Author Joe Tennis is signing copies of his books at the Open House of Bedford's Historic Avenel on October 27, 7 p.m. Tennis is the author of six books, including "Haunts of Virginia's Blue Ridge Highlands", featuring a ghost tale o fAvenel plus other stories from Rocky Mount, Bristol, Abingdon, Radford, Meadows of Dan and Salem. Other guests at the open house include the Ghostec paranormal