As the old saying goes, April terrors bring May horrors! HOWLS is reading 3 fearsome thrillers as part of our book club, 2 featuring haunted, evil, bad houses, and one non-fiction historical book about robbing graves in the name of science.
May 5: The Spite House by Johnny Compton
The Spite House is our first read of the month. A man lives the American dream, moving into a house that you get paid to live in! I mean, in this economy, you know? Of course the trade off is the house is a scary, paranormal mess. That wouldn’t stop most of us, I mean …
This book was part of Bridget D. Brave’s list of paranormal house books, It’s Coming from Inside the House!
Photo credit: Peter Ong Cook
May 12: Slade House by David Mitchell
David Mitchell wrote the modern classic Cloud Atlas, a transcendent, epic novel about intertwined histories. His latest novel, Slade House, is second read in our book club this month.
This novel also travels through time, 9 years at a time, when a seemingly random person is invited to stay at the Slade House by a creepy brother and sister. Not just horror, but multiple genres are explored in this story.
This was from @wytwavedarling’s list of haunted / bad house books, House Calls.
Photo credit: @L (she/hers/ella)
May 19: The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris
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Peter Ong Cook
Peter Ong Cook has published stories in 2 HOWLS anthologies so far: HOWLS from the Dark Ages and HOWLS from the Scene of the Crime. His short fiction can also be found in Cosmic Horror Monthly and the anthology Trouble In Paradise. His husky resembles a wolf, the wolf featured in the HOWLS logo, but receives no royalties. The husky would just spend it on the dog-equivalent of booze.
