A NEW HIGHBROW HORROR
FOUR SEASONS. THREE FLOORS.
TWO PETS. ONE DEMON.
HER HOME IS YOUR HOME.
Would you get paid to stay in a stunning mansion if it meant babysitting a demon? πΉ
Brian can handle it, duh. He may be flat broke…his best friend may call him ‘high empathy, no boundaries’…but he’s still from the Main Line, those ΓΌber-wealthy suburbs of Philadelphia where old-money campuses lurk behind iron gates and half-acre estates line every street. Just smile and nod, Bri. Fawn and grovel.
Mallory Bain-Dahlhaus needs a housesitter.
The poodle’s in diapers. The cat pisses in the potted plants.
And there’s…something on the far side, always on the far side of her gorgeous Tudor mansion.
“It’ll be wherever you’re not.”
The ritual’s simple, if strange. A nice, fat check. A binding spell to give Brian dominion. The closed second floor is off limits β stick to the first or third. But as summer stay leads to autumn visitation, with a winter gig bleeding into the new year, the laws of attraction take root. Step a little closer, Bri. Open the door. Shed that skin.
Part macabre farce, part cosmic horror bacchanal, HAUSSITTER lives in the suburbs between self-indulgence and self-loathing.
Come stay a while, babe. π
REVIEWS FOR HAUSSITTER
“This book is packed with more personality than any book I’ve ever read. […] It may be the best and most clearly I’ve ever been able to see and hear characters in my mind when I’m reading. […] The prose is almost like another character all to itself. […] One of my favourite reads of the year.” – β β β β β
– Kayleigh Dobbs, Happy Goat Horror
“Haussitter is a brilliant piece of work. […] The narrative is masterfully balanced with its absurd humor and creeping dread, making even the strangest moments feel disturbingly real.” – β β β β β
– Demetria Head, Readers’ Favorite
BRENDAN NORTON 