Written by: Matt Molgaard
I recently returned to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. It’s one of the finest pieces of fiction to take readers by storm, and it also got me thinking about haunted house stories. While this isn’t necessarily a sub-genre that I’m madly in love with, it cannot be denied that some of the greatest stories in history focus on the age old idea of an abode that holds something dark, waiting for the next unsuspecting occupant. And knowing that I got to wondering, why haven’t I put this list together yet? These novels certainly warrant attention, and you can bet your tail they’ll scare the skin right off of you!
Ghost Story by Peter Straub: For four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they…
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