Maynard's House

Name: Maynard's House
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Herman Raucher
ISBN: 9781666128680

Author: Herman Raucher

Narrator: Perry Daniels

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/09/2021

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological

Synopsis

Austin Fletcher, a disturbed young Vietnam War vet, is willed a small house deep in the woods of northern Maine. He comes to own it by the generosity of a brother-in-arms—a fellow soldier and confidante, Maynard Whittier, killed in action by a wayward mortar shell. The rugged landscape of Maine is an intoxicating blend of claustrophobic interiors and endless frozen wastelands. Little by little, the mysterious force in the house asserts itself until Austin isn't exactly sure what is in his mind and what is real. And just when our hero's had enough and is ready to quit the place, a blizzard arrives and the real haunting begins.

About Herman Raucher

Herman Raucher began his writing career during the Golden Age of Live Television, penning original one hour dramas for such esteemed shows as Studio One, Goodyear Playhouse, and The Alcoa Hour. At about the same time, he was serving as advertising copy director for Walt Disney whose new company, Buena Vista, was venturing from animated films into live action productions.

Back in New York he served as creative director and board member of several major ad agencies. To further fill out his life he turned his pen to writing four plays, six novels, and seven films, among them being Summer of '42 which was both a best-selling novel and a box office success. It earned him an Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay as well as a similar nomination from The Writers Guild of America. Raucher's cult film, Hieronymus Merkin, won the Best Original Screenplay award from The Writers Guild of Great Britain. His racially charged movie, Watermelon Man, shook up the film critics no small end.

Reviews

Goodreads review by mark

Austin's friend Maynard has died, and left him a haunted house in isolated, backwoods Maine to live in. some friend. Maynard's house had everything I wanted: literally chilling, wintry atmosphere to die for; a cozy cabin in the woods - homey furniture, shelves full of books, squirrels living in the r......more

Goodreads review by Jack

[Cover of the Sep. 1981 Berkley mass-market paperback, 272 pages (the image up top is actually for the 1980 Putnam hardcover).] One of the most chilling ghost stories I've read in recent years. This is top tier, eloquently-written weird fiction in which the overall atmosphere of creeping dread builds......more

Goodreads review by Michelle

Maynard's House is a psychological horror set deep in the isolated Maine wilderness. Herman Raucher is clearly a master of his craft. The writing is sublime, weaving an ambiguously sinister atmosphere across an environment so vivid I felt as though I could reach out and touch it. Austin, our protago......more

Goodreads review by Vicki

If You Cross Its Threshold... No spoiler. 5 stars. Austin Fletcher has just inherited his army buddy Maynard's house... The house is located deep in the Maine woods, but Austin is looking for solitude... He doesn't understand... Why would Maynard leave his house to him? They barely knew one another... W......more