# Black house

**Author(s):** Peter Straub, Stephen King
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**Genres:** literary-fiction, mystery, fantasy, horror
**Pages:** 672
**Publisher:** Gallery Books
**Published:** Mon Jan 01 2001 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781451694925
**ISBN-10:** 1501192299
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/black-house

## Description

Preceded by: [The Talisman][1]

Black House is a horror novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. Published in 2001, it is the sequel to [The Talisman][1]. This is one of King's numerous novels that tie in with the Dark Tower series. Black House was nominated to the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.

The novel is set in Straub's homeland of Wisconsin, rather than in King's frequently used backdrop of Maine. The town of "French Landing" is a fictionalized version of the town of Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Also, "Centralia" is named after the nearby small town of Centerville, Wisconsin, located at the intersection of Hwy 93 and Hwy 35.


  [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15119769W/The_Talisman

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**Themes:** Crime Investigation