Accumulation

“This unnerving haunted house tale from Pokwatka elegantly blends domestic drama and psychological horror … The author excels at crafting a creepy atmosphere, using shifting perspectives and domestic detail to blur the boundaries between literal haunting and psychological fracture.” —Publishers Weekly“The mundane unease of moving house[s] steadily escalates and works in tandem with Pokwatka’s (The Parliament) thoughtful attention to seemingly small details as the tone shifts from low-level dread to a rising tide of fear so intense that readers may need to step out of their own homes for some fresh air before finishing the novel. A must-read for those who crave immersive, disorienting haunted-house stories, in the vein of Jac Jemc’s The Grip of It, Carissa Orlando’s The September House, and Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves.” —Library Journal “Aimee Pokwatka reimagines the haunted house narrative through a strikingly modern lens, where the pressures of domestic life become the unsettling presence at the center of the story. With an eerie emotional undercurrent, the novel explores how everyday expectations can quietly shape fear and identity.” —Out South Florida “Aimee Pokwatka reimagines the haunted house narrative through a strikingly modern lens, where the pressures of domestic life become the unsettling presence at the center of the story. With an eerie emotional undercurrent, the novel explores how everyday expectations can quietly shape fear and identity.” —OutSF “For brats who are here to be haunted.” —BookTrib “There’s no better way to bookmark English Language Month than by ordering Aimee Pokwatka’s haunted house novel Accumulation.” —Rebellious Magazine “[Accumulation] is an intense, scary thriller that starts off strong and doesn’t let up. Fans of horror novels will enjoy this one.” —Red Carpet Crash “Aimee Pokwatka’s Accumulation is a razor-sharp, loop-twisting domestic nightmare … This taut, haunting knockout is a bold excavation of the hidden costs women shoulder when chasing the shining ideal of home and motherhood.” —Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of The Leftover Woman “I loved everything about Accumulation, a clever, dark, beautifully written ghost story that will have you racing through pages … What a feat!” —Araminta Hall, author of Unreliable Narrator “Accumulation is the perfect title for a story that fills the reader with increasing dread and uncertainty. The characters have an incredible depth that many can relate to and makes it a fantastic deep dive into home-based horror. It was not what I expected, and I loved that. Big applause for yet another fierce female voice in horror.” —V Castro, author of The Haunting of Alejandra “A classic but elevated haunted house tale that sneaks up on you like a cursed doll, Accumulation delivers tension and terror while probing a mother’s darkest fears around losing her children—and herself.“—Delilah Dawson, author of Bloom”Accumulation is the perfect haunted house story for the 21st century, a paranoid spiral into old domestic horrors and the new terrors of money and surveillance. I couldn’t put it down.” —Stephanie Feldman, author of Saturnalia and The Angel of Losses

Aimee Pokwatka is the author of Self-Portrait with Nothing and The Parliament. She grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia, and received her MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University. Her work has been published in Fairy Tale Review, Outlook Springs, Hunger Mountain, and elsewhere. She lives in New York with her family.