Haunted are These Houses explores the gothic sub-genre through poetry and fiction: from castle and lighthouses to suburbia to laundromats. It features 22 poems and 12 short stories sure to rattle bones and send shadows dancing about the walls..
Emily’s Review
“A man is a fool to try to account for shadows.” – Mary Wilkins Freeman
Haunted Are These Houses is an anthology of 32 gothic poems and short stories edited by Eddie Generous & Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi. I had read some of these authors before, but a lot of them were new to me. I was introduced to writers I would love to check out more from, such as Moira Gillen, Catherine Cavendish, Angela Zimmerman, and more. I was very happy to see so many women horror writers in this book, and it was very refreshing.
This book is a blend of current and classic stories and poems, and I struggled through some of the older ones. I’ve avoided a lot of classic authors since college, so it was jarring at times to have them mixed on with the newer stories at times. This is my personal problem, though, and not a fault of the book.
My top 5 stories and poems by women in this anthology were Our Room of Walking Coffins by Stephanie Wytovich, Landscape of a Haunting by Erika Hogan, The Brothers by Erin MacNair, The Call of the House of Usher by Annie Neugebauer, and Inheritance by Christina Sng. Annie Neugebauer was the only one of these writers I had read before, and I’m always happy to find new horror writers. I didn’t care for some of the other stories in the anthology, and it ended up being hit or miss for me. That being said, there were many strong stories & poems in Haunted Are These Houses.
Overall, I enjoyed this anthology, and Haunted Are These Houses is a good survey of gothic literature. If this is something you’re interested in exploring, this anthology is a great place to start. If you’re interested in hearing from some of the authors, Eddie Generous is currently doing mini-interviews with some of them on Unnerving Podcast. I recently heard the one with Annie Neugebauer discussing her story, and it was fun to get a closer look. I appreciate the concept of being interactive with the book through the podcast.
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Author Links
Eddie Generous – website
Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi – website
Gemma Files – website
Catherine Cavendish – website
Christina Sng – website
John McIlveen – website
S.L. Edwards – website
Annie Neugebauer – website
Christi Nogle – website
David Busboom – website
Bruce Boston – website
Stephanie Wytovich – website
Sara Tantlinger – website
Hailey Spencer – website
Moira Gillen – website
John Kiste – website
Mary Wilkins Freeman – website
Megan Mary Moore- website
Benjamin Chirlin – website
Brian James Lewis – website
Sheldon Woodbury – website
Joseph VanBuren – website
Erin MacNair – website
Erika Hogan – website
Tobias Radloff – website
Shannon Connor Winward – website
Angela Zimmerman – website
Chris McGinley – website
Ashley Dioses – website
J.T. Seate – website
W.P. Osborne – website
J. Martin – website
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