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COLD EMPTY ROOMS by Andy Marino

Nov 102026
 

Cover for the book COLD EMPTY ROOMS by Andy Marino. The cover features the title, with the word "Empty" appearing as if behind a thin layer of fog. The cover also shows a house made of mostly wood. It appears as if it may be small like a doll house, sitting on the floor and in front of a dull green wallpaper. Yet the house itself is in the style of a real house, not the cartoonish or cute aesthetic of a typical dollhouse. It is faded, weather-beaten wood. The interior lights shine through the windows of the house.From the dark imagination of underground horror sensation Andy Marino comes a haunted house story like you’ve never read before . . .

When Soren Murphy’s aunt passes away, she gifts him her anicent manor. He never knew her, but he’s not one to turn down free real estate. His girlfriend, Mara Davis, is thrilled. They’ve been desperately searching for a home.

But something haunts the house. Soren begins to receive messages from an entity known only as the Great Other. Its first direction is simple: Invite others in. The second: Relieve them of their sorrow.

Mara, too, hears this otherworldly voice. She has been haunted by her past for too long. The Great Other offers her solace, but to earn it, she must descend into the home’s darkest halls.

Within the shifting walls of this ageless house, wounds have been suffered. And soon, a horrible miracle will unfold . . .

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