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Save:A chilling and thoughtful ghost story with strong characters and an introspective edge - a solid winter read for fans of subtle, psychological horror.
'A Winter Haunting' by Dan Simmons is a sequel to 'Summer of Night' that follows the protagonist, Dale Stewart, as he returns to his hometown in Illinois after a series of personal failures. Renting the farm where his childhood friend died, Dale aims to write a novel about the mysterious events of his past. As he grapples with his own sanity, he encounters strange phenomena, including black dogs and haunting messages, all while being harassed by Neo-Nazi punks. The book weaves a tale of psychological complexity, ghostly encounters, and a suspenseful plot that keeps readers on edge.
I know what you’re thinking. There’s the old journalism anecdote of William Randolph Hearst needing someone to cover the Johnstown flood and sending a young cub reporter. It was the kid’s big break. T...December 2002•384 pages
(Also, see 100 recommendations for the series Seasons of Horror ) - #2
Save:A gothic fever dream and a true masterpiece of Belgian fantasy - brilliantly bizarre, unsettling, and haunting. If you love your horror atmospheric and experimental, dive in. Just be ready for a wild, disorienting ride!
Malpertuis by Jean Ray is a gothic horror novel that revolves around a gloomy house, Malpertuis, and its eccentric inhabitants. The story delves into themes of love, lust, madness, curses, supernatural forces, demons, and even unexpected deities. Readers are taken on a journey through a haunted house that deconstructs and reassembles the concept of traditional haunted house narratives into something new and unexpected. The plot unfolds within the walls of Malpertuis, where a group of relatives, each with their own quirks and secrets, are bound to live within the mansion to inherit a vast fortune. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that escaping Malpertuis is not an option, leading to a surreal and mysterious narrative with changing narrators and found documents.
The writing style of Jean Ray in Malpertuis is described as strange, intriguing, and at times frightening. The book combines elements of magical realism, science fiction, and horror narratives with a deep dive into Greek mythology and medieval lore. Ray's narrative structure, using changing narrators and nested stories, adds to the eerie and mysterious atmosphere of the book. The book is praised for its intellectual framework that explores the creation and degradation of gods, existential themes, and a Nietzschean focus on eternal returns, delivering a memorable and intellectually stimulating haunted house story with existential overtones.
White and quivering, his beard flowed from his leaden face over the red eiderdown. He was breathing the air as if he were inhaling utterly delectable odours and his hands, which were large and hairy,...1943•233 pages
