Make a Home of Me

Author: Vanessa Santos

Horror & ghost stories | Short stories

Published on 12^th June 2025 by Dead Ink Books in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 160 pages
197mm x 129mm x 15mm | 144g

Peer through the keyhole and you’ll see a mysterious dinner party witha sickening twist; a woman’s intense new relationship with a singlefather and his strangely shy daughter; the rediscovered journals of afamous artist with a singular obsession who disappeared in suspiciouscircumstances; a family driven to desperation by the impossibleappearance of nonsensical notes; and a seemingly happily marriedcouple driven to the edge of despair by a neighbour’s crying baby.

Set in houses that should provide protection but instead turn on theirinhabitants, places of safety invaded without warning, and familiarlandscapes that gradually change beyond recognition, Make a Home ofMe is about all the ways in which our sanctuaries can turn into foreignplaces, casting us as strangers as we roam the halls.

The stories in Make a Home of Me are unsettling and distinct, introducinga fresh new voice in the horror landscape.

Lock up when you’re done...