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The House That Eats the Dead

by Max Doty

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A home with an appetite

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    Praise from Clay McLeod Chapman

    Directly praises the novel, describing it as devilishly voracious and saying it devoured him.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A home with an appetite

The promise of suburban safety turns unsettling when Claire’s family discovers that their new house consumes things that were once alive—and erases them from everyone’s memory but Claire and Tom’s. The supernatural premise is bound closely to domestic life: missing possessions and spoiled provisions become signs of a threat embedded in the family’s home. Claire’s decision to use the house’s power complicates that threat, creating a precarious connection that grows harder to manage as its hunger intensifies. The novel’s horror centers on the instability of a supposedly secure household and the consequences of living alongside a force that cannot be satisfied.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in supernatural horror rooted in family and home life.
  • Readers who enjoy premises involving uncanny houses and concealed threats.
  • Readers seeking adult horror with domestic and suburban settings.

Themes

Domestic security and dangerMemory and lossTemptation and consequencesSupernatural hunger

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Book overview

A family moves into their dream home--only to discover that it hides an insatiable hunger--in this dread-laced and darkly outrageous domestic horror novel.

"Doty's devilishly voracious novel ended up devouring me."--Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes and Devil Inside

The new house is a fresh start for Claire and her family. It's a move away from the cityscape of a declining San Francisco and towards the quiet suburban life she has craved since her turbulent childhood; a step up the corporate ladder for her husband, Tom; and a safe haven for their two children.

Yet as they unpack their boxes, she senses something is wrong. Fresh flowers dry up, store-bought eggs are inexplicably hollow, and her daughter's favorite toy disappears. Claire soon confronts a series of impossible truths: The house is hungry. It's devouring anything that was once alive. And only Claire and Tom, the owners of the house, will remember that this "food" ever existed.

When Claire exploits the house's power in a moment of weakness, she and the house forge a fragile bond. But as its hunger intensifies and Claire loses control, she fears who else might be drawn to her home--and what sinister appetites they'll bring.
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