Some houses are haunted by more than ghosts.

The Fleming family, recovering from a terrible loss, believe they’ve found a fresh start in sleepy...

The House That Screamed by Alex Hunter

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The Harvest

Maxy Awards 2025 Runner-Up: Horror & Suspense

“Hunter weaves a tale that has the “modern horror fairytale” feel of books like Coraline or IT, while weaving in mature topics that add weight to the narrative. His exploration of grief, found family, and the search for purpose create some truly hard-hitting moments. I was thoroughly rapt by this...

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The House That Screamed

Some houses are haunted by more than ghosts.

The Fleming family, recovering from a terrible loss, believe they’ve found a fresh start in sleepy Harrowridge. But at 1123 Jefferson Street, something is waiting.

Within weeks, whispers turn into screams. Family ties unravel. Blood is spilled.

The Flemings flee, leaving the house behind. Or so they...

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Really pleased to be interviewed by the brilliant Ginger Nut of Horror about The House That Screamed and other spook stuff. You can find the interview here:

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The doors have opened.

Step inside. Ignore the door swinging closed at your back.

Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, and relax. You'll never leave.

The House That Screamed is...

The brilliant Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Devil Inside, read The House That Screamed! Here's what he has to say about it:

“A flesh and blood found footage frappuccino that...

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It's been a busy time in my writing dungeon, with various new projects taking shape.

First up, edits are complete on my folk horror, The Forest Remembers. I'm immensely proud of this story and cannot wait to share it with readers in 2027. Expect much darkness and lots of trees and fungi.

'The House That Screamed' surpassed expectations and reached number 5 on Amazon's US Horror chart on release. It's continued to chart and has been in the top 100 since launch. I've had messages from readers as...

Lots of writers have an ‘orphan’ manuscript.

It sits in a file or in a box. The box has gathered dust, but there are fingermarks from where the writer has cracked it open on occasion, just to peer inside to see if the orphan is still there.

A year or so back, I shoved my orphan into a box. I’d had what I thought was a great idea. A story that would be relentless in its horrors, yet psychologically acute.

Reader, it didn’t work, despite major revision.

I was done with it. Or was I?

The thing is, I...

It's been a busy period, getting ready for the release of 'The House That Screamed', my haunted house meta-horror.

Early reactions have been lovely. Writing is such a solitary and strange occupation. Much of my time is spent at the keyboard, in monastic silence, hoping that what I am writing will find a reader (or more than one!) who loves it as much as I do.

As well as getting ready for readers to walk through the doors of an infamous haunted house, I was thrilled that 'The Forest...

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