Five harrowing novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the singular mind of the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box, featuring the World Fantasy Award finalist âHalf the House Is Hauntedâ
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Josh Malerman is a master weaver of storiesâand in this spine-chilling collection he spins five twisted tales from the shadows of the human soul:
A sister insists to her little brother that âHalf the House Is Hauntedâ by a strange presence. But is it the house thatâs hauntedâor their childhoods?
In âArgyle,â a dying man confesses to homicides he never committed, and he reveals long-kept secrets far more sinister than murder.
A tourist takes the ultimate trip to outer space in âThe Jupiter Drop,â but the real journey is into his own dark past.
In âDoug and Judy Buy the House WasherâĒ,â a trendy married couple buys the latest home gadget only to find themselves trapped by their possessions, their history . . . and each other.
And in âEgorov,â a wealthy old cretin murders a young man, not knowing the victim was a triplet. The two surviving brothers stage a savage faux-hauntingâplaying the ghost of their slain brotherâwith the aim of driving the old murderer mad.