From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand comes the first-ever authorized novel to return to the world of Shirley Jackson'sThe Haunting of Hill House:a suspenseful, contemporary, andterrifyingstory of longing and isolation all its own.
Holly Sherwin has been a struggling playwright for years, but now, after receiving a grant to develop her playThe Witch of Edmonton, she may finally be close to her big break. All she needs is time and space to bring her vision to life. When she stumbles across Hill House on aweekend getaway upstate, she is immediately taken in by the ornate, if crumbling, gothic mansion, nearly hidden outside a remote village. Its enormous, old, and ever-so eeriethe perfect place to develop and rehearse her play.
Despite her own hesitations, Hollys girlfriend, Nisa, agrees to join Holly in renting the house out for a month, and soon a troupe of actors, each with ghosts of their own, arrive. Yet as they settle in, the houses peculiarities are made known: strange creatures stalk the grounds, disturbing sounds echo throughout the halls, andtime itself seems to shift. All too soon, Holly and her friends find themselves at odds not just with one another, butwith the house itself. It seems something has been waiting in Hill House all these years, and itno longer intendstowalk alone . . .
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