I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I love the combination of haunted house with family drama and Margaret was a great character to follow. She had it rough even before September House and it was interesting to see how her old life had prepared her for the new one.
And the pranksters! How horrible! How much I love them all! Very Gashlycrumb Tinies meets a sketch from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. I love a ghost story, and when the ghosts are good enough to feel like fully fledged characters in their own right... perfection!
“Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts? Just when you thought you'd seen everything a haunted house novel could do, The September House comes along and delivers an eerie, darkly funny, and emotionally grounded book about the ghosts that haunt houses and marriages."– Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel.
When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian…
I love a WTF book that truly does deliver in the end and this one had it! It was definitely on the psychological horror end as it didn't really go into the creepy corners it maybe could have. But that was fine because the weirdness of Old House and the lore there was enough to keep me totally engaged.
What's real, what's not? It's a dangerous game to play, but oh so fun when the author gives you just enough to come to a conclusion (or not? You decided what that very last mini-chapter means!)
Plus the 'bonus' style content between chapters and the morse code that forces you to interact with the book on another level... chef's kiss. SOLD. Give. Me. More.
Young couple Charlie and Eve can't believe the killer deal they got on an old house in a beautiful yet remote neighbourhood nestled deep in the mountains. One day, a man knocks on the door. He claims to have lived in the house years before and asks if he can show his family around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in.
As soon as they enter, strange things start to happen, and Eve wants nothing more than for them to leave and never come back. But they can't - or…
Another fun horror read, and double bonus an indie author! A quick-read throwback to an "I Know What You Did Last Summer" slasher with a thriller twist thrown in. Multiple points of view to keep you on your toes and giving you tiny clues with each shift. A locked room story where everyone has a motive. If this were an AITAH story, a total 'Everyone Sucks Here' in the best way.
This is one you'll fly through, racing through the game and looking around every corner and into every closet.
Ten years ago, at their senior year party- a night that was supposed to be one of the best of their lives- something horrible happened. Five friends promised to keep a secret no matter what, and to cut ties immediately- never to talk again. But now, one of them has suddenly organized a reunion- and they're all having second thoughts. Maybe keeping their secret was a bad idea, because now they're all paying for it in one way or another.
Their little reunion party is awkward at best, and deadly at worst. Because someone thinks they should be paying the…
DudleyTown Connecticut is a real place. DudleyTown Connecticut is illegal to visit. Police say that’s because it’s private property, but locals know it’s because the land is cursed.
When Bailey adventures with her friend Marek into the forest for a paranormal investigation, her boyfriend Simon begrudgingly comes along. Sharing hobbies is what partners do, right? Plus, it’s all stories, so someone has to be there to keep the group grounded.
Except as night falls, those stories become startlingly real. Whispers in the fog, dark shapes between the trees, and soon reality feels like it’s moving further and further away. Is the abandoned mine the perfect refuge, or a shadowy trap?
Can they make it out alive, or will they fall victim to the horrors of DudleyTown?
Centuries of stories have been told about DudleyTown, and now you are in the middle of them. Step into this twisted dark at your own risk and decide for yourself what is fact and what is fiction.
