What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher

[emperor]

This is inspired by Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher (WP describes it as a retelling thereof, which I think is not really fair), and it's a nicely constructed horror story with a suitably creepy atmosphere. There's a certain amount of body horror here, so if that's not your thing maybe give this a miss.

But I thought this was a good reworking of Poe's ideas, and the narrator is nicely drawn and pretty competent (avoiding some of the horror tropes of "no-one but an absolute idiot would be doing this, WTF you fool" that can be annoying). Recommended (providing you like horror stories!).

Comments

[hairyears]

Thank you, will add to the reading pile!

[sphyg]

I've just started A Pale Blue Eye in which a young Poe is a supporting character.