A tight little horror story about five friends who meet in a haunted and crumbling mansion, to humor a bride-to-be whose dream is to be married in a haunted house. The friends bring with them their hurts and jealousies, which the spirits deploy against them, and the result is disaster. Khaw is at her best and sharpest when describing the state of the deteriorating house and the spirits that live there, and she certainly knows how to turn a poetic phrase. “From austere to aureate” is one of my favorites.