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THE DEAD HOUSE
A poignant story of love, death and isolation from an incredible talent
Attempting to rebuild her life after a violent relationship, Maggie Turner, a successful young artist, moves
from London to a long-abandoned cottage in rural Ireland. The idea of isolation seems romantic, and she is
captivated by the wild beauty of her surround.
When she gathers a small group of friends together for a house-warming party, someone produces a Ouija
board and what starts as a drunken game descends into something more sinister. Maggie apparently channels a spirit called the Master' who, when alive a hundred years before, was involved in the ritual sacrifice of a young girl.
Maggie immerses herself in her painting, but begins to hear voices and finds herself drawn to a stone circle
in the nearby hills. Slowly, her mind breaks down. When friends check on her, they find the house fallen into
disrepair, and Maggie herself has grown bedraggled. When her house is destroyed by fire, her body is never
recovered.
Nine years pass by, and a seven-year-old girl reports seeing a woman, accompanied by a tall man, in a patch of woodland behind their home. The girl is sure she recognises her from photographs that her mother keeps in a drawer...
Billy O'Callaghan was born in Cork in 1974, and is the author of three previous short story collections: In Exile (2008) and In Too Deep (2009), and The Things We Lose, the Things We Leave Behind (2013), the title story of which earned him an Irish Book Award for Short Story of the Year. Recipient of the Molly Keane Award and
the George A. Birmingham Award, his short stories have appeared in some ninety literary magazines and journals around the world, including: Absinthe: New European Writing, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, the Bellevue Literary Review, the Kyoto Journal, London Magazine, the Los Angeles Review, and Yuan Yang: a Journal of Hong Kong and International Writing.
from London to a long-abandoned cottage in rural Ireland. The idea of isolation seems romantic, and she is
captivated by the wild beauty of her surround.
When she gathers a small group of friends together for a house-warming party, someone produces a Ouija
board and what starts as a drunken game descends into something more sinister. Maggie apparently channels a spirit called the Master' who, when alive a hundred years before, was involved in the ritual sacrifice of a young girl.
Maggie immerses herself in her painting, but begins to hear voices and finds herself drawn to a stone circle
in the nearby hills. Slowly, her mind breaks down. When friends check on her, they find the house fallen into
disrepair, and Maggie herself has grown bedraggled. When her house is destroyed by fire, her body is never
recovered.
Nine years pass by, and a seven-year-old girl reports seeing a woman, accompanied by a tall man, in a patch of woodland behind their home. The girl is sure she recognises her from photographs that her mother keeps in a drawer...
Billy O'Callaghan was born in Cork in 1974, and is the author of three previous short story collections: In Exile (2008) and In Too Deep (2009), and The Things We Lose, the Things We Leave Behind (2013), the title story of which earned him an Irish Book Award for Short Story of the Year. Recipient of the Molly Keane Award and
the George A. Birmingham Award, his short stories have appeared in some ninety literary magazines and journals around the world, including: Absinthe: New European Writing, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, the Bellevue Literary Review, the Kyoto Journal, London Magazine, the Los Angeles Review, and Yuan Yang: a Journal of Hong Kong and International Writing.
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Published 2023-05-11 by O' Brien Press |