Posthaste Manor

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By Jolie Toomajan & Carson Winter

Publisher Description

NEVER TRUST A HOUSE WITH A NAME

Everyone has a story about Posthaste Manor.

None of the stories end well, but that doesn't stop the hopeful from hoping and the desperate from trying.

This composite novel stands as both history and eulogy of one very haunted house, as recounted by artists, real estate agents, and beloved family pets; by the debauched, the dead and the dying, and anyone looking for one last chance.

Raise a glass in celebration. Just don't linger within its walls for long.

Cover art by Trevor Henderson.

Interior illustrations by Alex Woodroe.

About the Authors:

Jolie Toomajan is a PhD candidate, writer, editor, and all-around ghoul. Her dissertation in progress is focused on the women who wrote for Weird Tales and her work has appeared in Upon a Thrice Time, Death in the Mouth, and Black Static, among others. She is editor of Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic: An Anthology of Hysteria Fiction. Despite all of this, she would investigate a clown hanging out in a sewer grate.

Carson Winter is an award-winning author, punker, and raw nerve. His fiction has been featured in Apex, Vastarien, and Tales to Terrify. "The Guts of Myth" was published in Volume One of Dread Stone Press' Split Scream series. His novella, Soft Targets, is out now from Tenebrous Press. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

"Un-builds a mosaic narrative from the exquisitely deconstructed corpse of Gothic fiction. Toomajan and Winter kick our expectations out like delinquents smashing windows, then remodel the old bones of the haunted house story to entrap the reader in a joyfully wicked architectural beast."

Joe Koch, author of The Wingspan of Severed Hands and Convulsive

"Disturbing, yet often tender, thanks to imagery that stuns and creeps and never forgets that a haunted house needs humans inside of it. A refreshing and evil spin on a classic trope by two fierce talents."

Michael Wehunt, author of The Inconsolables

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4 Reviews

4.5

HorrorReaderWeekend

Created 3 months ago

“I cannot stop talking/thinking about this book. A glitteringly terrifying, wildly different example of modern horror. Posthaste Manor is evil house. The book is like a real estate folio of the house’s history, each section a different voice/viewpoint/short story/list/dream/voyeurism/resident/visitor/repairman/neighbor’s tale of the house. Wild transitions (or lack thereof?) similar to my recent favorite horror movie Barbarian. Bloody, sneaky, shifty horror. I was reeled in and thrown about. Very cleverly different. A wild ride on a rickety roller coaster through a haunted funhouse.”

David Swisher

Created over 1 year ago

“This is not your grandparents haunted house story. I loved the story, and both writers did an excellent job with their contributions. Part One of this composite novel, however, is pieced together quite roughly. It lacks flow, which makes it very difficult to follow, and there are a lot of crazy happenings to follow, that you want to follow. Part Two though, pure excellence. The stories from the various inhabitants/neighbors/realtors were bizarre, creepy, strange, and just the right amount of frightening. "Choose Your Own Reality" If you like bizarre and spooky - read this.”

Philippa

Created over 1 year ago

“Both authors are responsible for some of my favourite stories ("Elizabeth Frankenstein Is the Saddest Girl on Earth" by Jolie Toomajan and “In Haskins” by Carson Winter) but I was still gobsmacked by Posthaste Manor. The narrative duet that opens the book grabbed my attention and didn’t let go until it was all over. The book consists of a novella and collection of short stories, all set in Posthaste Manor. Initially, I didn’t want the novella to end, and thought the stories would be a bit of an anticlimax. NOPE. “The Absolutely True and Correct Account of the Honorable Mlle. Cassandra Von Archambault, Affectionately and Begrudgingly Known To Her Friends and Family as Echo” is worth the price of the book all on its own. Posthaste Manor winks slyly at Jackson’s Hill House and Danielewski’s House of Leaves while still being its own beast. It’s smart, tense, lyrical, funny, and I’m throwing out adjectives here, trying to convey how fantastic this book was, but you really just have to read it. (Also want to add that the illustrations by Alex Woodroe are a great touch!)”

Horror Reads

Created over 1 year ago

“Absolutely brilliant, vicious, and disturbing, this haunted house book will have you rethinking this entire sub-genre of horror. One of the characters best describes the house in this book as not actually being a house at all but simply wearing it like a costume (something to that effect). And, as you'll read, that is an accurate description of Posthaste Manor. Divided into two sections, we'll get to know this house and what it's capable of. And, let me tell you, if you thought The Amityville House was scary, this one will have you shaking with fear and anxiety. This is one of the best books about an evil building I have ever read. The characters we meet in the first section will give us a look inside of this house. It's been a cursed place forever and everyone avoids it at all costs. The stories about disappearances, death, and unholy things living in the walls are well known. But that still doesn't stop certain people from buying it. Very unwise people. A man and a woman are at the center of the first section. Each is in a different timeline but they each buy the house for different reasons. And the things that will happen to them are downright horrific. The second section tells short stories of past inhabitants of the house and each one just gets more and more terrifying and creepy. These authors put their best twisted minds forward with these and you'll be left with a definitive chill up your spine as you're reading these accounts. I absolutely loved this book. It's scary, horrifying, delightfully disturbing, and some of these scenes will live rent free in your head for a very long time. I highly recommend it!”