The House of Dust

1) FROM THE PUBLISHER OF KILL CREEK & A GOD IN THE SHED: This title is being published by Inkshares, which published Kill Creek (shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award, selected by the Reader’s Advisory Committee of the ALA as the horror book of 2017) and A God in the Shed (runner up for the same award from the ALA and a Goodreads 2017 horror-book-of-the-year semifinalist).

2) COMBINATION ATMOSPHERIC SOUTHERN GOTHIC & CONTEMPORARY HORROR: This novel combines the atmosphere-heavy style of Southern Gothic with the nuts-and-bolts genre beats of contemporary horror writers like Stephen King.

3) TRUE CRIME & EPISTOLARY: One of the two main characters of the novel is a true-crime writer, Bradley Ellison, and his writings—part of the eventual article he writes for Southern Gothic magazine—are interwoven throughout.

4)TALENTED YOUNG VOICE IN HORROR: The author is twenty three years-old and just graduated from college. In the age of Snapchat, let’s get excited about a young voice breathing life in the Southern Gothic.