The “farmhouse” is a crucial setting to my book “The Dogs”. Dark, isolated, dingy, and a discreet place in a small town called Wolf Hollow. One of the main reasons this house qualified for their stay was because it was in a quiet neighbourhood and in midst of a dense cornfield making it hardly visible to transient passerby. Of course, an ideal hideout for a woman who doesn’t want a speculative audience and in particular wants to steer clear of her abusive and promiscuous husband’s company. The farmhouse was two-storied and had a barn attached which was previously used for cutting meat. The exterior paint showed black decay and was much neglected by its previous owners. The windows caked in grime added to the dullness of the setting. The house
