Today, October 7th, marks the return of one of horror fiction’s most distinctive and unsettling voices, as Brian Asman’s cult hit Man, F*ck This House is resurrected in a brand-new expanded edition, packed with six new nightmares that land disturbingly close to home.
First discovered by many thanks to its bold, unforgettable title, Man, F*ck This House quickly proved itself far more than just a meme-worthy curiosity. Beneath its viral veneer, readers found a brutal gut-punch of domestic horror – tearing into haunted house tropes with millennial angst, fractured family dynamics, psychological dislocation, and the existential paranoia of 21st-century home ownership.
At its centre is Sabrina Haskins, who moves her family into what should be their forever home: clean lines, open-plan, a quiet cul-de-sac – the American dream in Zillow-ready form. But that dream quickly decays into a waking nightmare. Sabrina starts hearing odd noises, seeing strange visions, and the sparse neighbours prove far from ordinary. As tensions rise, Sabrina’s already fragile relationship with her son begins to unravel – because while the Haskins family might be the latest to sign the deed, it’s pretty clear they’re not the only residents.
Just in time for spooky season, this viral hit has been expanded into a sharply curated anthology that blends genre tradition with distinctly modern anxieties. The new edition adds six original stories that broaden Asman’s twisted range without losing the sardonic bite that made the original a cult standout. Bizarre murders, haunted toys, Western ghosts, and mirror-bound horrors populate the collection, delivering a wicked cocktail of dark humour and genuine unease.
To celebrate the release, CinemaChords’ Howard Gorman caught up with Brian Asman to revisit the original cult phenomenon and explore how the six new stories expand its twisted blend of gallows humour and domestic dread. In an era where the line between safety and threat feels paper-thin, horror rooted in the everyday — on full display in this chilling new collection — lands with a more perturbing resonance, peeling back the drywall of modern life to reveal what’s really squirming underneath.
Find out all about Asman’s releases and the current book tour HERE.
Tickets to the Fright Night Horror Event presented by Books on the Bosque available HERE.
