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Michael McDowell combines Southern Gothic and a haunted house tale in The Elementals

October 28, 2020June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

McDowell’s mashup of Southern Gothic and a traditional haunted house story provides a slow burn as opposed to the anarchic energy of his earlier novel.

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