We Used to Live Here
The chilling psychological horror that will leave you sleeping with the lights on
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3.7 • 34 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
House of Leaves meets Parasite in this gripping and eerily haunting debut psychological horror, soon to be a Netflix film starring Blake Lively. Perfect for fans of Stephen King and Leave the World Behind.
⭐ Winner of Reddit NoSleep Scariest Story of the Year Award ⭐
⭐ A Goodreads 'Best Horror Novel of the Last 5 Years' ⭐
⭐ A Goodreads 'Favourite Horror Novel of 2024' Finalist ⭐
'Inventive and genuinely scary' Alma Katsu, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Hunger
‘Full of unease and stomach-churning dread...Read it with every single light on’ Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows
'[Will] haunt you even after you have finished it. This is what I call a great book' Agustina Bazterrica, bestselling author of Tender is the Flesh
You let them back in. You shouldn't have...
Young couple Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they got on an old house deep in the mountains.
One day, a man knocks on the door. He says he lived there years before and asks if he can show his family around.
But, as soon as they enter, strange things start to happen. Eve is desperate for them to leave and never come back. But they can’t – or won’t – take the hint that they are no longer welcome.
Then, Charlie vanishes, and Eve begins to lose her grip on reality.
She’s convinced there’s something terribly wrong with the house and its past inhabitants . . . or is it all in her head?
Readers are terrified by We Used to Live Here:
'A spine-tingling rollercoaster… had me equal parts terrified and intrigued!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'This was WILD. A terrifying, horrific and deeply unsettling yet addictive story.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I didn't see that plot twist coming. At all.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'This is my kind of creepy!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I will think about this book every time someone knocks on my door!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Wow this book. My mind is blown. This is one scary read. ' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I couldn’t put this book down, I was captivated from start to finish.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
We Used to Live Here won Reddit NoSleep Scariest Short Story of the Year 2021
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A young couple's house-flipping hobby turns dangerous in Kliewer's devilish debut. Eve Palmer is alone in the remote Pacific Northwest mansion she and her girlfriend, Charlie, are renovating, when she hears a knock on the door. She opens it to find the Faust family: patriarch Thomas; his wife, Paige; and their three severe-looking children. Thomas explains to Eve that he used to live in the house and would like to show his family around. Despite her misgivings, Eve invites them in, privately hoping the more forthright Charlie will arrive and interrupt the nostalgia tour. When Charlie does show up, a heavy snowstorm follows her, stranding everyone. What begins as mildly uncomfortable grows full-tilt terrifying as one of the Faust children goes missing, Thomas starts calling Eve "Emma," and Charlie seems to transform into a different person entirely. Kliewer nods to the book's origin as a series of Reddit posts by supplementing the main narrative with "documents" examining the paranormal "Old House" phenomenon (which posits certain abandoned buildings connect to a paranormal force), transcripts from subjects who've experienced it, and internet conspiracy theories about its legitimacy. Stringing the whole thing together is Kliewer's gift for atmosphere and wicked sense of humor. This is a winner.
