Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

Your next read if you love: haunted homes, family grief, and the unsettling pull of a loved one returning from the dead. At 112 pages, Mapping the Interior is a compact choice for readers who want an intimate ghost story with an emotional edge.

A USA Today bestseller • Winner of the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction

Stephen Graham Jones, the New York Times bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, brings readers on a spine-tingling journey through a young boy's haunted home.

"Brilliant."—The New York Times

Times have been tough for twelve-year-old Junior, his mom, and especially for his younger brother Dino. When his dad makes a surprise visit late one night, Junior is desperate to make him part of their family again. The only problem is Dad drowned eight years ago.

And bringing back the dead always comes at a cost…

Author Biography:

Stephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw, and I Was a Teenage Slasher. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient and a recipient of several awards including the Ray Bradbury Award from the Los Angeles Times, the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction, and the Alex Award from American Library Association. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Published date: April 29, 2025

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Print length: 112

Language: English

ISBN-13: 9781250406026