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Spin a Black Yarn: Novellas

Five harrowing novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the singular mind of the New York Times bestselling author of BIRD BOX.

Josh Malerman is a master weaver of stories --- and in this spine-chilling collection, he spins five twisted tales from the shadows of the human soul: 

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.

Audiobook available; read by Ashley Laurence, James Fouhey and Pete Bradbury

Spin a Black Yarn: Novellas
by Josh Malerman

  • Publication Date: August 15, 2023
  • Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense, Thriller
  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Del Rey
  • ISBN-10: 0593237862
  • ISBN-13: 9780593237861