The Moving House: A Prequel to Ghostland

By Duncan Ralston

The chilling prequel to GHOSTLAND.

 

Garrote House has seen its share of blood. Since Christopher's ancestor Oliver Hedgewood built the house in the 1800s, many spirits have taken up residence in "the Moving House," including horror author Rex Garrote, who'd burned to death in his private library. Christopher Hedgewood and Sara Jane Amblin, inventor of the Recurrence Field, return to Garrote House one final time before it's relocated to Ghostland.

 

They've both witnessed its ghosts many times. But neither of them have come at night, when the Moving House's most dangerous hauntings come alive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Duncan Ralston
• Release date: Oct 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393022138

Duncan Ralston

"Author of the cult smash-hit Woom and Ghostland and more than 15 other books that aren't the cult smash-hit Woom or Ghostland. His debut collection was blurbed positively by the legendary Jack Ketchum. In 10 years of publishing, Duncan Ralston hasn't won or been nominated for sh*t outside of screenwriting awards, and is definitely not bitter about it. For 7 FREE dark fiction short stories/novellas including the prequel to GHOSTLAND, ""The Moving House,"" signed copies of Woom, bookplates and merch, please visit www.duncanralston.com."

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The Moving House

The Moving House

A Prequel to Ghostland

Duncan Ralston

Shadow Work Publishing

This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Contents

Also by Duncan Ralston

The Moving House

An Excerpt from GHOSTLAND

About the Author

More from SWP

Also by Duncan Ralston

Gristle & Bone (collection)

Salvage (novella)

Wildfire (novella)

Woom (novella)

The Method (novel)

Video Nasties (collection)

Ebenezer (novella)

Ghostland (novel)

The Midwives (novel)

In Every Dark Corner (collection)

Afterlife: Ghostland 2.0 (novel)

The Moving House

A Prequel to Ghostland

Winter, 2014

Long before it was called Garrote House, superstitious neighbors had called it the Moving House, though the house at 1 Hedgewood Crescent had stood unmoved at the end of the cul-de-sac, crooked and silent, for over a hundred and seventy years. From the outside it even had a certain charm—it was the sort of house realtors might say had good bones, but only if they were unfamiliar with its history.

Because the Moving House had seen its share of bones… and flesh… and blood.

Christopher Hedgewood pulled the rented van up to the curb out front and peered through the cracked passenger window at the darkened house. It had been passed down to him through the generations—though it had seen its share of interlopers, each of whom had met an untimely and violent demise. His own ancestors hadn't been immune. The house knew

Reviews for The Moving House

[Mika Baqi · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Amazing read, make one nervous & chilled while reading it. Kudos to the author