A Guest in the House

Winner of the 2024 LA Times Book Prize
Winner of the 2024 Lammy Award for LGBTQ+ Comic
New York Times Notable Book of 2023
Winner of the 2024 Doug Wright Award for Best Book

In E.M. Carroll's haunting adult graphic novel horror story A Guest in the House, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to realize that there's a dark mystery surrounding his former wife's death.

After many lonely years, Abby's just gotten married. She met her new husband--a recently widowed dentist--when he arrived in town with his young daughter, seeking a new start. Although it's strange living in the shadow of her predecessor, Abby does her best to be a good wife and mother. But the more she learns about her new husband's first wife, the more things don't add up. And Abby starts to wonder . . . was Sheila's death really by natural causes? As Abby sinks deeper into confusion, Sheila's memory seems to become a force all its own, ensnaring Abby in a mystery that leaves her obsessed, fascinated, and desperately in love for the first time in her life.

E.M. Carroll's masterful balance of black and white, surreal colors, rich textures, and dramatic lettering is assured to bring this story to life and give readers a chill up their spine as they read.

Author: E. M. Carroll
Publisher: 23rd St.
Published: 07/01/2025
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.80w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781250255518
ISBN10: 1250255511
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Horror
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Romance
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary

About the Author
E.M. Carroll is the writer and artist of numerous award-winning comics, both online and in print. Their debut horror comics collection, Through the Woods, won both the Eisner Award and the British Fantasy Award in 2014. Recent work includes When I Arrived at the Castle from Koyama Press, a baroque horror story dealing with lust and addiction, a graphic novel adaptation of Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Speak, and A Guest in the House. They are also known for the short comics they post on their website. E.M. lives in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, with two dogs and their wife, artist Kate Craig.