Review of Knock Knock by Heather Miller
A.E. Jackson Review Score: 3 / 5 Ravens
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Fans of Darcey Coates, Jennifer McMahon, and Felix Blackwell - rejoice - another cozy horror is about to grace your bookshelves, chill your spine, and warm your heart.
Knock Knock by Heather Miller introduces readers to a small cast of characters in early chapters sprinkled with suspense and strange happenings. Opening with a paranormal investigation is a creative touch which has readers questioning every bump in the night from the first page.
Miller leads the reader to believe one truth about the characters and their unsettling situation. My mind was made up about the course of this ghost tale. However, after turning a few more pages, all those notions were tossed out. The careful plotting, unusual events, and true to character actions orchestrated by Miller flipped the script in a pleasant way.
By the end of the novella, clever use of circumstances result in a hair raising and satisfying conclusion. While not quite Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House - Miller’s freshman novella serves as an inviting entry into her other fiction.
Heather Miller writes old-fashioned horror, influenced by old Gothic stories she grew up reading, and terrifying tales heard at her grandmother’s knee. She dreams of long candlelit passages and things that go bump in the night.
Her first novella, KNOCK KNOCK, released in 2021. Her second book, TALES MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME, arrived in 2022. Miller has penned short stories and poetry featured in various magazines and anthologies.
She lives in a century-old house (likely haunted) in a tiny town in Oklahoma. Find her online at https://heathermillerhorror.com