A Winter Haunting
Published in 2002, A Winter Haunting is a ghost story novel by Dan Simmons. The story is set in Illinois. Key subjects include divorced fathers, haunted houses, Divorce and fathers.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 24 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions across 3 languages.
At about 327 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.
About A Winter Haunting
A once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage -- and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Halloween he has returned to the dying town of Elm Haven, his boyhood home, where he hopes to find peace in isolation. But moving into a long-deserted farmhouse on the far outskirts of town -- the one-time residence of a strange and brilliant friend who lost his young life in a grisly "accident" back in the terrible summer of 1960 -- is only the latest in his long succession of recent mistakes. Because Dale is not alone here. He has been followed to this house of shadows by private demons who are now twisting his reality into horrifying new forms. And a thick, blanketing early snow is starting to fall ...
Awards & lists
- ✦Locus Awards 2003 — Best Fantasy Novel (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote A Winter Haunting?
A Winter Haunting was written by Dan Simmons and first published in 2002.
What genre is A Winter Haunting?
It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.
How long is A Winter Haunting?
The median edition has 327 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to A Winter Haunting?
Readers who like it often enjoy Bag of Bones, Slade House and Home Before Dark.
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