The House Next Door (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Anne Rivers Siddons
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—occult
- Time of Work: The 1970s
- Setting: An affluent neighborhood in a city of the New South
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Magical and occult fantasy
- Subjects: 1970’s, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, Mental illness, Houses, mansions, or manors, Arson, Architecture or architects
- Locales: United States
The Plot
“People like us dont appear in People magazine”, Colquitt Kennedy asserts in the opening line of The House Next Door. Both she and her husband Walter find themselves in the full glare of publicity after they tell the world about the tragic events that have taken place in the house next door. Try as they might to preserve their insulated and privileged lifestyle, the Kennedys sacrifice everything to combat the nameless horror that comes to their cozy neighborhood after a new house is constructed on an adjacent lot.
The novels plot is divided...
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