--- title: Haunted House | Author Q&A | Favourite Tales & Writing Practices description: "This week we are posting the second part of the #Q&A with the writers from our #HauntedHouse short story collection. We asked them about their writing practices and their favorite haunted house stories!" image: https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hubfs/shutterstock_486882592.jpg --- - [Home](https://info.flametreepublishing.com/blog) | - [ Contact & About Us](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/contact-us) T H E   F L A M E   T R E E   B L O G ![](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Hubspot%20header%20Flame%20Tree%20Press%2002.jpg?width=3036&height=620&name=Hubspot%20header%20Flame%20Tree%20Press%2002.jpg "Hubspot header Flame Tree Press 02.jpg") # Flame Tree Fiction # Haunted House | Author Q&A | Favourite Tales & Writing Practices Posted by [Gillian Whitaker](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/author/gillian-whitaker) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **Available to buy** now from our website, [Haunted House Short Stories](https://www.flametreepublishing.com/Haunted-House-Short-Stories.html) contains its very own potent mix of **new and classic** stories on the theme. In the first part of this **Q&A** with the authors, we found out more about their stories in the anthology and the ideas that led to their creation ([read that here](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/haunted-house-author-qa-story-inspirations)). Now, some of them tell us about their **writing processes** generally, or reveal which **Haunted House tales** have stuck with them the most… ![shutterstock_486882592](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hs-fs/hubfs/shutterstock_486882592.jpg?width=3462&name=shutterstock_486882592.jpg)   What are your favourite stories from this genre?  [Gwendolyn Kiste](http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/) ***Jane Eyre*** is obviously a huge favourite of mine. As for films, I adore ***The Uninvited*** and ***The Old Dark House***, which both blend humour with the Gothic very effectively. And of course, **Edgar Allan Poe** is one of the very best. I grew up with my dad reciting Poe’s work to me – ‘The Raven’, ‘The Black Cat’, and ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ were among my favourite bedtime stories, which probably explains a lot about me!   [Bill Kte'pi](http://ktepi.blogspot.com/) Mark Z Danielewski's ***House of Leaves*** is a hall of fame book for me. Anne Rivers Siddons' ***The House Next Door*** and Shirley Jackson's ***The Haunting of Hill House*** are classics for a reason. Hodgson's ***House on the Borderland* **remains creepier than most stories written since. There have been some great lesser-known haunted house stories in **film** lately, too – I especially liked *The Presence*, *The Awakening*, *The Lodgers*, and even some movies that didn't begin with articles. I'm a little surprised realising that Mike Flanagan didn't technically make a haunted house movie before adapting *Hill House*; most of his movies are at least in corridors leading off from the genre, and they're very, very good.   [Zandra Renwick](https://alexcrenwick.com/) My favourites of any genre tread traditional lines, push boundaries, spill into **interstitial spaces** and often challenge established themes. Haunting stories that haunt me personally include **Stephen King**'s *The Shining* &* Joyland*, **Joan Lindsay**'s *Picnic at Hanging Rock*, and **Tim Powers**'s Fault Lines trilogy. My own stories have been directly or tangentially inspired by haunted houses from **Algernon Blackwood** ('[The Empty House](http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14471?msg=welcome_stranger)'), **H.P. Lovecraft** ('[The Shunned House](http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31469)'), **Henry James** ([*The Turn of the Screw*](http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26285)), and—a haunted house only if you squint at it right – **Shirley Jackson**'s gorgeous *We Have Always Lived in the Castle*.   [Kurt Newton](https://www.facebook.com/kurt.newton.56) *Night-Side* by **Joyce Carol Oates**, *The Servants* by **Michael Marshall Smith**, and *Julia* by **Peter Straub** immediately come to mind, and of course *The Haunting of Hill House* by **Shirley Jackson**. As for movies, ***The Others*** is a great example, and, more recently, the British television drama ***The Living and the Dead***.   [Rebecca Buchanan](https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/) I really like the *Ellie Jordan Ghost Trapper* series by **J.L. Bryan**; great characters and lots of fun historical details. *P.S. I Spook You* by **S.E. Harmon** is a fun paranormal romance. And there’s also the spooky, gothic poetry of KA Opperman and Ashley Dioses.   [Ramsey Campbell](http://www.ramseycampbell.com/) **M.R. James**’s *Collected Ghost Stories *is a treasure trove of spectral terror. **Shirley Jackson**’s *The Haunting of Hill House* is a masterpiece of delicate dread. **Adam Nevill** is admirably committed to intense uncanny horror, and **Reggie Oliver** is a contemporary master of the classical ghostly tale. I very much liked **Michelle Paver**’s *Dark Matter*, and **Frances Hardinge** is well worth finding on the young adult shelves. On film, the Dyson-Nyman ***Ghost Stories*** rewards at least two viewings.   [Mikal Trimm](https://www.facebook.com/people/Mikal-Trimm/702874765) Two haunted house stories (both novels) stand out in my mind as the most powerful and unique treatments of the subject I've ever read. The first is the near-legendary ***The Haunting of Hill House* **by Shirley Jackson. Although they've attempted this on film, nothing can match the slow descent of the main character in the novel, nor the angle that the haunting eventually takes. This should be standard reading for any horror fan. The second is ***The House Next Door*** by Anne Rivers Siddons. While not as widely known as Jackson's novel, this book has just as much impact while presenting a truly clever idea – a haunted house that is newly built. Again, required reading.   [John Everson](http://www.johneverson.com/) I’ve seen more movies with the haunted/creepy house theme than I’ve read books. You can’t go wrong with the classics, like the William Castle-directed Vincent Price vehicle ***House on Haunted Hill*** or Richard Matheson’s ***The Legend of Hell House***. I’m a huge fan of Italian horror, and Lucio Fulci’s ***The House by the Cemetery***, Dario Argento’s ***Suspiria*** and Mario Bava’s ***Lisa and the Devil* **are great places to start.   [Tom English](http://literaryalchemist.blogspot.com/) I’ve always loved stories about lonely **seaside houses** harbouring dark secrets – the gothic atmosphere, the idea that there may be mysteries **hidden** just beneath the surface of everyday life, truths lurking at the edge of our reality. Like many writers and readers of my generation, I grew up watching reruns of ***The Twilight Zone*** and vintage movies featuring old dark houses. One of my favourites is the 1944 film ***The Uninvited***, based on a novel by Dorothy Macardle. Another favourite is ‘The Hungry Glass’, an episode of the 1960 TV series ***Thriller,*** hosted by Boris Karloff. Regarding classic stories, I’m fond of **Lovecraft**’s ‘The Rats in the Wall’ and anything by **M.R. James**. My contemporary favourites include **Richard Matheson** and **Ramsey Campbell**.     Can you tell us a little about your writing process?  ![shutterstock_49718389](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hs-fs/hubfs/shutterstock_49718389.jpg?width=250&name=shutterstock_49718389.jpg) [Adele Gardner](http://www.gardnercastle.com/) My writing process is as convoluted as my crazy house. I composed large chunks of this story [‘The Bones of Home’] on a lap-held cassette **tape recorder** while commuting to work, then typed it and started working on the computer – a ton of writing, **rewriting,** piecing together, deleting, and reinstating previous drafts. So many different **versions** of this story! Perhaps one reason was that I enjoyed **inhabiting** this house so much in my imagination, I didn't want to leave.   [Shannon Fay](https://www.ayearonsaturn.com/) For short stories, I tend to let them **ruminate** in my mind for a long time before putting pen to paper. Because of that, my first drafts usually come out pretty clean. My stories are usually on the short side, mainly because it’s so satisfying to write a complete story in one sitting. ‘House Hunting’ is actually one of my longer stories!   [H.B. Diaz](https://twitter.com/HollyBDiaz) Because I have a full-time job in the publishing industry, I write whenever and wherever I can! This means writing on anything available, whether it be my **laptop,** a **notebook,** or a **napkin.** I then compile the pieces I’ve written into a rough draft. My only real rule is to **complete** said draft before editing and to try to, as Stephen King puts it, ‘**outrun the self-doubt**’.   [M. Regan](https://www.facebook.com/mreganfiction) To write, I require **quiet** and a laptop. Because my apartment guarantees both, I usually write there. Many of my author friends like to work in cafes, and honestly, I wish I could join them, but I’m way too easily distracted. Also, I tend to make weird faces and/or gestures when I’m **searching** for words; I don’t need other people seeing that!   [Morgan Sylvia](https://morgansylvia.wordpress.com/?__hstc=250500889.73ae620851400c6afaffbeb39b595667.1526634897117.1548177436102.1548243117687.190&__hssc=250500889.11.1548243117687&__hsfp=3775327585) As a freelancer, I have **different** processes for client work and my own stuff. For example, if I’m working for a client, I don’t listen to music, but when I write for myself, it's a huge part of the process. I’m super nitpicky when it comes to editing, and typically make at least a dozen passes. I write in my **office:** I’ve really never been comfortable being a coffee house writer. Having too many people around is just very **distracting** and unsettling to me.   Marina Favila I’m pretty **new** to the creative writing process, so I’m sure this is a bad idea. But when I write what I consider to be a good **opening sentence**, I just go from there. I figure if every sentence afterwards makes sense from the one that came before, it will lead me to the ending. You could say I’m an **optimistic** creative writer.  ![Gothic Fantasy - Haunted House - Spread](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Gothic%20Fantasy%20-%20Haunted%20House%20-%20Spread.jpg?width=1098&name=Gothic%20Fantasy%20-%20Haunted%20House%20-%20Spread.jpg) ***Haunted House Short Stories is now available to buy from our website [here](https://www.flametreepublishing.com/Haunted-House-Short-Stories.html).*** ### **Links** - Did you miss Part 1 of the Q&A with these authors? 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