“Haunted is a novel made up of stories: twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you’ll ever encounter. The stories are told by people who have all answered an ad headlined ‘Artists Retreat: Abandon your life for three months‘. They are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of ‘real life’ that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them.

But here turns out to be a cavernous and ornate old theater where they are utterly isolated from the outside world – and where heat and power and, most importantly, food are in increasingly short supply. And the more desperate the circumstances become, the more desperate the stories they tell – and the more devious their machinations to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/non-fiction blockbuster that will certainly be made from their plight.”

I absolutely love Chuck Palahniuk. His books usually cross a line many wouldn’t cross and this book is no different. There are stories in here that will make you feel sick and others that will make you put the book down and walk away for a bit. The first background story will have you questioning if you should keep reading; it is that gross. However, Palahniuk does a great job describing the dark side of people and how easily those dark sides come to light, which is why he is one of my favorites. I recommend this book only to put something different on your palate.

Fun fact about the paperback version: the face glows in the dark. Scared me half to death one night as I was going to bed and could see the face shining across the room. Also, I’m sure my face looked like that 75% of the time while reading .

To read this book, request it through MOBIUS.