Incidents Around the House

Josh Malerman is well known for his inventive and atmospheric horror novels, including Daphne, Bird Box, and Unbury Carol. He has won a World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Award and is a best-selling author. He first rose to fame with his debut novel Bird Box, which follows a woman named Malorie who attempts to help her children survive a post-apocalyptic world plagued by creatures who cause anyone who sees them to become violent. Bird Box was praised for its creative premise as well as its focus on Malorie’s struggles as a mother. Malerman’s work often focuses on relationships and the domestic as a setting for horror. Incidents Around the House explores this domestic setting, using an ordinary suburban home as the backdrop for a frightening tale of possession and danger.

Malerman worked as a professional musician for many years, touring as the singer and songwriter of the Detroit rock band The High Strung. He wrote 14 rough drafts while making a living as a touring musician. He says of that time, “I never saw the books with dollar signs in my eyes. It was no hobby, that’s for sure, it was the real thing and always has been, but I was happy, then, simply writing” (“

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