The House Beneath

By Brett Mattice

The House Beneath

A Novel by Brett Mattice

Greg thought he was just a maintenance man-a guy hired to fix leaky pipes, tighten loose hinges, and keep the aging, isolated estate functioning. But the house is not merely a structure; it is a machine, and it is starving.

Deep beneath the floorboards and the decaying foundation lies the Under-town, a nightmarish, subterranean reality where reality is warped by the weight of unhealed grief and mechanical obsession. As Greg struggles to maintain the house, he inadvertently feeds the entity-a dark, ancient intelligence that dwells in the hollow, using the house's architecture to keep the town trapped in a cycle of eternal repairs and quiet despair.

When Greg's wife, Hope, and their fifteen-year-old daughter begin to notice the house's subtle, sinister changes-the way the walls seem to breathe, the way the shadows in the hallways behave like oil-stained tendrils-they realize they are not just tenants; they are components in a grand, horrific design.

Now, Greg must make a choice: continue the maintenance and sacrifice his family to the cycle, or pick up his tools one last time to tear down the very foundation of the world he helped sustain.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7QHVF56
• ISBN13: 9798185741122
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"