It starts with a sprinkle of sand, a trail mysteriously laid down. But when the sand is everywhere you know that the elementals are around. Ask the Savage family, they should know - what's left of them - and their summer house. This novel is by the author of "The Amulet".
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It starts with a sprinkle of sand, a trail mysteriously laid down. But when the sand is everywhere you know that the elementals are around. Ask the Savage family, they should know - what's left of them - and their summer house. This novel is by the author of "The Amulet".
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292 p. 1st edition, paperback original from Avon, 1981. SIGNED "For ___" BY MICHAEL MCDOWELL AND DATED 30 OCT 81 in faded green ink. VERY GOOD. Book's exterior looks alright, but pages are tanned.
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It seems such a difficult thing to find a good haunted house book. They must be very difficult to write - there are more POS haunted house books on the market than any other genre I've found.
This is what I think it takes (authors please take note) to write a good haunted house book:
- A decent backstory (probably the least amount of creativity required for this - really, 'an eccentric aunt leaves you a house' works just fine)
- Interesting, well-developed characters (who say and do at least *a few* original things. The Dead Aunt can be one-dimensional, but the new hauntee needs to be well-developed)
- Pacing (steady build-up of tension and supernatural events); and a solid ending (so many fail here).
The Elementals does all of this very well. It's among the best haunted house books I know - not as scary as I'm searching for (still haven't found a legitimately scary one), but it stands head and shoulders above its fellows.
I'll be looking for more books by the same author.
PS, Check out The Good House by Tananarive Due. It meets the above criteria as well.
