I have been killing it with these short story collections lately! Of course, this one was recommended to me a while back by my friend Sadie, so I decided to finally add it to my Halloween TBR. I have so many books that are just sitting on my TBR bookshelf calling to me. I can't read fast enough.This is a superb collection of horror stories that are divided into sections of a haunted house. I love that! It really added to the atmosphere of each story. The sections are The Vestibule, The Library,

This is an exceptional collection of short stories, each one is enjoyable with an easy to read style and surprising depth.Ian likes to keep you on your toes as each piece is very different to one another. The styles, tone and subject matter varies throughout but the quality is always high, it’s particularly impressive for a debut collection.I'll definitely have to check out more of Ian's work!

I'll be the first to admit/point out that I didn't finish this book.The stories aren't bad or poorly-written. Mr. Rogers has very cool ideas at work in his noggin, and it's great that he gets to explore them, yet at times, they appear to lack clear endings. Often, a story will open, unfold, slowly revealing its dark machinations--and then abruptly stops.For one thing, "Aces" was beautiful, touching, and more than a little creepy; I loved it. "Autumnology" was super-short (3 pages!), but still ee...

The stories in this book weren't exactly what I expected (straight up horror), but I greatly enjoyed this collection nonetheless. Quite a few of them seemed to fall more into the realm of fantasy, though there were definitely some creepy moments in there. I also liked the variety in this collection in tone, mood, and length.I liked all the stories, but I think my favorites were "The Dark and the Young", "The Rifts Between Us", and "Charlotte's Frequency". On the whole, I definitely recommend thi...

Well written with some pieces reminiscent of Stephen King, but....the storytelling style wasn't my cuppa; too many of these stories plopped the reader into a white box and goals / motivation were murky or there was no clear beginning / middle / end to the tales. So while these were all really cool 'snapshots', any narrative drive felt like it was missing and so I needed to set this collection aside and move on.

Full disclosure, before I get into the meat of this review: Ian and I are friends, though we’ve only met in person a couple of times. I’ve known him since we were both published together in Bound for Evil back in 2008, and we both did our first ever book signing at that year’s Readercon. You can rest assured, though, that while our friendship affects how excited I am to see him have such a handsome book in print, it wouldn’t be enough to make me be as effusive in my praise as I am about to be.Ev...

Review 5/23/20: I went into Every House is Haunted knowing I was going to love it again and spoiler alert, I did. The stories were just as well crafted, well written, dark, disturbing, and as beautiful as I remember. I was so excited yet a touch nervous to get to Leaves Brown because I have been singing its praises from the moment I finished it last time but I did have a nagging thought it wasn't going to live up to the monolithic tower of perfection I built it up to be. It definitely did not di...

3.5 starseven though i have come a long way w/r/t my feelings towards short stories, i still have trouble writing reviews for them. i have written reviews in which i have painstakingly reviewed each individual story, but that is such a pain in the ass, because sometimes certain stories in a collection will just leave me cold, and once you've committed to that structure of a review, it's like "AARRGGH what was i thinking?"and that is why i am not going to do that with this book. this book is a co...

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An impressive debut collection by yet another talented Canadian writer of weird fiction. There is a wide range of style and subject matter on display, which I suppose can be seen either as a young writer's excitement at experimentation, or as exploration in search of a distinctive voice. Not all the experiments succeed, but Rogers is never dull, and always intelligent.He has a gift for the surreal, especially piquant in its lack of pretension. His prose and characters are usually the sort one mi...

A few stories into Every House Is Haunted, Rogers’ debut collection, I thought I had it pegged. A little bit of Matheson, some Lovecraft, a dash of Frank Capra (yes, you read that correctly. Don’t worry, I’ll explain). Moving further into the nooks, crannies and dark corners of the haunts contained herein, I came to appreciate the sheer range of Ian’s imagination and his skill as a weaver of words. If you want something easily consumed, labeled and set aside, you’d best look elsewhere. These sto...

I have had the best luck in horror lately! Two great collections back to back! This collection by Ian Rogers is totally different than Bracken MacLeod's 13 Views of Suicide Woods that I reviewed earlier.Yet still a five star collection. Just goes to show you that authors have totally different voices and you really get a feel for that in a collection like this. I've seen Ian Rogers compared to Shirley Jackson's style and I would totally agree with that. He has an elevated level of prose under hi...

Loved this! Every piece is wonderful. Rogers has a great cinematic style and is great with imagery.

A wonderful, eclectic mix ranging from horror, science fiction, speculative fiction, weird fiction, and contemporary mythic fantasy.

Probably the most satisfying short story collection by a single author that I've read in over a year. Rogers goes for the dread rather than the gross-out, which is a nice change of pace from the recent batch of work from newer horror authors. Some may not like many of the stories ending on a note of ambiguity, although it never hurts to exercise one's mind every now and then. Highly recommended.

I love ghost stories, so by the title alone I was instantly drawn to this book. The stories, however, are not focused solely on apparitions and spooky old houses. The book does have its fair share, though. I think Paul Tremblay puts it best in his introduction: "Ian's stories are explorations of the cosmic, social, and paranormal what-ifs, of the terrible and wonderful awe of possibility. Yeah, that's this book in a nutshell.The book is segmented in five parts, with a few stories in each: the ve...

A fantastic collection of short horror stories. Rogers has an immensely original and unpredictable imagination. Stories like "Aces" and "Inheritor" are absolutely captivating. I can't wait to see what he writes next!

Such an impressive debut. I really loved this story collections and has become one of my favourite ones. Ian Roger's writing style is amazing and even in the stories I liked less, I found that the concepts he introduced were really interesting and you he creates characters that you can empathize with in a few lines. I can't wait to see what this writer is planning to do next

While both wildly imaginative and very well written this book relies heavily upon perhaps my most loathed problem with books, ambiguity. You’ll feel dropped into the middle of a story with no clear beginning or ending. Just when you things are getting good, bam, it ends. But yeah, besides that I enjoyed it.

Winner of the ReLit Award for Best Short Fiction, Ian Roger’s debut is a corker, a paean to everything that scares us. Like the best of horror fiction, Rogers’ stories defy easy categorization. A jazz club may or may not be Hell, but is certainly not a place you want to visit. A loveable housecat proves adept at exterminating pests of all sizes. A campfire story takes an unusual turn. And in “Deleted Scenes” (my favourite in a collection rife with nominees), an actor finds himself employment by