Incidents Around the House

Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient . . . Simply put – and I do not say this lightly – Incidents Around the House is the most purely effective horror novel I have ever read -- <i>Esquire</i>, Best Horror Books of 2024 A disturbing bedtime story told by a broken child, this book IS the monster that lives inside your closet -- Grady Hendrix, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>How to Sell a Haunted House</i> A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine . . . You just have to turn the first page to set it off -- Paul Tremblay, author of <i>The Cabin at the End of the World</i> and <i>Horror Movie</i> A masterwork of unadorned existential terror -- Zoje Stage, <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of <i>Baby Teeth</i> Josh Malerman is such an insidious architect. I call all of his haunted houses home, and this just might be his most devilish design yet -- Clay McLeod Chapman, author of <i>What Kind of Mother</i> and <i>Ghost Eaters</i> This haunting exploration of the perils of childhood is a story that will stay with you for a long time to come -- Gwendolyn Kiste, Lambda Literary Award and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of <i>Reluctant Immortals<i> and <i>The Rust Maidens</i></i></i> This book does worse than stay with you – it stalks you. Page-turning and nerve-burning – don’t read it after dark -- Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of <i>Queen of Teeth</i> and <i>A Light Most Hateful</i> Incidents Around the House effortlessly draws the reader in for a deeply unsettling and genuinely frightening read. It’s a masterclass in scares -- Brian Keene, bestselling author of <i>End of the Road</i> Hereditary meets Skinamarink: one of my favorite books of the year -- Sarah Langan, author of <i>A Better World</i> Terrifying, beguiling, bewitching, awesomely constructed and a masterpiece of voice and dread -- Nat Cassidy, author of <i>Mary: An Awakening of Terror</i> and <i>Nestlings</i> So gripping in terror, I couldn’t put it down. This is everything I’m looking for in a horror story -- Laurel Hightower, author of <i>Crossroads</i> This book has actual jump scares! Trust me: daytime only in a room with no closets -- Sadie Hartmann, author of <i>101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered</i> This is what great horror does; read it and it will never leave you. Josh Malerman is one of the best -- Thomas Tessier, award-winning author of <i>The Nightwalker</i>, <i>Rapture</i> and <i>Fog Heart</i> A triumph of craft and suspense -- Sarah Gailey, author of <i>Just Like Home</i> A shocker, a modern horror classic that scared the absolute hell out of me -- Jonathan Janz, author of <i>Children of the Dark</i> Perfectly frightening . . . feels like an otherworldly warning as much as a story -- Johnny Compton, author of <i>The Spite House</i> One of the most terrifying books I have ever read . . . I promise it will leave your heart pounding -- Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hugo Award-winning author of <i>HEX</i> and <i>Oracle</i> Incidents Around The House is childhood terror . . . distilled, bottled and served with a smile. -- Fanfi Addict