

The entity they have awakened will follow them, torment them, threatening to make them a part of the bloody legacy of Kill Creek. But what begins as a simple publicity stunt will become a fight for survival. At least he won’t be alone joining him are three other masters of the macabre, writers who have helped shape modern horror. But something is waiting, lurking in the shadows, anxious to meet its new guests… When best-selling horror author Sam McGarver is invited to spend Halloween night in one of the country’s most infamous haunted houses, he reluctantly agrees.

Soon the door will be opened for the first time in decades. For years it has remained empty, overgrown, abandoned. " - Booklist (starred review) At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, is the Finch House. See our wiki for past AMAs.-Shortlisted for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel -Winner of the American Library Association's Horror Book of 2017 "Intensely realized and beautifully orchestrated Gothic horror." -Joyce Carol Oates "A match for readers who enjoyed Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.

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