This House Will Never Be Warm

A chilling new novella from the author that brought you Hunting Snipe: and Other Notes on the East Texas Cattle Mutilations...

"Before there was light, there was a vast emptiness.
That is Mother Cold,
and we will all return to her.

As Confederate soldier Martin Tomball faces death, freezing overnight on a battlefield, Mother Cold comes to make a deal-a deal that will curse his family for generations to come.

Now, in the winter of 2021, Texas is hit with a state-wide ice storm, leaving millions of households without power. Siblings, Jasper and Autumn Tomball are going to have to find a plan to stay warm until the ice thaws-or until Mother Cold comes to collect her bargain."

"...Paul Avery Tindol doesn't just write a story for the reader to follow; He pulls the reader into the story. He places the cold Virginia mud between your toes. He plants you in the midst of a Texas snowstorm. The pace is perfect, the twist is brutal and the cold is relentless. This author is one to watch!"
- Leigh Kenny, author of Cursed and Hush, My Darling

"Moving from a chilling American civil war tale to a chilling modern day family drama, it's all pinned together by a unique generational curse, a terrifying supernatural entity, and the ingenious device of a dipping thermometer in place of a ticking clock. The atmosphere and characters are perfect, and drove me to flip page after page in a rush, despite my trembling fingers. Highly recommended, but bring blankets and firewood, even if it's 95 outside."
- Ben Young, author of Stuck and Home

"This House Will Never Be Warm is a confident, brisk, and chilling novella...a fine example of modern quiet horror!"
- Judith Sonnet, author of Summer Never Ends and Low Blasphemy

"HOLY SHIT, friends. This was not only a great historical fiction story, but one of familial ties and loyalty. There are more turns in here than GPS has in its system. Tindol makes you feel, smell, and fear the cold, actual and supernatural."
- Christina Pfeiffer, Uncomfortably Dark Horror