I Think My Treehouse Is Haunted

by Philip Fracassi

Available on Reddit

ebook

About the author

PHILIP FRACASSI is the Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award-nominated author of the novels A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic, Boys in the Valley, The Third Rule of Time Travel, and The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre. He is also the author of the story collections Behold the Void, Beneath a Pale Sky, and No One is Safe!

His stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Black Static, Best Horror of the Year, Nightmare Magazine, Interzone, and Southwest Review.

Philip lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Copps Literary Services, Circle M + P, and WME. You can find him on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky, or visit pfracassi.com.

Reviews

[David Swisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of course it was excellent, it's Fracassi!

This short story is told as if it were a compilation of a series of reddit posts from a young boy having just moved from the city to a new home with a treehouse out back. It chronicles why he thinks his treehouse is haunted and what happens when he tries to "de-haunt" it.

Very creepy. Very good.

[Viktor Takac · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun, and creepy little short story about a haunted treehouse.

Theres a lot of claustrophobic atmosphere and some creepy and unsettling scenes that make this entire thing feel exactly like a ghost story being told around a campfire.

The way it was formatted/presented was cool. It was written as if it was a series of posts on Reddit by a young boy looking for advice and telling his tale.

There isn't anything deep here, it's just a story about a boy and his mum moving into a new house, and finding out the previous family was murdered and now the young girl and the killer haunt the treehouse, reliving their last moments.

For such a short story, this one was really good and packed a lot in.

[Ali Mutaiei · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing haunted story in the most terrifying ways. I’ve always loved treehouses in my childhood and found it something fascinating, but never in my worst dreams did I find it scary! Philip takes us into a nostalgic trip to those good old days, with an unexpected creepy twist. As much beautiful as they can look, treehouses can sometimes be dark places too!

[Chad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well that was a creepy short story, one of my favorites I've read from PF!

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creepy little Story. Wonderful.

[Jason McDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent short creepy ghost story with a little twist. Fun as hell!

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, creepy little story. I loved the ending and the artwork.

[Aaron B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent chapbook!

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast read that kept me interested from start to finish. Intriguing ending as well

[B. Kirby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome little story. Very, very creepy.

[Jonathan Wade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just read this on an early Sunday morning, waiting for the dogs to wake for a walk, the sun is shining, the grass is sparkling from the nighttime rain, cup of tea in hand with a vague hangover. I shouldn’t really be creeped out but I am 😂
Thankfully I don’t have a treehouse because I’d have my axe out right now if I did.

[Jason Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written as a series of Reddit posts by a young boy who just moved into a new house, this chapbook by Philip Fracassi was a fun and delightfully spooky story. As an exercise in experimental story telling, the format of “reprinting” sequential posts from a social site / forum proved to be a successful way to retell events from the perspective of a young boy who is trying to make sense of strange events happening in his backyard.