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An American Haunting
Fiction/South/Suspense
ISBN 1-891799-11-8
13-Digit ISBN 978-1-891799-11-2
Hardcover - $24.95
Publication Date: September 2004
Harbor House
Author spins terrifying tale of haunted Texas home
An American Haunting, Scott A. Johnson’s delightfully frightening debut novel, rips away the boundaries between real-life and fiction in its truth-based, spine-tingling exploration
of evil.
Making one last attempt to build a financially stable life for his family, Gabriel
Rosewood borrows money from his parents to buy a quaint, fixer-upper in the historic district of San Marcos — never imagining the beautiful old building harbors a deadly evil.
At once touching and terrifying, the tale of the house and its occupants remains profoundly moving as an examination of one family’s struggle to connect while
bursting the seams of the horror genre with its authentic characterization, surreal descriptions and complex plot progression.
The first few pages trigger an explosion of terror that continues to exude energy for the length of the book, delving into the supernatural forces that have ruled the house since its construction and the town’s dogged determination to hide the truth.
The plot centers on the self-doubting Gabriel and his dangerous attempt to protect his loved ones and prove his worth as a father and husband. These motivations lead
Gabe away from his skepticism and into the thick of evil.
The endearing characters range from Lizzy, Gabriel’s lonely and left-out ten-year-old daughter, to Trish, his warm, loving wife, and include such oddballs as the cranky and reluctant guardian of the San Marcos Historical Society, a professor studying paranormal psychology, and a gifted self-sacrificing medium.
In the tradition of Stephen King’s The Shining, An American Haunting is a nail-biting and insightful Texas horror story sure to leave horror fans deeply affected by its curious message of fear and hope.
Advance Praise forAn American Haunting
“A lively, compelling novel set in a small, ordinary town and peopled by characters with troubles as familiar as our own: a shrinking paycheck, a growing family, in-laws who don’t understand us. An American Haunting merges the daily with the supernatural,
the ancient with the contemporary.”
– Debra Monroe, Newfangled
“An American Haunting takes us to the dream house on the hill, where the only thing worse than your dreams is waking up. Scott Johnson reminds us that the world is
older and stranger than we know, and that the bonds of human affection are more powerful than death. Don’t read this book alone.”
– Miles Wilson, Harm
“Something abides in the house on the hill in Scott Johnson’s gripping and terrifying debut novel. It’s a story that probes our deepest fears – how familiar things can turn on us in the dark, how vulnerable children are to the machinations of evil, how madness and old violence seep like oil through the veneers under which we try to hide them. An American Haunting is a deliciously scary book.”
– John Blair, Drue Heinz Award winner for American Standard
“Thanks to Scott Johnson’s novel, my wife no longer showers.”
– Owen Egerton, Marshall Hollenzer Is Driving
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