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The Solitary House
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781667666228
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: Mar 28 2026
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Keith Norton, a young man down on his luck, stumbles upon a seemingly abandoned house nestled deep in the English countryside. Drawn by the promise of shelter and a meal, he cautiously enters, only to find an eerie tableau: a breakfast laid for two, half-eaten, with signs of a sudden, unexplained departure. The profound silence and the air thick with an unsettling mystery immediately put him on edge.
As he tentatively settles in, a young woman arrives, desperately searching for her sister, the house's rightful occupant. Her intense hostility, coupled with her own terrifying encounter within the house, plunges our protagonist into a bewildering investigation. What drove the inhabitants away so abruptly? And what sinister presence lurks within the secluded walls, or in the ancient, reputedly cursed woods surrounding it?
With a local vicar's chilling tales of mysterious disappearances adding to the dread, the house itself seems to watch, its secrets guarded by an unseen force. Our protagonist finds himself trapped, not just by circumstance, but by a growing sense of peril, as he uncovers the truth behind the solitary house and its vanished residents, all while facing an unseen threat that lurks in the shadows.
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