{"id":6726,"date":"2026-06-29T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6726"},"modified":"2026-06-28T20:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:40:29","slug":"episode-292-the-celery-stalks-at-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-292-the-celery-stalks-at-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 292 &#8211; The Celery Stalks at Midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/celery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/celery-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Celery Stalks at Midnight by\u00a0James Howe.\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/celery-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/celery-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/celery.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Flashback Summer is getting mildly spooky! We read <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781416928140\"><em>The Celery Stalks at Midnigh<\/em>t by\u00a0<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">James Howe<\/span><\/a><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarafarizan.com\/\">Sara Farizan<\/a>, author of several books of varying spookiness levels including the upcoming <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9798225017422\">The Last Resort: Ghost Light<\/a><\/em>. While listening to your episode, please keep an eye on your pets to make sure they don&#8217;t get into any chocolate!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-292-the-celery-stalks-at-midnight\">Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-126-bunnicula\/\">Episode #126 &#8211; Bunnicula<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vet.cornell.edu\/departments-centers-and-institutes\/riney-canine-health-center\/canine-health-topics\/chocolate-toxicity-what-should-i-do-if-my-dog-eats-chocolate\">Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine on Chocolate Toxicity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Howe\">James Howe on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/09\/18\/fashion\/weddings\/mark-davis-james-howe-weddings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tlA.lB3_.dSxtXcdJN5jg&amp;smid=url-share\">Mark Davis and James Howe wedding announcement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/changesforkirste00shaw\"><em>Changes for Kirsten<\/em> by Janet Beeler Shaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1118\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6726-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/292TheCeleryStalks.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/292TheCeleryStalks.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/292TheCeleryStalks.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/292TheCeleryStalks.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?powerpress_pinw=6726-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/292TheCeleryStalks.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"292TheCeleryStalks.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Flashback Summer is getting mildly spooky! We read The Celery Stalks at Midnight by\u00a0James Howe with Sara Farizan, author of several books of varying spookiness levels including the upcoming The Last Resort: Ghost Light. While listening to your episode, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-292-the-celery-stalks-at-midnight\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[850,1682,2717],"class_list":["post-6726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-flashback-summer","tag-james-howe","tag-the-celery-stalks-at-midnight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6726"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6744,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726\/revisions\/6744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}