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When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home.
She doesn't want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to
Charleston. She doesn't want to deal with her family home, stuffed
to the rafters with the remnants of her father's academic career
and her mother's lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She
doesn't want to learn how to live without the two people who knew
and loved her best in the world. Mostly, she doesn't want to deal
with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired
from one job after another, and resents her success. But she'll
need his help to get the house ready for sale because it'll take
more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime
of memories to get this place on the market. Some houses don't want
to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them... Like
his novels The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires and
The Final Girl Support Group, How to Sell a Haunted House is
classic Hendrix: equal parts heartfelt and terrifying-a gripping
new read from "the horror master" (USA Today).
In horror movies, the final girl is the one who's left standing
when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the
killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but
victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on,
what happens to her? Lynnette Tarkington survived a massacre
twenty-two years ago, and it has defined every day of her life
since. And she's not alone. For more than a decade she's been
meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a
support group for those who survived the unthinkable, putting their
lives back together, piece by piece. That is until one of the women
misses a meeting and Lynnette's worst fears are realized-someone
knows about the group and is determined to take their lives apart
again, piece by piece. But the thing about these final girls is
that they have each other now, and no matter how bad the odds, how
dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.
From New York Times bestselling author of My Best Friend's
Exorcism, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and
The Final Girl Support Group, Grady Hendrix takes a break from
horror and goes all-in on sci-fi in this novella about backyard
rocket jockeys trying to get into low earth orbit. Melville, South
Carolina was out of money, it was out of jobs, it was out of hope,
and today it was out of astronauts. There were only two to begin
with, and now one is stuck on the abandoned International Space
Station after his mission went south. With NASA's budget cut to the
bone, there's no one to bring him back home, so everyone is only
too happy to ignore this embarrassing sign of American Failure and
just let him die. But his cousin, Walter Reddie, isn't going to let
that happen. Tanked on vodka, living on a "farm" whose only crop is
cars on cinderblocks, Walter's a wash-out from the Shuttle Program
and he'll be damned if he's going to let his cousin die in the sky
like a dog. And so he begins to build a rocket. If America won't
rescue its astronauts, he'll do it himself. Violating numerous
laws, good taste, common sense, logic, and reason, Walter becomes a
lightning rod for people who aren't ready to give up. His farm is
transformed into the promised land for misfits, drifters, rocket
junkies, pyromaniacs, dreamers, science nerds, and astro-hippies
who believe that space shouldn't just be for billionaires. But it
won't be easy. Chances are good they'll blow themselves up, get
arrested, or kill each other before they ever get into orbit.
"This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on
gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while
creeping me all the way out. So good."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, author
of The Other Black Girl Now in paperback, Steel Magnolias meets
Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about a
women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to
their small Southern town. Bonus features: * Reading group guide
for book clubs * Hand-drawn map of Mt. Pleasant * Annotated
true-crime reading list by Grady Hendrix * And more! Patricia
Campbell's life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a
workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile
mother-in-law needs constant care, and she's always a step behind
on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her
book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their
love of true crime. At these meetings they're as likely to talk
about the Manson family as they are about their own families. One
evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an
elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbor's handsome nephew, James
Harris, into her life. James is well traveled and well read, and he
makes Patricia feel things she hasn't felt in years. But when
children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written
off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is
more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a
monster of a different kind-and Patricia has already invited him
in. Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patricia's
life and try to take everything she took for granted-including the
book club-but she won't surrender without a fight in this
blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book
Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a hard-rocking,
spine-tingling horror novel about a washed-up guitarist of a '90s
heavy metal band who embarks on an epic road-trip across America
and deep into the web of a sinister conspiracy. Every morning, Kris
Pulaski wakes up in hell. In the 1990s she was lead guitarist of
Durt Wurk, a heavy-metal band on the brink of breakout success
until lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed
to stardom, leaving his bandmates to rot in obscurity. Now Kris
works as night manager of a Best Western; she's tired, broke, and
unhappy. Then one day everything changes-a shocking act of violence
turns her life upside down, and she begins to suspect that Terry
sabotaged more than just the band. Kris hits the road, hoping to
reunite Durt Wurk and confront the man who ruined her life. Her
journey will take her from the Pennsylvania rust belt to a
celebrity rehab center to a satanic music festival. A furious power
ballad about never giving up, We Sold Our Souls is an epic journey
into the heart of a conspiracy-crazed, pill-popping, paranoid
country that seems to have lost its very soul.
The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have
been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of
skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act
different. She s moody. She s irritable. And bizarre incidents keep
happening whenever she s nearby. Abby s investigation leads her to
some startling discoveries and by the time their story reaches its
terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be
determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful
enough to beat the devil? Like an unholy hybrid of Beaches and The
Exorcist, My Best Friend s Exorcism blends teen angst, adolescent
drama, unspeakable horrors, and a mix of 80s pop songs into a
pulse-pounding supernatural thriller.
It's a classic old-fashioned haunted house story - set in a big box
Swedish furniture superstore. Designed like a retail catalogue,
Horrorstor offers a creepy read with mass appeal-perfect for
Halloween tables! Something strange is happening at the Orsk
furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees
arrive to find broken Kjerring wardrobes, shattered Bracken
glassware, and vandalized Liripip sofabeds-clearly, someone or
something is up to no good. To unravel the mystery, five young
employees volunteer for a long dusk-til-dawn shift-and they
encounter horrors that defy imagination. Along the way, author
Grady Hendrix infuses sly social commentary on the nature of work
in the new 21st century economy. A traditional haunted house story
in a contemporary setting (and full of contemporary fears),
Horrorstor comes conveniently packaged in the form of a retail
catalogue, complete with illustrations of ready-to-assemble
furniture and other, more sinister accessories.
Your past and your family can haunt you like nothing else... A
hilarious and terrifying new novel from the New York Times
bestselling author of The Final Girl Support Group. Every childhood
home is haunted, and each of us are possessed by our parents. When
their parents are both killed in a car accident, Louise and Mark
Joyner are devastated but nothing can prepare them for how bad
things are about to get. The two siblings are almost totally
estranged, and couldn't be more different. Now, however, both with
equally empty bank accounts, they don't have a choice but to get
along. Their one asset? Their childhood home. They need to get it
on the market as soon as possible because they need the money. Yet
the house has morphed into a hoarder's paradise, and before they
died their parents nailed shut the attic door... Sometimes we feel
like puppets, controlled by our upbringing and our genes. Sometimes
we feel like our parents treat us like toys, or playthings, or even
dolls. The past can ground us, teach us, and keep us safe. It can
also trap us, and bind us, and suffocate the life out of us. As
disturbing events stack up in the house, Louise and Mark have to
learn that sometimes the only way to break away from the past,
sometimes the only way to sell a haunted house, is to burn it all
down.
SEE the amazing vintage book covers featuring well-dressed
skeletons, evil dolls, knife-wielding killer crabs! READ the
shocking plots involving devil worship, satanic children, and
haunted real estate! LEARN the stories of long-forgotten creators
as well as familiar names like V.C. Andrews and Anne Rice. Horror
author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers
killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that
tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary s Baby. It s an
affectionate, nostalgic, and unflinching tour through the horror
fiction boom of the seventies and eighties, complete with story
summaries and artist and author profiles. Plus recommendations for
which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time
and which should stay buried.
Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when
they bonded over a shared love of E.T., roller-skating parties, and
scratch-and-sniff stickers. But when they arrive at high school,
things change. Gretchen begins to actdifferent. And as the strange
coincidences and bizarre behavior start to pile up, Abby realizes
there's only one possible explanation: Gretchen, her favourite
person in the world, has a demon living inside her. And Abby is not
about to let anyone or anything come between her and her best
friend. With help from some unlikely allies, Abby embarks on a
quest to save Gretchen. But is their friendship powerful enough to
beat the devil
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Diablo House (Hardcover)
Nancy Holder, David Nial Wilson, Grady Hendrix; Artworks by Damien Worm
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What do you want? I mean, REALLY want? Money? Sex? Power? It’s
all yours--for a price--in this anthology that recalls the classic
horror comics of the past. In one of the most beautiful, most
wealthy zip codes in the country lies the sleepy, sun-drenched
coastal town of La Jolla, California, and among all of this beauty
stands Diablo House. It'll make your dreams come true, if you dare.
Surf-bum and host, Riley, invites us into his house of mystery and
shares the secrets of the people who let their desires come at the
cost of all else. This edition collects eight new prose stories,
plus a new installment in the DIABLO HOUSE comic series by Grady
Hendrix and Damien Worm.
Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about a women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town.
Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she’s always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings they’re as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families.
One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbor's handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life. James is well traveled and well read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn’t felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a monster of a different kind—and Patricia has already invited him in.
Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patricia’s life and try to take everything she took for granted—including the book club—but she won’t surrender without a fight in this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.
The story of a Faustian bargain set in the world of heavy metal.
The story concerns a heavy metal band named Durt Wurk. They were
big in the 90s but then their lead singer Terry went solo and now,
20 years later, all the other band members are struggling to scrape
by in lousy jobs. The heroine Kris soon discovers that this is
because lead singer Terry somehow sold their souls in exchange for
his fame and fortune. This discovery sends Kris on a cross-country
journey to rage against the machine of our bleak society and
ultimately reclaim her soul. Like Grady's earlier books, this book
blends pop culture and horror into a story that feels very
contemporary. It hits stores this September.
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award, and from the author of The
Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, comes a New York
Times bestselling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to
die for. In horror movies, the final girl is the one who's left
standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated
the killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied
but victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves
on, what happens to her? Lynnette Tarkington survived a massacre
twenty-two years ago, and it has defined every day of her life
since. And she's not alone. For more than a decade she's been
meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a
support group for those who survived the unthinkable, putting their
lives back together, piece by piece. That is until one of the women
misses a meeting and Lynnette's worst fears are realized someone
knows about the group and is determined to take their lives apart
again, piece by piece. But the thing about these final girls is
that they have each other now, and no matter how bad the odds, how
dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.
Amanda Cohen does not play by the rules. Her vegetable recipes are
sophisticated and daring, beloved by omnivore, vegetarian, and
vegan diners alike. "Dirt Candy: A Cookbook" shares the secrets to
making her flavorful dishes--from indulgent Stone-Ground Grits with
Pickled Shiitakes and Tempura Poached Egg, to hearty Smoked
Cauliflower and Waffles with Horseradish Cream Sauce, to playfully
addictive Popcorn Pudding with Caramel Popcorn. It also details
Amanda's crazy story of building a restaurant from the ground up to
its currently being one of the hardest-to-get reservations in New
York City--all illustrated as a brilliant graphic novel. Both a
great read and a source of kitchen inspiration, "Dirt Candy: A
Cookbook" is a must-have for any home cook looking to push the
boundaries of vegetable cooking.
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