Possibly, that charming quality allowed the author to create such disturbing, sickly, and memorable animals on the Usher property, particularly the hares, as well. I’ve heard Kingfisher is known for making outstanding, strong-headed animal companion characters, and after reading What Moves the Dead, I wouldn’t doubt it. What truly separates - rather, elevates - Poe’s original story is Kingfisher’s likable characters, from the aspiring British mycologist, Miss Potter, Easton’s batman, Angus, and even Easton’s horse, Hob. Kingfisher resurrected the knocking from the crypt, the misogynistic “hysteria” diagnosis, and the nightmarish fungal growth but still made this book a unique horror story. What Moves the Dead is an expert reimagination of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” integrating some of the most haunting and memorable elements of the classic gothic tale. The Ushers looked like walking corpses.īut “the dead don’t walk,” Easton reminds themselves repeatedly. Madeline and her brother, Roderick, possess an unearthly appearance, with bone-colored flesh, eyes deep hollows, and their frames frail. Upon arrival, Easton discovers that Madeline’s illness is far more severe and gruesome than they ever imagined. Kingfisher’s What Moves the Dead follows Alex Easton, a retired soldier, who journeys to The House of Usher after receiving word that their childhood friend, Madeline Usher, is dying.
Others say at this ancestral residence, The House of Usher, they can hear the worms in the earth, craving flesh. Some say it is the place the devils dance on moors. There is a place secluded by an untenable smog, a 30-foot drop lake, and shrouded with acrimonious fungi.
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