A Guest in the House

A contemporary gothic horror and comics classic, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Stranger Things and The Haunting of Hill House.

I used to dream of Dragons…

Abby is settling into married life: making coffee, cooking for David and her stepdaughter Crystal, spending evenings curled up together in front of the TV. For a quiet woman without many friends, she's proud of the life she has built, and desperately wants to believe they will all be happy.

But what really happened to Crystal's mother, the artist who no-one speaks of? What secrets does their strange house by the water harbour, and what of Abby's old dreams and fears, of Lady Grey, the Knight and the Dragons? In her chilling return - a story of grief, ghosts, and the struggle to be true to oneself - Emily Carroll casts another unforgettable spell.

SALES POINTS

British Fantasy and Eisner Award winning Emily Carroll's longawaited (full-length) follow-up to her hit 2014 debut, Through the Woods.

Stunning physical edition only graphic novel, combining b&w; and full-colour - Through the Woods has sold 5k Hardbacks and 30k paperbacks to date.

REVIEWS

'Vividly drawn and masterfully plotted.' Observer, GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH.

'Carroll's talent is immense: the mood of these stories is Brothers Grimm by way of Patricia Highsmith or Stephen King, while her drawings, so fluidly lavish and atmospheric, seem to channel Edward Gorey.', Observer, Graphic Novel of the Month (THROUGH THE WOODS).

'Carroll has a mainline to the reader's psychic pressure points, the kind of fears and phobias that go all the way back to the cave. [She] might have made her name online, but Through the Woods is a powerful argument for the physical book as fetish object. It's a beautiful artefact, confidently written and lavishly designed.', eter Murphy, Irish Times, on THROUGH THE WOODS.