Incidents Around the House
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Incidents Around the House (2024) by Josh Malerman, the author of Bird Box, is a horror novel narrated by Bela, an eight-year-old girl. Bela has a secret friend she calls Other Mommy, who lives in the closet and wants to get inside Bela's heart. At first her parents dismiss Other Mommy as imaginary, but frightening incidents around the house convince them that she is real, and the family tries to escape her. The story's terror is filtered through a child's voice.
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- Stephen King: “INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE, Josh Malerman: This is the rare novel that's authentically scary. I mean, this is THE EXORCIST level of scary. The audiobook version is good, too.”