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What Moves the Dead

By T. Kingfisher
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By T. Kingfisher
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Short, sharp and scary, What Moves the Dead is a certified one-sitting read. A haunting reimagining of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” this story follows Alex, a retired soldier who rushes to a remote house overgrown by fungus to aid their dying childhood friend. If you need more convincing to read this terrifying tale, bestselling author Erin A. Craig (House of Salt and Sorrows) calls it “creepy, claustrophobic, and completely entertaining.”  

Page Count: 176 

An Instant USA Today & Indie Bestseller

A Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Finalist

A Goodreads Best Horror Choice Award Nominee

A gripping and atmospheric reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” from Hugo, Locus, & Nebula award-winning author T. Kingfisher

When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania.

What they find there is a n...

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