Elsewhere (Blatty novel)
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| Author | William Peter Blatty |
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| Cover artist | Bruce Haley |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publisher | Cemetery Dance Publications |
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May 15, 2009 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 220 (Original Hardcover) |
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| OCLC | 310401734 |
Elsewhere is a novel by William Peter Blatty, released on May 15, 2009 through Cemetery Dance Publications. It was originally published as a novella in 1999 in Al Sarrantonio's 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense anthology.
Elsewhere is studied in the 2008 publication American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty. The story follows a group of people who visit a supposedly haunted house. When other secrets appear, the group tries to find out what else the house has that is secret.
Joan Freeboard, a realtor, has been assigned to sell the house Elsewhere, a house notorious for being haunted. She brings along her friend Terrence Dare, a writer, and psychic Anna Trawley to help investigate. When they arrive at the house, they met up with paranormal investigator Gabriel Case. It is suggested that something is wrong with Gabriel Case as he acts as if he has met the group before, saying "Here you all are again" even though this is supposedly his first time meeting the group.
Gabriel Case then tells them the story of Elsewhere, telling them a doctor who once lived there killed his young wife and himself so they both became the ghosts of Elsewhere. Gabriel Case also introduces his servant, and it is evident that something is going on between the two because, after an argument between Terrence and Joan, Gabriel Case tells the servant, "See she forgives him."
As the group stays at Elsewhere, things get even stranger. Terrence opens a door only to find a family and two priests who throw holy water at him, burning him. When Anna and Joan go for a walk, they notice they can no longer see any lights coming from the city even though it is just across from the island. The group then holds a seance where strange paranormal events occur.
Terrence sees a dog even though there are no dogs at Elsewhere and a spirit spells out words for them on a Ouija board. Terrance is also having trouble remembering if he brought his dogs along with him and the other members of the group get strangely confused when he asks them. In the stories climax, a paranormal entity attacks Joan and Terrence while they're in a room together, banging on the door furiously as it tries to get inside.
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