Marie Still's prose will wrap around your neck like ivy and slowly suffocate you until you squirm. Pick this one up—I promise it delivers all the way down to the devastating gut punch of the last page.
Description
Bad Things Happened In This Room is a chilling psychological horror that descends into madness where the walls whisper, and secrets are buried in the garden; perfect for fans of Carissa Orlando and The Yellow Wallpaper, exploring motherhood, grief, and the thin line between reality and delusion.
In this haunting psychological horror, Willow’s life has become a fever dream, her days lost in a twisted loop where time no longer flows as it should. Is she held captive by her husband Liam’s iron rules—or by the insidious darkness of her own mind?
Her only connection to the world beyond her walls is a young girl named Sarah, whose unexpected visits to Willow’s garden spark a glimmer of hope. But as cracks form in her carefully controlled existence, horrifying truths seep through, twisting the familiar into something sinister. The floral wallpaper peels back to reveal haunting messages carved into the walls, and the house itself pulses with malevolent life.
When Sarah suddenly vanishes, Willow is forced to confront the dark shadows of her past and the horrors lurking within her fractured psyche. The question remains: is Willow truly a prisoner of her home, or of her own mind?
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed. And some truths are better left buried in the garden.
Reviews
A book you’ll want to reread as soon as you finish—Bad Things Happened in This Room is a wild, page-turning ride. I loved every second of it.
Still’s chilling horror immerses the reader in the fragmented mind of a woman who’s hiding her past from everyone - including herself. With vivid imagery and lyrical prose, Bad Things Happened in This Room is disorienting, visceral, and lingers long after the final page.
A deliciously unhinged story that keeps you guessing at every turn. This dark and gripping fever dream written with Still's intense prose and vivid imagery will have you questioning your own sanity as you try to untangle the real from the impossible.
