The house was beautifully decorated, in an old-fashioned but nostalgic and inspired way, the family has been friends of ours for years, so no worries there. Four-five years ago, we visited some friends in their new house, in a quaint seaside village, relatively close to Athens. I’m 100% certain that I’ll sound like a superstitious ignorant, but bear with me:) Being quite the introvert type, it’s always a toil to find myself in ‘’unexplored’’ grounds but I wasn’t always such a lunatic over houses. And then drive home with the dome light on, and check that back seat as often as you can.It won’t be often enough.’’Stephen Graham Jones I will readily admit that one of the things that bring me to the highest levels of anxiety is visiting a house I’ve never stepped foot into before. ‘’Drive by the house you’re interested in at night, I say. This edition, the first in decades, features a new introduction by award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones. The basis for a classic 1976 film adaptation and an acknowledged influence on Stephen King’s The Shining, Burnt Offerings is one of the most original and scariest haunted house novels ever written. As the suspense builds towards a revelation of what really lies behind that locked door, the Rolfes will discover that their cheap vacation rental comes at a terrible cost.

Allardyce never seems to emerge from her room, and it soon becomes clear that something weird and terrifying is happening in the house.

Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsible for preparing her meals.īut Mrs.

There’s only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their cramped and noisy Queens apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire summer for only $900, it’s an offer that’s too good to refuse.

Burnt offerings by robert marasco