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NEW CASTLE, N.H., Jan. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Looking for the ultimate ghost-hunting experience? Prepare yourself for 24 hours of isolation in a house steeped with local lore.
New York Times bestselling author J.D. Barker announces a chilling contest to celebrate the release of his new thriller SOMETHING I KEEP UPSTAIRS: one winner and three friends will spend the night in the real haunted house that inspired the novel.
The location? A solitary house perched on Wood Island off the New Hampshire coast, where mysterious lights flicker in windows and shadowy figures walk the rocky shore. While now a museum, its dark history includes use as a quarantine zone during the yellow fever outbreak, prisoners were housed there during the Spanish/American war, and in 1972, two bodies were discovered buried on the beach, to date, they have not been identified.
Contest Details:
- Date: May 13, 2025 (winner selected)
- Location: Wood Island (accessible from Kittery Point, Maine)
- Duration: 24 hours
- Transportation provided by boat
- No contact with mainland during stay
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"Like The Stanley Hotel's influence on The Shining or the infamous Amityville house, some places don't just hold memories - they hold darkness," says Barker. "The Wood Island house isn't afraid of visitors. Just the opposite. It loves to share."
The contest launches alongside SOMETHING I KEEP UPSTAIRS (May 2025 - Hampton Creek Press / Simon & Schuster), which follows seventeen-year-old Billy Hasler and his friend David Spivey as their summer adventure awakens an ancient evil that has influenced generations.
Think you can survive the night? Enter at https://woobox.com/vcevs2
SOMETHING I KEEP UPSTAIRS is available for pre-order wherever books are sold.
Please direct all media and speaking inquiries to J.D. Barker's publicist:
Kate Gomez: [email protected]
Strat 2 Elevate Communications
About J.D. Barker: J.D. Barker is a New York Times and international bestselling author known for his gripping psychological thrillers that blend reality with the supernatural.
CONTACT: Contact: Kyle Stotts / [email protected]
