Stephen Graham Jones, Don’t Fear the Reaper But given the home’s propensity to rob its previous caretakers of their sanity, it’s a toss-up-will Eric find safety for his family, or has he placed them in more danger than ever before? Another great entry into the horror revival, and one of several gothic works on this list by Black authors. If Eric can stay in the house long enough to get proof of paranormal activity, he and his daughters will receive enough funds to go completely off the grid. Enter the Spite House, a haunted house on a hill overlooking an abandoned orphanage, whose owner is looking for a new caretaker to help prove definitely that the house is occupied by ghosts. And in a country beset by widely aging housing stock, this book is probably more practical than any of us would like to admit.Įric Ross and his two daughters are on the run and looking to settle down somewhere where they won’t be too scrutinized. His hilarious, metatextual horror fiction is absurdly entertaining, and his new novel, How to Sell a Haunted House, promises to skewer the tropes of hauntings while paying homage to a long history of supernaturally possessed homes. I am not exaggerating when I say that Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks from Hell newsletter saved me from losing my sense of humor during the pandemic. Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House Rumfitt uses body horror and the tropes of the haunted house skillfully to explore the trans experience in an England full of terfs, and Tell Me I’m Worthless contains a strong anti-fascist message for a nation beset by growing prejudices. One is trapped in the house forever, and the other two barely escape, the house’s dark powers having revealed both their vulnerabilities and hatreds to each other. In this intense haunted house story, three girls spend a night in a property cursed by the hatred and violence of those who first occupied its grounds.
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