What Moves the Dead

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"Endpaper art by Ursula Vernon"--Title page verso.
"From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher." When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania. What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves. Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents: Fall of the house of Usher.

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Extremely creepy submitted by cherylo on July 2, 2023, 8:04am The horror of watching as former intimates and their loved ones are taken over from the inside in a seduction of decay and transformation is brought into startling reality in this novella. I needed to read it on a sunny day to resist the beautifully despairing setting from washing over me.

bone chilling submitted by melliu on July 20, 2023, 10:02pm This little novella was a wonderful quick read and sooooo incredibly creepy. I took the advice to read on a sunny day and I was glad I did! Kingfisher wrote in a hair raising way. Scary in the funnest way. Highly recommend

Gloomy and creepy submitted by srlorand on August 25, 2023, 7:45am Another recommendation to read this by daylight! This book is unusually gloomy for T. Kingfisher, perhaps because she’s reimagining an existing story by Edgar Allen Poe. Sympathetic characters and occasional flashes of humor relieve the gloom somewhat, but be prepared for significant creepiness! Do read the Author’s Note at the end.