The house will pay for itself, right?
Maybe.
Or maybe not.
The relentless work and expense of renovating an old one has broken many a strong man and woman, but here is an old house horror story to end them all—about Harold and Edna and their brownstone, which saps their life in a mysterious and chilling way.
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(This story was originally published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.)