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By: Michael McDowell
Narrated by: R. C. Bray
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After a bizarre and disturbing incident at the funeral of matriarch Marian Savage, the McCray and Savage families look forward to a restful and relaxing summer at Beldame, on Alabama's Gulf Coast, where three Victorian houses loom over the shimmering beach. Two of the houses are habitable, while the third is slowly and mysteriously being buried beneath an enormous dune of blindingly white sand. But though long uninhabited, the third house is not empty. Inside, something deadly lies in wait. Something that has terrified Dauphin Savage and Luker McCray since they were boys, and which still haunts their nightmares. Something horrific that may be responsible for several terrible and unexplained deaths years earlier–and is now ready to kill again....

A haunted house story unlike any other, Michael McDowell's The Elementals (1981) was one of the finest novels to come out of the horror publishing explosion of the 1970s and '80s. Though best known for his screenplays for Tim Burton's Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, McDowell is now being rediscovered as one of the best modern horror writers and a master of Southern Gothic literature.

©1981, 2016 Estate of Michael McDowell (P)2016 Valancourt Books LLC Haunted Horror Fiction Inspiring Scary Classics Fantasy
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this recording is missing the prologue but the reader is great and this southern gothic is scary and well written.

summer southern gothic

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Really scarey with out being gorey.Nice haunted house subject inter
esting family characters with good interacting

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I found out about this book on Reddit and I am not disappointed! I grew up in the south and know this setting very well. It was awesome to have a story told that is set on the gulf coast just before it got covered in condos and tourists. If you’re a fan of southern literature and stories that are a little spooky this’ll scratch that itch!

Stephen King of the South

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Intriguing story with an ending that will give you chills. The narrator is, as always, engaging and will draw you in so deep you will see each person through his voice.

Absolutely Spectacular!

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very scary and tense book narrated by the absolute best in the business in my opinion. R C Bray.

atmospheric scary book

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