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Titles in This Set
What Moves the Dead
The Twisted Ones
The Hollow Places
A House with Good Bones
Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Titan Books
Age Range: Adult (18+)
Overview
This four-book paperback set brings together some of T. Kingfisher's most acclaimed modern horror novels in one atmospheric bundle. Blending gothic dread, dark humour, and folklore-inspired terror, each story stands alone yet shares the author's signature voice: sharp, unsettling, and deeply human. Perfect for horror fans who want quietly creeping dread rather than jump scares, this collection is ideal for shelf-building, gifting, or a season of unsettling reading. Brand new paperbacks throughout, ready to send a chill down the spine of any reader who loves smart, character-driven horror fiction.
About the Books
What Moves the Dead reimagines Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" as a slow-burn gothic nightmare, following a soldier who arrives at a decaying estate to find fungal growths, possessed wildlife, and a dark, pulsing lake threatening an old friend's sanity. The Twisted Ones follows Mouse, who inherits her late grandmother's hoarded house and uncovers a step-grandfather's cryptic journal — ramblings that soon prove disturbingly true, blending backwoods folklore with body horror. The Hollow Places introduces recently divorced Kara, nicknamed Carrot, who takes refuge house-sitting at her uncle's eccentric Wonder Museum, where a hole in the wall leads to a corridor that shouldn't exist. A House with Good Bones sees Samantha Montgomery return home to find it eerily transformed: sterile walls, strange rituals, and unspoken rules built around a long-dead matriarch. Southern gothic unease meets buried family secrets. Together, the four novels showcase T. Kingfisher's range within horror — cosmic, folkloric, domestic, and ancestral — while retaining the wit that makes her one of the genre's most distinctive voices.
About the Author
T. Kingfisher is the pen name used by author and illustrator Ursula Vernon for her fiction aimed at adult readers. Under this name she has built a devoted following for horror and fantasy that combines folklore, sharp wit, and genuinely unsettling atmosphere. Her novels have been nominated for and won major genre awards, and she is widely regarded as one of contemporary horror's most inventive and quietly disturbing storytellers, equally comfortable with cosmic dread and domestic unease.
Why You'll Love This Collection
Four distinct nightmares, one unmistakable voice. If you love horror that lingers — folklore, family secrets, and slow-building dread — this paperback set delivers atmosphere, wit, and genuine unease in equal measure.
Please Note: Cover artwork and ISBN may vary slightly from images shown; books are supplied as the current UK paperback edition.
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