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The Elementals follows two men whose childhood traumas in a crumbling Victorian house on the coast come back to life. The house, steeped in horror and looming terror, holds a dark secret that has haunted them for years and now threatens to claim them once more.
First publish date: 1981
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Michael McDowell
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