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Frightening Fics Book Discussion

The September House by Carissa Orlando

2025-10-30 18:00:00 2025-10-30 19:00:00 America/Chicago Frightening Fics Book Discussion Book pickup begins September 29. The book tells a story of a woman determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare. R Main Library - Cook Room

Thursday, October 30
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-30 18:00:00 2025-10-30 19:00:00 America/Chicago Frightening Fics Book Discussion Book pickup begins September 29. The book tells a story of a woman determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare. R Main Library - Cook Room

Main Library

Cook Room

Book pickup begins September 29. The book tells a story of a woman determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare. R

When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would flee. Margaret is not most people. 

Margaret is staying. It’s her house. But after four years Hal can’t take it anymore, and he leaves abruptly. Now, he’s not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine—who knows nothing about the hauntings—arrives, intent on looking for her missing father. To make things worse, September has just begun, and with every attempt Margaret and Katherine make at finding Hal, the hauntings grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep.

Content warning: Before reading the book and attending the discussion, please be aware that the book contains graphic material, including gore and violence, that some readers might find upsetting. 

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