Review: Haunting House
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2014
I have always been a sucker for haunted house stories. From scaring myself silly with a flashlight under a sheet when young, (my parents took a VERY dim view of both horror stories and staying up late reading), to sometimes scaring myself now- although the flashlight is no longer necessary. As I've gotten older I've found that truly good haunted house stories are hard to find. This, happily, is a good one.Martin Owens, a writer fleeing a myriad of problems in L.A., ends up running out of gas in a small town in Illinois. The people he meets are helpful and in short order he has a place to stay, a new romantic interest, and after a short time, a lucrative job offer. The offer is to find and write about a local haunted house. A house that supposedly appears and disappears at will.With three other people chosen by the editor of the local newspaper (the guy with the money), he sets out through the woods to locate the house. They find it and it's not long before the games begin. It seems like the more Martin tries to think logically and keep everyone relatively calm, the weirder things become. Almost as if the house is playing with them. Like a cat plays with a mouse. Right before it eats it.As I don't want to spoil anyone's enjoyment of reading for themselves I will leave the description at that.I have already downloaded more from the author and look forward to seeing where it takes me.