✍️ Author’s Reflection — Perry L. Martin 

The Curtis House is more than a haunted house story—it’s a reflection of everything I believe makes a story worth telling: fear, love, loss, memory, and the mysterious pull of the past. I didn’t set out to write just about ghosts. I wanted to write about the kind of pain that lingers in silence, the kind of secrets that sit heavy in old wood and creaking floorboards, and the kind of house that becomes a character all its own.

This story lived in my imagination long before I ever put the first words on paper. I saw the outline of the Curtis House through fogged windows and heard its whispers late at night. What began as a curiosity about a family moving into an old mansion slowly became a deep emotional journey. Each member of the Harris family carries their own hidden grief—just like the house they enter, they are beautiful and broken, filled with things left unsaid.

Writing this book wasn’t always easy. There were moments when the story got darker than I expected, where I found myself exploring not just supernatural fear, but the real-world emotions that often feel just as haunting—grief, guilt, longing, and the sense of being watched by your own past.

I wanted to write a haunting that wasn’t only about what moves in the shadows, but about what we carry inside us. The Curtis House isn’t simply cursed—it’s a mirror, and it shows its residents exactly what they don’t want to face.

If you’re reading this, thank you for letting me share this journey with you. I hope the story makes you feel something, even if it’s just a chill down your spine or a moment where you pause and wonder what’s standing in the quiet corners of your own life. I wrote this for readers who love atmosphere, slow-building dread, and characters you can feel.

More than anything, I wrote this because I believe some houses don’t just keep secrets…

They remember.

— Perry L. Martin