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The Haunting of Hill House By Jackson, Shirley Introduction by Miller, Laura 2006-12 - Penguin Books 9780143039983 Check Our Catalog The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959, Shirley Jacksons "The Haunting of Hill House" has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a haunting; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powersand soon it will choose one of them to make its own. …More

Hell House By Matheson, Richard 1999-10 - Tor Classics 9780312868857 Check Our Catalog All attempts to probe the mysteries of Belasco House have ended in murder, suicide, or insanity--but now a new investigation has been launched, bringing four strangers in search of the ultimate secrets of life and death. …More

The House of Lost Souls By Cottam, F. G. 2009-07 - Thomas Dunne Books 9780312544324 Check Our Catalog Just weeks after four students cross the threshold of the derelict Fischer House, one of them has committed suicide and the other three are descending into madness. Nick Mason's sister is one of them. To save her, Nick must join ranks with Paul Seaton--the only person to have visited the house and survive. But Paul is a troubled man, haunted by otherworldly visions that even now threaten his sanity. Desperate, Nick forces Paul to go back into the past, to the secret journal of beautiful photographer Pandora Gibson-Hoare and a debauched gathering in the 1920s, and to the dark legacy of Klaus Fischer--master of the unspeakable crime and demonic proceedings that have haunted the mansion for decades. Because now, the Fischer House is beckoning, and some old friends have gathered to welcome Paul back. . . . …More

A Winter Haunting By Simmons, Dan 2003-01 - HarperTorch 9780380817160 Check Our Catalog The characters from "Summer of Night" return as adults. Having sabotaged his career and his marriage, Dale Stewart returns to Elm Haven, his boyhood home, and moves in to the one-time residence of his friend who died in an "accident" in 1960. But Dale is not alone--he's been followed by private demons who twist his reality into horrifying new forms. …More

Faerie Tale By Feist, Raymond E. 1989-01 - Spectra Books 9780553277838 Check Our Catalog Phil Hastings was a lucky man-he had money, a growing reputation as a screenwriter, a happy, loving family with three kids, and he'd just moved into the house of his dreams in rural of magic-and about to be altered irrevocably by a magic more real than any he dared imagine. For with the Magic came the Bad Thing, and the Faerie, and then the cool. . .and the resurrection of a primordial war with a forgotten people-a war that not only the Hastings but the whole human race could lose. …More