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Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman

$15.00 on Amazon

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ISBN0593723147
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Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman

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Incidents Around the House is a supernatural horror novel told entirely through the eyes of eight-year-old Bela, who shares her home with a malevolent entity called Other Mommy. The story weaves together escalating supernatural incidents with the deteriorating stability of Bela's family, creating tension from both otherworldly and domestic sources.

Incidents Around the House is a horror novel by Josh Malerman narrated from the perspective of eight-year-old Bela. Her household consists of her mother, father, and grandmother, but also a presence she calls Other Mommy, a malevolent entity that repeatedly asks Bela for permission to enter her heart. As unsettling incidents escalate within the home, Bela comes to understand that Other Mommy's patience is running out and that her family may face consequences if she continues to withhold her answer.

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Incidents Around the House is a supernatural horror novel told entirely through the eyes of eight-year-old Bela, who shares her home with a malevolent entity called Other Mommy. The story weaves together escalating supernatural incidents with the deteriorating stability of Bela's family, creating tension from both otherworldly and domestic sources.
Who is it for?
This is an adult horror novel intended for readers familiar with supernatural fiction and comfortable with narratives centered on domestic dread and child vulnerability.
What are the main themes?
Family bonds, childhood vulnerability, the erosion of home as a safe space, and the intersection of supernatural threat with domestic instability are central concerns. The novel explores how multiple sources of danger—both supernatural and psychological—can undermine the security a child depends on.
Who wrote it?
Josh Malerman is the author. He is known for horror and supernatural fiction.
What format or source is it?
Incidents Around the House is a published horror novel. The entire narrative is told from the first-person perspective of the eight-year-old protagonist, Bela.
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The novel follows Bela, an eight-year-old narrator, as she experiences increasingly unsettling incidents in her home caused by a presence she calls Other Mommy—an entity that repeatedly demands permission to enter her heart. As supernatural events escalate and Bela senses her parents' marital tension, she realizes Other Mommy's patience is finite and her family may face consequences if she continues to refuse.

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