01964cam a2200349 i 4500 1011071991 TxGeo 20231012120000.0 230718s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023033117 9780593237861 trade pbk. 0593237862 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1390749080 TxGeo rda Malerman, Josh, author. Spin a black yarn : novellas / Josh Malerman. First edition. New York, NY : Del Rey, [2023] 386 pages : illustration ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Five novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the author of Bird Box. A sister insists to her little brother that 'Half the House Is Haunted' by a strange presence. But is it the house that's haunted-or their childhoods? In 'Argyle,' a dying man confesses to homicides he never committed, and he reveals long-kept secrets far more sinister than murder. A tourist takes the ultimate trip to outer space in 'The Jupiter Drop,' but the real journey is into his own dark past. In 'Doug and Judy Buy the House Washer,' a trendy married couple buys the latest home gadget only to find themselves trapped by their possessions, their history, and each other. And in 'Egorov,' a wealthy old cretin murders a young man, not knowing the victim was a triplet. The two surviving brothers stage a savage faux-haunting-playing the ghost of their slain brother-with the aim of driving the old murderer mad"-- Provided by publisher. 20231027. Demoniac possession Fiction. Haunted houses Fiction. Psychic trauma Fiction. Siblings Fiction. Horror fiction. Novellas. QS5