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The House on the Hill

by S Saywack

A telegram makes Vince wonder whether the Martins' hilltop house is evil. His sister now owns it, and he questions whether a boy witnessed its past owners' deaths.

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Can a house be evil? A telegram Vince Ransome receives makes him wonder.

***** Runner up for the 2024 Incipere Award *****

The Martins stand on the brow of a hill, wreathed in mystery. If a house could choose solitude, perhaps that house did. Or perhaps it was the choice of its last owner, who died mysteriously in a fire fifty years ago.

A boy witnessed it. Vince Ransome wonders: did he also witness the deaths of each owner of the house since it was built over a hundred years ago? If so, what is he? A ghost, maybe. And now, Vince’s sister owns the house.

The House on the Hill is an English ghost story set in 1930, in the same vein as A Woman in Black .

First published: 2024
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