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What We Find Back Home: A Horror Novel
There's a voice coming from the basement..."Andy Foreman is an exciting and talented new writer on the horror scene. Check out his haunted words!" -Tony Timpone, FANGORIA
"Invokes the spirit of Lovecraft. Will make you want to run up the basement stairs a bit faster." -Jason Kretten, HORRORHOUND RADIO
When Arthur Belding was a child he could swear that he heard an unexplainable voice talking to him from the shadows of his Aunt Helen’s basement. When he returns to visit her many years later as an adult he is convinced that the voice was merely the overactive imagination of a little boy. But as night falls and the house grows quiet, Arthur can still hear that voice drifting up the stairs from out of the basement’s impenetrable darkness.
Andy Foreman debuts with a novel that takes the reader to the darkest parts of the human soul and explores the farthest reaches of our fears. A supernatural story unlike any other, prepare yourself to discover the horrors of what we find when we return to our roots.
"Invokes the spirit of Lovecraft. Will make you want to run up the basement stairs a bit faster." -Jason Kretten, HORRORHOUND RADIO
When Arthur Belding was a child he could swear that he heard an unexplainable voice talking to him from the shadows of his Aunt Helen’s basement. When he returns to visit her many years later as an adult he is convinced that the voice was merely the overactive imagination of a little boy. But as night falls and the house grows quiet, Arthur can still hear that voice drifting up the stairs from out of the basement’s impenetrable darkness.
Andy Foreman debuts with a novel that takes the reader to the darkest parts of the human soul and explores the farthest reaches of our fears. A supernatural story unlike any other, prepare yourself to discover the horrors of what we find when we return to our roots.
- GenresHorror
167 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 9, 2024
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July 20, 2024
Am I the only one asking what the hell they just read ? Why am I so confused? Like what the hell just happened?
September 23, 2024
Not actual horror
This book was more romantic sci-fi than actual horror . I'm still not sure how to explain what I read exactly other than , it was romantic and emotionally driven . if you were thinking this book was going to be pure horror like myself , then don't even read this book . I'm not a fan of romance or tear stricken words and honestly that's all thus book was . it was well written just not my cup of tea .
This book was more romantic sci-fi than actual horror . I'm still not sure how to explain what I read exactly other than , it was romantic and emotionally driven . if you were thinking this book was going to be pure horror like myself , then don't even read this book . I'm not a fan of romance or tear stricken words and honestly that's all thus book was . it was well written just not my cup of tea .
October 4, 2026
I love reading and supporting new authors and was interested to give this one a go. I’d say the negatives outweighed the positives for this book but this author has room to grow and write something great for his next book! I think it’s a good building block to start off.
The one scene that stood out to me the most in this book was the cool use of the walkie talkies in the cave scene. It sets a very unsettling vibe and sets the reader up for some good suspense. After this first scary scene i feel it went downhill in terms of horror sadly. The first “monster” was revealed too quickly and left you kind of knowing its intentions and left the next scenes lack luster in potential scare factor.
I do like the use of memories vs present moment and how the memories turned into present moment scenarios later on.
After those positives the negatives were really sticking out to me like a sore thumb.
First off, whoever was editing this did a poor job as there was an incredible amount of missing or incorrect use of words, doubled up wording for sentences that felt repetitive, additional words that didn’t fit, and an incorrect character name. This happened too many times per chapter to feel like a finished product.
Second, the whole plot didn’t feel truly cohesive. There were certain things brought up in the story like how the aunts family built the house from an old hospital or how the basement actually connected to this monster. Why the aunts house? I liked the ending and how it tied into Amy’s final quote in her letter. I feel this book would have worked a lot better if the setting was actually set in a cave where the other versions of Arthur could stalk or taunt him more before revealing who they are and then we could have the impending horror of an unknowable entity while he traverses caverns and passages until finally coming upon this beast. The fact that it was possibly from the earth already would have worked well with that scenario.
The build up could have been better paced. It took half the book for anything to truly happen and felt like I was reading some other genre for a while before actually getting into any horror. I also felt that outside of Arthur’s memories of Amy before he gets trapped felt oddly missing looking back on it all. I thought it was someone he had never really gotten to know.
So many things felt just lackluster or unfinished. After all that I felt it was more interesting to read viewing it from a writers point of view than truly reading the story. Hopefully the author learns and grows and writes something a step up from this next time.
The one scene that stood out to me the most in this book was the cool use of the walkie talkies in the cave scene. It sets a very unsettling vibe and sets the reader up for some good suspense. After this first scary scene i feel it went downhill in terms of horror sadly. The first “monster” was revealed too quickly and left you kind of knowing its intentions and left the next scenes lack luster in potential scare factor.
I do like the use of memories vs present moment and how the memories turned into present moment scenarios later on.
After those positives the negatives were really sticking out to me like a sore thumb.
First off, whoever was editing this did a poor job as there was an incredible amount of missing or incorrect use of words, doubled up wording for sentences that felt repetitive, additional words that didn’t fit, and an incorrect character name. This happened too many times per chapter to feel like a finished product.
Second, the whole plot didn’t feel truly cohesive. There were certain things brought up in the story like how the aunts family built the house from an old hospital or how the basement actually connected to this monster. Why the aunts house? I liked the ending and how it tied into Amy’s final quote in her letter. I feel this book would have worked a lot better if the setting was actually set in a cave where the other versions of Arthur could stalk or taunt him more before revealing who they are and then we could have the impending horror of an unknowable entity while he traverses caverns and passages until finally coming upon this beast. The fact that it was possibly from the earth already would have worked well with that scenario.
The build up could have been better paced. It took half the book for anything to truly happen and felt like I was reading some other genre for a while before actually getting into any horror. I also felt that outside of Arthur’s memories of Amy before he gets trapped felt oddly missing looking back on it all. I thought it was someone he had never really gotten to know.
So many things felt just lackluster or unfinished. After all that I felt it was more interesting to read viewing it from a writers point of view than truly reading the story. Hopefully the author learns and grows and writes something a step up from this next time.
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September 11, 2024
I really thought I knew what I was walking into with this book. Weird relatives, spooky isolated house, some weird childhood memories. It's been done a bunch but there's still fresh and unique ways to do it, so I'll bite.
I was wrong. I was completely wrong, this book was literally nothing like what I thought it would be. I thought I was reading a haunted house story, maybe a possession story, NOPE. This was a Lovecraftian nightmare of the highest order, and the way the author yanks the rug out from under you should be studied.
The first half of the book dragged a bit, but I understand the need for it, it sets the stage, gives us the false sense of security that we know the trope we're reading, just to turn it all on it's head in the last quarter of the book. I wish the horror and creepiness has been spread out a bit over more of the book, but that last quarter really hammered it home, and the ending was sufficiently creepy that I'll definitely be following up for more releases from this author.
I was wrong. I was completely wrong, this book was literally nothing like what I thought it would be. I thought I was reading a haunted house story, maybe a possession story, NOPE. This was a Lovecraftian nightmare of the highest order, and the way the author yanks the rug out from under you should be studied.
The first half of the book dragged a bit, but I understand the need for it, it sets the stage, gives us the false sense of security that we know the trope we're reading, just to turn it all on it's head in the last quarter of the book. I wish the horror and creepiness has been spread out a bit over more of the book, but that last quarter really hammered it home, and the ending was sufficiently creepy that I'll definitely be following up for more releases from this author.
December 30, 2024
fun read! read it in a day and had a great time
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