The house wasn't even locked...but Glenn couldn't get in-- Because this house keeps itself occupied. Imagine the house: Tucked into an abandoned Detroit neighborhood, it's pristine. Peek through the windows and you'll see it's fully furnished, priceless. Glenn's been hired to clear it out. But stepping through the front door, he immediately tumbles out the back. There's seemingly no way in.Things get complicated when Glenn--trying to impress an art student--accidentally gets them both in.There are impossible views out the windows ... ... very unlikely books on the shelves ... ... a severed foot on the mantle ... ... and worse. Now Glenn's crooked boss has abruptly sold the building to a pair of crooked cops. ...And Glenn has discovered what truly dwells in this crooked house. If you like "golden age" Stephen King and Twilight Zone, or modern Lovecraftian cosmic horror, you'll be absorbed by David Erik Nelson's There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House.  Read it instantly for free with Kindle Unlimited. Praise for There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House: "absorbing horror novella" (Recommended Story)--Rich Horton, Locus, Sept 2017  "This is a very entertaining and readable story, and what makes it even better is the sheer amount of incidental detail that Nelson includes. At the end, just when I thought it was coming off the boil a little, there is a neat little twist that pulls it back up again, as well as allowing for sequels. One for the 'Best of the Year' collections."--Paul Fraser, writing for sfmagazines.com "Downtrodden architect Glenn Washington and his none-too-bright sidekick Lennie help a crooked real estate baron flip houses in downtrodden Detroit. A house comes up that is too good to gut for parts. Too good to be true. Waaaay too good. Thing is, nothing leads where it should -- go through the front door, step out the door on the back porch. Best library ever. And why are the cops nosing around? Non-Euclidian architectural petty-crime adventure, and all that implies."--Adrian Simmons, writing for Black Gate magazine.