatural power. Yes, harnessing energy from ecto-waste (or spooky dookie, as we calls it), his proprietary scream engine technologies are powered by this safe and sustainable ghoul fuel. This allows him continue his research into the “paranordinary”, documented in his first book, “S.J. Winston’s Spookity Compendium of Creeps & Creatures”.

He is also the founder and guardian of the Spook Troops, an after-school Spirit Guide program aimed at hands-on learning. Members gain otherworldly experience as they help identify, understand, and in the rarest of circumstances, relocate creepity beings. Only card-carrying Spook Troops can safely* encounter monsters, and earn “Scaredy Badges” through demonstrating monster empathy and knowledge.

As part of the Spook Troop spirit guide program, we also often employ and rehouse wayward weirds and shiftless souls not quite yet ready to move on back across the veil. We’re Underworld Union Friendly! We always treat remains humanely!

His research facility, Winston Manor also acts as a Historical Marker (the first built residence in Creepmoor) just outside of Easton. Registered as the Lower Creepmoor Valley Paranormal Preservation & Ecto-Conservation Authority, you can reach SJ Winston through the Ghost Office and his psychic channels are always open.