The debut novel of Christopher Ransom “The Birthing House”

The author, Christopher Ransom, lives in a birthing house and after having a strange dream decided to write a novel based on the history of his house.

The Birthing House is a psychological horror about a husband and wife who are having marital problems. Conrad and Jo move into an old birthing house to work out their problems. Jo however announces that she wants to leave town and do job training soon after they move in. When previous owner gives Conrad a photo album of the birthing house staff, one of them looks the splitting image of his wife. She even has the same scar on her face. After this things get stranger and stranger inside the house and you find yourself asking if the house is haunted or if the Conrad is slowly going crazy.

I love how Christopher Ransom plays with the idea on sanity in this novel. The reader is never quite sure whether the events are really happening or just in Conrad’s mind. I will definitely be reading more books from this author.

I was having a look at the author’s website a saw that the famous birthing house is for sale. Follow this link to see details and photos of the real birthing house.