To date, the only other “seasons” based book by Simmons is Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror Book 1), published in 1991. Technically, it’s full title is A Winter Haunting (Seasons of Horror Book 2). A Winter Haunting is the second book of a series. Well, enough of all that, come along now. Besides, it’s got the wintery stuff that targets us Midwesterners right now, including, but not limited to, snow, chilling breezes, and a house to escape the elements of the cold season (although this house must be shared with…certain things. Well golly gee, isn’t that what hauntings are about, looking back? Don’t you want to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with the slightly unbalanced professor Dale Stewart in a haunted farm house from his boyhood town? But of course you do. To reengage in the them would require us to look back instead of moving forward. Yes I know, we already finished those holiday celebrations. The action of the story begins at Halloween and ends post New Years Day. Published in 2002, it is called A Winter Haunting by author Dan Simmons. Have I got a haunted house book for you! It’s a very decent read, a brilliant piece.
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