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Mumma's House
The house belongs to them now. To provide for her son, June would sacrifice anything. She would live in fear every day and shield her son from it. She would stay, tormented, to hang onto his inheritance. This year, something is different. Forces in the family are conspiring. June is going to have to step forward and make a claim on Mumma's House. Over the years, the house has fallen into disrepair, but it is all that is left of the inheritance. So many people have a claim on the house and nobody can agree on what to do. They're locked in a battle to be the last surviving family member. June just wants stability. She wants her son to grow up happy and healthy. Her brother has a plan to make their troubles go away. June has decided to take control. There's only one problem--the house is full of mysteries and ghosts. It fights her at every turn.
377 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 18, 2017
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Ike Hamill
54 books189 followersIke Hamill writes fast-paced horror novels with strong, relatable characters. His books have gained a steady following amongst readers who enjoy his blend of sci-fi, paranormal, occult, and suspense. Whether focused on a small family trying to survive the move to a haunted house, or following a band of angry rebels determined to withstand an apocalypse, his stories draw the reader into the lives of real people in crisis. Readers are always sad to leave the characters behind when the book is finished.
Reviewers compare Ike to Dean Koontz and Stephen King—two of his favorite authors. His narrative often jumps between interwoven stories, presenting readers with a fresh perspective and keeping them guessing until the last chapter. Most of Ike’s readers are repeat customers. Pick up one of his books to learn why.
Reviewers compare Ike to Dean Koontz and Stephen King—two of his favorite authors. His narrative often jumps between interwoven stories, presenting readers with a fresh perspective and keeping them guessing until the last chapter. Most of Ike’s readers are repeat customers. Pick up one of his books to learn why.
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October 17, 2022
My Grandmas House
My grandma used to live in an old two story house in town on Magnolia Avenue. She lived there with my dads younger sister, Aunt Joyce and my Uncle and their two kids Lewis and Carolyn. I remember visiting there very rarely usually on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Oh and Easter. In fact my mom went into labor with me on Easter Sunday while they were eating dinner. When I read this book, I immediately thought of grandmas home. She has been gone since 1983, and it was both sad and happy to notice how much the two houses had in common. The long hallways and many bedrooms, and there was an attic room that my cousin Carolyn had for her playroom. I was so jealous that she had her own playroom. I was sharing a room with my little brother at the time. My parents eventually built my brother a small bedroom of his own because we fought all the time, lol. Anyways the house in this book was so familiar to me. And it is a long way from Maine to Florida that’s for sure. There are so many old houses that seem to vibrate with energy that has built up from so many lives that were lived inside the walls. My grandmas home was built during the 1800s not sure about the actual date but most of the houses in that part of town were built during that same period when Sanford was founded and pioneers began their new lives there. I remember so clearly the big wrap around porch and especially the huge kitchen where grandma baked all her delicious pies and cakes. I do love that the author writes about houses that have all that energy living within them and sometimes the energy makes the house itself a living entity. It makes for a great story and even though there may be a familiar feeling about the house it always has it’s own secrets and spirits that make each story both real and paranormal. Ike Hamill is a terrific writer who can weave a horror story from such a common terror and manages to put out the welcome mat to each house and opens the front door with a firm handshake and a big smile! Bravo Mr Hamill on yet another winning spooky tale of a house with a life of its own!
My grandma used to live in an old two story house in town on Magnolia Avenue. She lived there with my dads younger sister, Aunt Joyce and my Uncle and their two kids Lewis and Carolyn. I remember visiting there very rarely usually on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Oh and Easter. In fact my mom went into labor with me on Easter Sunday while they were eating dinner. When I read this book, I immediately thought of grandmas home. She has been gone since 1983, and it was both sad and happy to notice how much the two houses had in common. The long hallways and many bedrooms, and there was an attic room that my cousin Carolyn had for her playroom. I was so jealous that she had her own playroom. I was sharing a room with my little brother at the time. My parents eventually built my brother a small bedroom of his own because we fought all the time, lol. Anyways the house in this book was so familiar to me. And it is a long way from Maine to Florida that’s for sure. There are so many old houses that seem to vibrate with energy that has built up from so many lives that were lived inside the walls. My grandmas home was built during the 1800s not sure about the actual date but most of the houses in that part of town were built during that same period when Sanford was founded and pioneers began their new lives there. I remember so clearly the big wrap around porch and especially the huge kitchen where grandma baked all her delicious pies and cakes. I do love that the author writes about houses that have all that energy living within them and sometimes the energy makes the house itself a living entity. It makes for a great story and even though there may be a familiar feeling about the house it always has it’s own secrets and spirits that make each story both real and paranormal. Ike Hamill is a terrific writer who can weave a horror story from such a common terror and manages to put out the welcome mat to each house and opens the front door with a firm handshake and a big smile! Bravo Mr Hamill on yet another winning spooky tale of a house with a life of its own!
January 3, 2018
I love Mumma’s House. It’s one of the very few haunted house stories I’ve ever read in which there seems to be genuine interest and plot to the haunted house, rather than just turning it into a random monster. It has a personality that makes it believable that it wouldn’t kill off the characters randomly. After all, the family and the house belong to each other: "The only times I have been targeted, I was the most interesting thing [the house] could play with."
The inner geography of the house changes constantly. Sometimes the house seems to try to absorb a person, pulling them in with a blanket or the like. June can tell who is in the house by concentrating, and her son, Gus, is learning to do some of the same. I love the characters; none of them are squeaky-clean and some of them have been doing some dark things in their quest to get hold of the inheritance.
If you love horror, and have any interest in haunted houses, but want there to be story that draws a remarkably ‘lifelike’ haunted house, then Mumma’s House is a great read. My take on Hamill’s writing goes up and down depending on the book, but I think this is one of his best.
Original review on my site: http://www.errantdreams.com/2018/01/r...
The inner geography of the house changes constantly. Sometimes the house seems to try to absorb a person, pulling them in with a blanket or the like. June can tell who is in the house by concentrating, and her son, Gus, is learning to do some of the same. I love the characters; none of them are squeaky-clean and some of them have been doing some dark things in their quest to get hold of the inheritance.
If you love horror, and have any interest in haunted houses, but want there to be story that draws a remarkably ‘lifelike’ haunted house, then Mumma’s House is a great read. My take on Hamill’s writing goes up and down depending on the book, but I think this is one of his best.
Original review on my site: http://www.errantdreams.com/2018/01/r...
January 16, 2021
Fluff and filler festival... and slooooooow...
No spoilers: 1 star. Wow! I think this is only the second novel I've ever rated 1 star but I felt it an obligation to warn others before they sink into this quicksand...
Here's the synopsis: large family gathering in the ancestral home for the Christmas and New Year holidays... lots of children, lots of adults, lots of food... it's a yearly tradition...
Sounds enjoyable, right? Add in a shadowy old house that seems to change and grow new rooms, halls and nooks... and weird electrical...and quirky relatives...
...it may lead you to believe you've picked up a good book similar to NEVERLAND by Douglas Clegg...
NOT!... Imagine someone placing recorders all over the house and recording everyone's conversations and family stories, even the most boring and trite...
...Also imagine that these family yarns ramble on waaaaay too long (pages and pages)... and you'll have the vast majority of this story... YAWN!
This author has topped himself finding a new vehicle for fluff and filler with MUMMA'S HOUSE... The 5 star reviews must be super- fans of the author or they have low expectations for their horror.
Try UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN by this author for a great spooky story but I would pass on this overlong, boring novel.
No spoilers: 1 star. Wow! I think this is only the second novel I've ever rated 1 star but I felt it an obligation to warn others before they sink into this quicksand...
Here's the synopsis: large family gathering in the ancestral home for the Christmas and New Year holidays... lots of children, lots of adults, lots of food... it's a yearly tradition...
Sounds enjoyable, right? Add in a shadowy old house that seems to change and grow new rooms, halls and nooks... and weird electrical...and quirky relatives...
...it may lead you to believe you've picked up a good book similar to NEVERLAND by Douglas Clegg...
NOT!... Imagine someone placing recorders all over the house and recording everyone's conversations and family stories, even the most boring and trite...
...Also imagine that these family yarns ramble on waaaaay too long (pages and pages)... and you'll have the vast majority of this story... YAWN!
This author has topped himself finding a new vehicle for fluff and filler with MUMMA'S HOUSE... The 5 star reviews must be super- fans of the author or they have low expectations for their horror.
Try UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN by this author for a great spooky story but I would pass on this overlong, boring novel.
April 15, 2020
Ike Hamill has been offering his books for free over the past several weeks of the pandemic, so I got this one, along with all the others he has offered. These are in addition to the many I already own. This book was chilling and weird and wonderful. At first it was difficult to keep track of all the characters and their relationships. Even some of the proper relationships weren't known by the people in the book! It is a terrific ghost/haunted house story with complex and convoluted twists and turns. There is one particularly creepy ghost story right in the middle of the book. And there is one sentence near the very end that was too spooky! I also like how Ike picks up on simple actions to really put you into the scene. For example, the tea kettle ticks as the water heats up and someone tucks the pillow under her chin to put the pillow case on it. All the little everyday actions and sounds make it all seem normal in the house--but it is anything but normal! Ready to take on another of his fright-filled books!
April 29, 2020
This was a very different, but also enjoyable and interesting read. I guess you could call it a "haunted house" story, but not like any other I've read.
There is a rather large cast of characters, most of whom I enjoyed getting to know. The lead character and her son, June and Gus, were wonderfully filled out, as were most of the others. The story moved along not quickly, but not too slowly either. And I enjoyed the ending as well as the rest of the tale.
Very well written, and actually a bit of a surprise. I would recommend it if you like haunted house stories and ghosties about. Actually though it was more than just that. A good read!
There is a rather large cast of characters, most of whom I enjoyed getting to know. The lead character and her son, June and Gus, were wonderfully filled out, as were most of the others. The story moved along not quickly, but not too slowly either. And I enjoyed the ending as well as the rest of the tale.
Very well written, and actually a bit of a surprise. I would recommend it if you like haunted house stories and ghosties about. Actually though it was more than just that. A good read!
June 6, 2021
Don’t go anywhere alone…
Scarier than the Winchester Mystery House…. I thought it ran a little long; but deemed it okay as the author continued to develop his characters. Here’s how I would rate the different sections of the book. Characters were 1st, the storyline is 2nd, and the scene settings are 3rd. I would have liked if the strangeness of the house appeared earlier in the storyline. Maybe a prologue from outsiders on people disappearances. What I definitely like about Mr. Hamill’s story’s are the length. You get a full story when you buy one of his.
Scarier than the Winchester Mystery House…. I thought it ran a little long; but deemed it okay as the author continued to develop his characters. Here’s how I would rate the different sections of the book. Characters were 1st, the storyline is 2nd, and the scene settings are 3rd. I would have liked if the strangeness of the house appeared earlier in the storyline. Maybe a prologue from outsiders on people disappearances. What I definitely like about Mr. Hamill’s story’s are the length. You get a full story when you buy one of his.
December 30, 2017
This was an excellent kinda of haunted house story by Ike Hamill. Like all of Ike Hamill`s stories, it takes a simple genre like haunted house and makes it something completely different and original. I am always surprised (in a very good way) by Mr. Hamill`s stories. Mumma`s House is a story about family and their home for several generations. There are memories and ghosts that still linger there in the home and they are no always pleasant.
December 31, 2017
Excellent character development!!! There are about a bazillion (possibly a little exaggeration on my part) characters in this book, and their introductions were great. I don’t have to keep paging back to look up who they are. So far, I’m only a third of the way thru, but the book is great, crazy….but great. It’s not scary yet…but I’m going to assume that is coming. ------------Well, I’m now finished. It was kind of scary, but no blood and gore. I enjoyed it…and the ending.
February 26, 2018
Physiological Thriller
Ok, if you've ever lived in an old house you know sometimes it feels like you're not the only occupants. If you've never lived in an old house, reading this book might just make you think twice. A fun yet terrifying tale of a family and their old house. Not recommended to read in the dark! Especially if you currently live in an old house. Well written with well thought out characters.
Ok, if you've ever lived in an old house you know sometimes it feels like you're not the only occupants. If you've never lived in an old house, reading this book might just make you think twice. A fun yet terrifying tale of a family and their old house. Not recommended to read in the dark! Especially if you currently live in an old house. Well written with well thought out characters.
May 7, 2021
Page Turner
Ike Hamill will draw you into Mumma's House from the first to the last page.
June is a single mother who is hell bent on keeping her son Gus protected from ghosts, and keep his inheratige to Mumma's House.
This is a must read book with a lot of creepy twists and turns!
Ike Hamill will draw you into Mumma's House from the first to the last page.
June is a single mother who is hell bent on keeping her son Gus protected from ghosts, and keep his inheratige to Mumma's House.
This is a must read book with a lot of creepy twists and turns!
December 10, 2021
Too long and confusing
The story was much too long and too many characters and very boring at the beginning but then turned into almost a ghost campfire stories at the end. I personally did not care for how long The story went and how it progressed into a ghost story. I would not recommend this story Because of it being so confusing and so long.
The story was much too long and too many characters and very boring at the beginning but then turned into almost a ghost campfire stories at the end. I personally did not care for how long The story went and how it progressed into a ghost story. I would not recommend this story Because of it being so confusing and so long.
March 10, 2018
OMG loved this book, misterious, haunting, voodoo....now what will Mumma Jay do? Hope there will be a book 2
April 14, 2019
Loved the book...great haunted house ghost story
January 5, 2020
Great story
Entertaining story that kept me reading long into the night. A family house with all the memories and some spirts inside it.
Entertaining story that kept me reading long into the night. A family house with all the memories and some spirts inside it.
November 6, 2020
Twists and turns!
This tale reminded me of New Orleans style haunts... Families with voodoo/hoodoo type relationships and huge families that span generations. Loved it!
This tale reminded me of New Orleans style haunts... Families with voodoo/hoodoo type relationships and huge families that span generations. Loved it!
June 2, 2021
This was a long book, but it wasn't boring at all. Kept me engaged.
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December 27, 2017I can't follow this story, a group is there and then they're not.. I'm putting this book aside for now.
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