From award-winning author Elizabeth Hand comes the first-ever novel authorizedto return to the world of Shirley Jackson’sThe Haunting of Hill Housea “scary and beautifully written” (Neil Gaiman) newstory of isolation and longing perfect for our present time.

**Named a Best Book of the Year by TheNew Yorker,TheWashington Post, and Harper’s Bazaar**

Open the door . . . .

Holly Sherwin has been a struggling playwright for years, but now, after receiving a grant to develop her playWitching Night, she may finally be close to her big break. All she needs is time and space to bring her vision to life. When she stumbles across Hill House on aweekend getaway upstate, she is immediately taken in by the mansion, nearly hidden outside a remote village. Its enormous, old, and ever-so eeriethe perfect place to develop and rehearse her play.

Despite her own hesitations, Hollys girlfriend, Nisa, agrees to join Holly in renting the house for a month, and soon a troupe of actors, each with ghosts of their own, arrive. Yet as they settle in, the houses peculiarities are made known: strange creatures stalk the grounds, disturbing sounds echo throughout the halls, andtime itself seems to shift. All too soon, Holly and her friends find themselves at odds not just with one another, butwith the house itself. It seems something has been waiting in Hill House all these years, and itno longer intendstowalk alone . . .

“A fittingand frighteninghomage.”New York Times Book Review

“Its thrilling to find this is a true hybrid of these two ingenious womens worka novel with all the chills of Jackson that also highlights the contemporary flavor and evocative writing of Hand.”Washington Post

“Only the brilliant Elizabeth Hand could so expertly honor Jackson’s rage, wit, and vision.”Paul Tremblay

“Eerily beautiful, strangely seductive, and genuinely upsetting.”Alix E. Harrow