Haunted is a 2005 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The plot is a frame story for a series of 23 short stories, most preceded by a free verse poem. Each story is followed by a chapter of the main narrative, is told by a character in main narrative, and ties back into the main story in some way. Typical of Palahniuk's work, the dominant motifs in Haunted are sexual deviance, sexual identity, homosexuality, desperation, social distastefulness, disease, murder, death, and existentialism.
“Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Haunted
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Variant: Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you.
Source: Haunted (2005), Chapter 11, Ritual
Chuck Palahniuk book Haunted
Source: Haunted (2005), Chapter 19, Hot Potting, A story by Baroness Frostbite
“That’s the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Haunted
Source: Haunted (2005)
“If there's a trick to doing a job you hate… Mrs. Clark says it's to find a job you hate even more.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Haunted
Source: Haunted (2005), Chapter 20, Cassandra, Another story by Mrs. Clarke
