Photograph of a book. ‘Sick Houses: Haunted Homes & the Architecture of Dread’ by Leila Taylor, published by Repeater Books. The cover of this paperback is bright red; it features a black and greyscale drawing of a house in the American Gothic style, with a round windowed turret and covered, balustraded porch. The house is mirrored horizontally. From the top left corner of the house emerges a hand holding a sharp kitchen knife, from the bottom right is a chainsaw, dangling from chain links. The text is printed across the image and is white, the title in capital letters and the subtitle in an uneven, wonky font like that of a typewriter. The author’s name appears in red, covering the bottom (mirrored) part of the house and the publishers logo is in black in the bottom right corner. The book is on my glass coffee table, propped against a large round grey vase, filled with eucalyptus and mistletoe. The background is my sitting room, limestone walls and a cream wood-burning stove, it is out of focus.
A little break in to non-fiction, this caught my eye somewhere on the internet, if it was someone from #booksky, thank you. I remember a module from my degree being all about The Uncanny and it’s an area that has fascinated me since.💙📚 #sickhouses #leiletaylor
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