MixedGinger Nuts of HorrorGothic in style, this haunting (maybe) ghost story had many fine moments and gleefully led the reader up the garden path with its dark haunting descriptions, ominous atmosphere, morbid setting, restrained (and nutty) characters with a quality central plot thrust which (almost) keeps it going to the end ... Shipp has crafted a tightly constructed tale that uses every page and image for maximum impact and is an excellent take on the classic haunted house story ...The weak link of the novel was unfortunately the ending ... In such a short piece of fiction a great ending is crucial and ultimately this very entertaining novella was deflated by a failure to close out a tale which it has carefully developed in the first 100 pages.
