The Filthiest Corner of the House

One family. One cursed house. One hundred years.

A unique, ambitious, and witty gothic horror puzzle-box, exploring over a century of hauntings across a single house in the North of England. Perfect for fans of Andrew Michael Hurley and Catriona Ward.

Delfling Hole, a small country cottage in the North of England. Home to many. Grave to many more. You could say that it has seen better days, but that’s not really true. Is it?

1819. 

A young doctor arrives in a small village to help with a smallpox outbreak, but when his wife takes against an old friend of his who comes to stay at their house, he begins to believe she may be possessed.

1946.

A young girl takes part in a séance as her father lies dying upstairs, but as she and her siblings summon the ghosts of war, they realise they may have welcomed something terrible into their home.

1987

A tabloid newspaper, desperate to exploit a local story of a man living in a haunted house, takes things much too far, with devastating consequences. 

2023. 

After the death of her mother, Vee discovers that Delfing Hole has been left to her. But she doesn’t want it. Who would? Returning to the house that served up so many nightmares to her as a child, she soon discovers that she may hold the key to stopping them once and for all. 

But after more than a century of horrors, is Delfing Hole ready to give up so easily? 

A searing and ambitious take on the haunted house novel, this is a wildly inventive debut about one working class family, haunted across generations, marking the arrival of an extraordinary new voice in horror.