Description: Advance Praise forThe Birthing House"A blend of supernatural horror and psychological thriller, Ransom's impressive debut chronicles a couple's descent into madness after they purchase a 140-year-old Victorian house in rural Wisconsin . . . this addictively readable ghost story will keep readers up all night, with the lights on, of course." -Publishers Weekly "As much about the terrors of humankind as it is about the supernatural, this is an exceptional debut . . . Ransom's style mimics that of the early Stephen King and Dan Simmons's horror fiction." -Library Journal(starred review) "Adjustable-rate mortgages are frightening indeed, but what about the underlying property? This debut novel by Christopher Ransom gives a new spin to the venerable haunted-house story. . . . Ransom has a distinctive narrative voice, and a Stephen King-like gift for the dreadful lurking behind the everyday. . . . The novel builds to a gripping climax that will make you think twice, maybe three times, about making an offer on that beautiful old fixer-upper."-SmartMoneymagazine"A biting and well-written novel The kind of genuinely scary story that makes little hairs stand up on the back of your neck This is a rare thing: a ghost story with class. Read it."-Peter Blauner, author of theNew York TimesbestsellerSlipping Into Darkness"The birth of an exciting new voice in dark fictionThe Birthing Houseis a book that will leave you holding your breath."-Scott Nicholson, Bram Stoker Award finalist, author ofThey Hunger"Either I don't know my horror stories (and I do know my horror stories) or Christopher Ransom'sThe Birthing Housewas so all-out scary that it kept me up until the wee hours in a way few novels have since Carrie went to the prom. This book is killer." -Jacquelyn Mitchard,New YorkTimesbestselling author ofThe Deep End of the Ocean"The Birthing Houseis as scary as they come. It's quite simply a terrific novel." -Marcus Sakey, author ofThe Blade Itself"Terrifying and beautiful. I couldn't putThe Birthing Housedown." -Sara Gran, author ofDope"A damn creepy, very original ghost story." -Jack Ketchum, Bram Stoker Award winner, author ofThe Lost"A stunning debut-swaddling the reader in dread from the very first sentence, and spiraling into a heart-stopping climax."-Michael Marshall,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Straw Men

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