The Brownstone Author:Ken Eulo THE OLD SISTERS WERE SO KIND, SO GENEROUS, SO ANXIOUS TO HAVE THEM LIVE IN WHAT SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT HOUSE. — They even offered Justin and Chandal the apartment rent-free for the first six months. It seemed like a miracle just when they needed it most. So they moved in, eager to make the Brownstone their home. — Soon Chandal was hearing voices,... more » seeing shadows, wondering aboth the sisters, who seemed so...strange. Even Justin seemed to be drifting away into a new passion, photography, which took him down to a world of darkness in the basement. But it wasn't until Chandal saw Justin's photographs that she began to make sense of it all...that the dark mosaic of inexplicable events took on a terrifying shape...that she could understand the sinister reason the sisters made them feel so welcome in...
I read this about 20 years ago, when it was still in hardcover, and I thought it was great. Eulo presents evil building like a crescendo. The two sisters living in the decaying brownstone are creepy, and that Justin falls under their spell and drags his wife into this demonic morass is terrifying. This novel has the makings of an unbelievably great movie--think about a developer or managing agent wanting to buy a block of brownstones and turn them into coops--and this one representing the Gate of Hell is among them. Eulo's ability to describe the sinister is outstanding. Now that I live in NYC, whenever I walk by the brownstones on my block I think of his novel. I'm looking forward to a second read of this soon.
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