The Novel

Cover of CHIMERA HOUSE by Rick Dakan: A hand-drawn image of an eclectic house with a glass dome, lighthouse, and haphazard tower, all arranged above the book title and byline on a distressed background resembling wrinkled paper or tree roots.

Chimera House keeps changing. From isolated Millenarian chapel to Gilded Age refuge to Modernist experiment, Chimera House grows and mutates over centuries. Each new owner takes possession with grand designs for self-perfection, even when it means paying a gruesome price. 

Chimera House conspires. Its uncanny residents linger on the threshold of body and spirit until an art student struggling for inspiration forces her way inside. Forever transformed by her discoveries, art student becomes art-world icon becomes mass murderer. 

Chimera House holds its secrets. A trio of journalists hunts for the truth behind a shocking final performance. A corporate fixer needs answers now, before the law comes crashing down. Discover what awaits them in this novel of haunting ambitions and the pursuit of perfect art. 

Praise for Chimera House

“An artful and chilling tale of sacrifice for ambition that will leave you wondering what ideas it’s implanted in you.” 

— Matt Forbeck, New York Times-bestselling author 

“Rick Dakan’s Chimera House combines hairpin revelations, twisted American magic, and old-fashioned grue into a horror story as eclectic and terrifying as the haunted house in its title and at its heart.”

— Kenneth Hite, author of Tour de Lovecraft and The Thrill of Dracula