Chapter 8Nana D delivered the first speech to kick off the Fall Festival that morning, then introduced my mother and me to regale the town with all the major events we'd planned. The Halloween-themed spectacular would take place for two weeks and offer dozens of elaborate and fun activities at Danby Landing. Some would also occur in the county's famed Wellington Park and on the main street near the cable car system that transported students from North to South Campus.
At Danby Landing, the haunted house would open nightly for several hours of scary tours, and the traditional Victorian horse-drawn coach would operate daily from noon until midnight. Madam Zenya would provide fifteen-minute psychic readings during the day and hold group séances at dusk. All the shops along Main Street had ex
