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The Shining by Stephen King
King’s 1977 novel The Shining is a haunted house book that literally knocks the socks off of other haunted house novels. Certain others, preceding and following it, have come close to presenting their...
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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
I love a good haunted house novel. Then again who doesn’t, right? Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House provides the usual staples expected in such works: the large isolated mansion house, one...
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Hell House by Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson’s Hell House is one of the finest haunted house books out there. If you’ve a passing interest in the genre, or specifically in the ‘houses-that-are-haunted’ sub-genre, then do yourself...
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House of Fallen Trees by Gina Ranalli
House of Fallen Trees by Gina Ranalli is a supernatural tale, baited with a dark chunk of psychological terror. As the book opens we meet Karen Lewis, a writer who bears lingering and somewhat dreadful...
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Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Bag of Bones, a 1998 horror novel by genre emperor Stephen King, is in some ways a typical book for its author. It’s got extremely strong characterisations backed with a rich weft of story-telling....
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House of Fear – Jonathan Oliver (Editor)
Oh, the haunted house. Centrepiece to many a piece of classic horror fiction, whether with creaking floorboards, strange noises from the attic, wallpaper dripping blood, and possibly an Indian-burial...
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