ABest Horror Book of the Year(Esquire)! A Bram Stoker Award Nominee! A2024 Legacy Awards Nominee! AFinalist for the Reading the West Book Awards!
A terrifying Gothic thriller about grief and death and the depths of a father's love, Johnny Compton'sThe Spite Houseis a stunning debut by a horror master in the makingThe BabadookmeetsA Head Full of Ghostsin Texas Hill Country.
Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. When he comes across an ad for a caretaker for the Masson House, Eric hopes they have finally caught a lucky break. The owner of the most haunted place in Texas is looking for proof of paranormal activity. All they need to do is stay in the house and keep a detailed record of everything that happens thereprovided the houses horrors dont drive them all mad, like the caretakers before them.
The job calls to Eric, not just because of the huge payout, but because he needs access to the secrets of the spite house. If it is indeed haunted, maybe it will help him understand the uncanny power that clings to his family, driving them from town to town, too afraid to stop running&
Also by Johnny Compton:
Devils Kill Devils
Johnny Comptons (he/him) short stories have appeared in
Pseudopod,
Strange Horizons,
The No Sleep Podcastand many other markets. He is an HWA member and creator and host of the podcast
Healthy Fears.
You can trace the tradition of the American Bad Place from Edgar Allan Poe through Shirley Jackson, Richard Matheson, and Stephen King, all the way to Johnny Compton andThe Spite House.
Neil McRobert,Esquire
Comptons chilling debut is horror with heart that puts a refreshingly modern spin on the haunted house story... This tense work of gothic horror provides a complex and multidimensionl'
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