the house next door by anne rivers siddons

Fantastic! - 𝓓𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓪Ĭheck out the different covers over the years, from 1978 to 2007. This is the first book by Siddons I’ve read, and I understand her other books are more contemporary Southern fiction - probably wonderful, but I so wish she had written more horror like THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. I especially loved trying to figure out that malevolent house and its terrible influence on the occupants & neighbors. I greatly enjoyed the author’s haunting, beautiful writing and her flawed & memorable characters. Colquitt and Walter Kennedy along with other neighbors become friends with each family. Three families move in and out of the house within a few years with tragic circumstances taking place inside the house. “In the moonlight the ice-sheathed trees tossed and tinkled like great crystal hands fingering the sky, weaving and reweaving an incantation over the sweetly sleeping shape of the house next door.” In a quiet upscale neighborhood where everyone knows everyone, the house that was built next door becomes the center of their world. And this happens over and over, tragedy finding each family that moves in. Neighbors don’t like it, but what can you do? They welcome the couple into the fold, then have to stand back helplessly while their dream home becomes a nightmare. Then one day, a talented young architect finds a way to build newlyweds their modern dream home on that lot. Don’t get me wrong! I liked Colquitt and Walter.įor many years an empty wooded “unbuildable” lot sat next to their house, and that’s how they liked it. There’s a lot of tennis at the club, parties with the neighbors, and day drinking for these folks.

Colquitt and her husband Walter live in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. This book was originally published in the 1970s and is set during that time.

The creepy, slow-build kind that makes you question what’s really going on, something sinister or is your mind playing tricks? It’s an enthralling blend of Southern gothic fiction and quiet horror. Siddons (a business partner and creative director), 1966 children: (stepsons) Lee, Kemble, Rick, David. I’ve seen THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR on so many “Best of Horror” lists, and now I know why. (Sybil Anne Rivers Siddons) PERSONAL: Born January 9, 1936, in Atlanta, GA daughter of Marvin (an attorney) and Katherine (a secretary maiden name, Kitchens) Rivers married Heyward L.

The house next door by anne rivers siddons