# haunting the staircase

writing from beneath the floorboards

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## [Highway fifteen](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/highway-fifteen)

_2026-08-17 · Hannah_

Things I saw along highway fifteen: a dead bird, Jesus saves billboard, rotten-wood houses, an aberration in the car mirror, blood-red barn, the lilac capital of Ontario, a veiled bride crossing the street.

## [Spring sampling](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/spring-sampling)

_2026-04-06 · Hannah_

Reviews of two books being published in spring

## [It's not enough to be a woman, is it?](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/its-not-enough-to-be-a-woman-is-it)

_2026-01-30 · Hannah_

Rarely do people say things to me that have a profound impact on my life.

## [Top books of the year as hyper specific recommendations](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/top-books-of-the-year-as-hyper-specific)

_2025-12-30 · Hannah_

Part two + non-fiction inclusions

## [October recommendations](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/october-recommendations)

_2025-10-30 · Hannah_

Haunting the staircase's horror book recs

## [Ballad of the house & the girl-thing in the dirt](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/ballad-of-the-house-and-the-girl)

_2025-08-16 · Hannah_

House that eats and pleads of kills (Tracy K. Smith, Ash)

## [Minor Detail by Adania Shibli](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/minor-detail-by-adania-shibli)

_2025-08-06 · Hannah_

Women in translation month

## [The Starving Saints: A Review](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/the-starving-saints-a-review)

_2025-07-28 · Hannah_

Musings on religious horror & queer horror

## [Home, again](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/home-again)

_2025-07-18 · Hannah_

Two poem-things about home

## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0NmeqyZVAwZi)

_2025-07-18 · **Sponsored**_

AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time.

## [Missed everyone & other updates](https://hauntingthestaircase.substack.com/p/missed-everyone-and-other-updates)

_2025-07-03 · Hannah_

Or, more notes on stuff I've already said + going forward