A young girl’s troubled family is haunted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy” in this chilling tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box.
“This book is the monster that lives inside your closet.”—Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
COMING SOON AS THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OTHER MOMMY, STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN • LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE
To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?”
When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay.
Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe, but other incidents show cracks in her parents’ marriage. The safety Bela relies on is about to unravel.
But Other Mommy needs an answer.
Incidents Around the House is a chilling, wholly unique tale of true horror about a family as haunted as their home.
Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:
Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies
Signed by Josh Malerman and Ben Baldwin on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page
6.14” x 9.21” trim size
440 pages
Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream
Bound in full cloth
Head and tail bands
Featuring six interior illustrations printed in full colour on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book
Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
Full-colour endpapers
Sewn binding
Ribbon page marker
Dust jacket artwork and interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin
Optional Slipcase:
Covered in an imitation leather with a matte buffalo leather look
Hot foil stamping on the front and spine
All handmade
Author: Josh Malerman
Artist: Ben Baldwin
Publication Date: Est. End of Mar 2026
Edition: Signed & Numbered Limited Hardcover
Praise for Incidents Around the House:
“Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient . . . Simply put—and I do not say this lightly—Incidents Around the House is the most purely effective horror novel I have ever read.”
—Esquire, “Best Horror Books of 2024”
“A disturbing bedtime story told by a broken child, this book IS the monster that lives inside your closet.”
—Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
“A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine . . . You just have to turn the first page to set it off.”
—Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and Horror Movie
“A masterwork of unadorned existential terror.”
—Zoje Stage, USA Today bestselling author of Baby Teeth
A young girl’s troubled family is haunted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy” in this chilling tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box.
“This book is the monster that lives inside your closet.”—Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
COMING SOON AS THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OTHER MOMMY, STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN • LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE
To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?”
When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay.
Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe, but other incidents show cracks in her parents’ marriage. The safety Bela relies on is about to unravel.
But Other Mommy needs an answer.
Incidents Around the House is a chilling, wholly unique tale of true horror about a family as haunted as their home.
Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:
Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies
Signed by Josh Malerman and Ben Baldwin on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page
6.14” x 9.21” trim size
440 pages
Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream
Bound in full cloth
Head and tail bands
Featuring six interior illustrations printed in full colour on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book
Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
Full-colour endpapers
Sewn binding
Ribbon page marker
Dust jacket artwork and interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin
Optional Slipcase:
Covered in an imitation leather with a matte buffalo leather look
Hot foil stamping on the front and spine
All handmade
Author: Josh Malerman
Artist: Ben Baldwin
Publication Date: Est. End of Mar 2026
Edition: Signed & Numbered Limited Hardcover
Praise for Incidents Around the House:
“Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient . . . Simply put—and I do not say this lightly—Incidents Around the House is the most purely effective horror novel I have ever read.”
—Esquire, “Best Horror Books of 2024”
“A disturbing bedtime story told by a broken child, this book IS the monster that lives inside your closet.”
—Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
“A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine . . . You just have to turn the first page to set it off.”
—Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and Horror Movie
“A masterwork of unadorned existential terror.”
—Zoje Stage, USA Today bestselling author of Baby Teeth
