Anne Rivers Siddons (1936–2019)

Stephen King lists [The House Next Door] as one of his all-time favorite horror novels in his academic treatise on horror literature, [Danse Macabre]. [[Anne River Siddons]] is certainly not a name typically associated with horror, but don't quibble with Uncle Stevie.

An upper-middle-class couple on the rise purchase their dream home in a tree-lined, bucolic Atlanta suburb. But when the empty lot next door attracts the attention of an architect, their provincial life tilts off its access. Home owner after home owner meet strange and violent ends. Eventually, the malevolence from the neighboring house reaches out to them, until they are faced with a horrible choice between violence and madness.

Siddons is a wonderful writer, and one I wouldn't have read without Uncle Stevie's recommendation. Perhaps her other work is focused on the more mundane, but it opens up a new writer, nonetheless.

4 bones!!!!
Recommended… (más)

Unusual story. Better than I predictedGoodreads review:.Their lives would never be the same.Colquitt and Walter Kennedy enjoyed a life of lazy weekends, gathering with the neighbors on their quiet, manicured street and sipping drinks on their patios. But when construction of a beautiful new home begins in the empty lot next door, their easy friendship and relaxed get-togethers are marred by strange accidents and inexplicable happenings.Though Colquitt's rational mind balks at the idea of a "haunted" house, she cannot ignore the tragedies associated with it. It is as if the house preys on its inhabitants' weaknesses and slowly destroys the goodness in them -- ultimately driving them to disgrace, madness and even death.… (más)