# Man, F*ck This House

By Brian Asman

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/man-f-ck-this-house-49c30473/

Sabrina Haskins hopes a new home will shake her family out of its rut. Instead, odd sights and sounds give her another problem to manage alongside a distracted husband and a difficult relationship with her son.

## What makes it funny?

Damien knows how to play the sinister child: he deliberately makes himself unsettling to his mother. His calculated performance shares space with Hal’s dad jokes and poorly timed sports comparisons, turning familiar family irritations into uncomfortable comedy.

### The comedy at work

The haunted-house story has a second source of mischief inside the family. A child deliberately imitating a little monster makes the ordinary household tensions harder to separate from the supernatural ones.

### Try this if…

Best suited to readers of unsettling horror who enjoy a sardonic family dynamic and bizarre turns. The humor accompanies the haunted-house story, and reactions to how funny it is vary.

### Good to know

This profile covers the original 2021 novella. The 2025 collection Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters) contains an expanded version and six additional stories.

## What to expect

- Genre: Horror
- On the shelf: Gothic horror
- Kind of humor: Dark comedy
- Format: Novella
- Length: 208 pages
- Audiobook: Available
- Published: 2021

## Sources & further reading

- Author commentary: [Author’s edition description](https://brianasmanbooks.com/manfuckthishouse)
- Book information: [Expanded collection audiobook](https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Brian_Asman_Man_F_ck_This_House_And_Other_Disaster?id=AQAAAECKSAoIkM)
- Review: [The Scare Salon review](https://scaresalon.com/2022/09/11/book-review-man-fuck-this-house-by-brian-asman)
- Review: [Paul Debraski review](https://ijustreadaboutthat.com/2022/03/21/brian-asman-man-fuck-this-house-2021)
- Author commentary: [Author’s contributor biography](https://the-line-up.com/author/Brian%20Asman)
- Review: [The Lineup horror-satire discussion](https://the-line-up.com/tides-of-horror-resurgence)
- Book information: [Original paperback edition](https://www.abebooks.com/9781736467725/Man-Fuck-House-Asman-Brian-1736467727/plp)