The Haunting of Sam Cabot
by Mark Edward Hall
eBook ISBN: 9781615720316
Price: $ 4.50
Genre: Horror
Sub Genre: Psychological
Novella of 28436 words
Sex rating: 3
Violence rating: 3
Edited by Lisa J. Jackson
Cover Artwork by Ash Arceneaux
Print ISBN: 9781615720309 Buy Here
About the book:
There are places that hold evil, houses so vile, so tainted, that people refuse to live in them. Farnham House is one of those places. Once an inn, this majestic old New England manor house is back on the market, and the price is very reasonable.
Sam Cabot is a man tired of moving. Now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life in the country with his wife and young son. Little does he know that he will soon begin a long, slow descent into madness and that he will spend his summer living with dead things.
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Excerpt:
The basement was the last stop of the tour. We exited the house and went in through the outside door. Carlisle explained that the stairs down from the kitchen needed to be shored up before they could be used. The basement floor was earthen and the place stank of mildew and ancient earth. The open door cast a wedge of dusky light only about ten feet in, and beyond that there was nothing but darkness. I could tell Sean didn’t like the place, for he shrank against his mother’s leg and clung tenaciously to her. Linda didn’t like it either. She threw me a small unsettled look. Carlisle fumbled around in the darkness for a moment until he located a wall switch and when he flicked it, a single dirty light-bulb, probably of the sixty watt variety, came on and illuminated the area directly over the heating system. Linda and I both gasped, stopping dead in our tracks. I was speechless. One small word came out of Linda and it was spoken in a soft whisper that was filled with awe: “God...”
External Reviews:
| Allison at Well Read Reviews | "...this story will pull you in from the beginning and leave you speechless with wonder at the very end." |
| Amazon Deborah A. Woehr | I read The Haunting of Sam Cabot in two sittings, enthralled by this tale and its Lovecraftian style. |
| Amazon The Book Monster (Mrs. Kitty) | In fact, I'm not sure I could actually describe what I did as reading, it was more along the lines of devouring, consuming, and inhaling it |
| Cyrus Wraith Walker at Fiction Tips Weekly | "Through the story’s insanity, sanity is confirmed." |
| Doug Bentin at BookGasm | "...the story’s reveal surprised me right down to my socks. And then, Hall topped it." |
| Monster Librarian | "It's a classic haunted house tale with a heavy dose of foreshadowing...to keep eyes glued to the pages." |
| Red Adept's Kindle Reviews | "The storyline of this novella streamed with the intensity of a cross between The Shining and The Amityville Horror..." |
| Teagan S. Boyd at Book Wenches | "The way the story is told creates a great impact upon the psyche." |
| Customer ratings |
Average rating: 5 fingers |
| Rating 5: A very well crafted story that will keep you guessing right to the very end! |
