Sunny Johnson has it all: a fulfilling career teaching abnormal psychology, a devoted psychiatrist husband, and the joy of new motherhood. But horrifying visions within a crumbling mansion by water—dismissed as peripartum psychosis—shatter her reality. When Taylor threatens to take their newborn daughter, Rebecca, from her, Sunny flees with the child to a distant riverside village, searching for refuge and answers.
In The Fourth House, the light only reveals what the dark wants you to see.
A hauntingly atmospheric setting that feels eerily real.
Psychologically layered, flawed, and unforgettable.
Every chapter pulls you deeper into the mystery; you won’t see what’s coming.
The past breathes through every floorboard of The Fourth House.
Written by James P. Barker, known for compelling, emotionally impactful stories.
Madness, memory, motherhood and the thin line between truth and illusion.
James P. Barker is a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist with degrees in Psychology and Media Study (concentration: interpretation) from the State University of New York at Buffalo—or, as he prefers to put it, a multi-award-winning sculptor who uses a pen to shape words on a page that leave impressions in the mind.
"Stories have the power to bridge hearts and inspire change."