Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A powerhouse anthology featuring classic tales with brand-new nightmares from some of the best thriller and horror writers around.
“If your idea of an excellent summer night is telling ghost stories around the campfire, you’ll be jumping for (horrific) joy.”—Bustle
“Murderous neighbors, creepy bathtubs, and lots of blood . . . Full of thrills and chills [and] gross, creepy fun.”—Kirkus Reviews
A host of the sharpest young adult authors come together in this collection of psychological thrillers. Each story draws from a mix of literature, film, television, or even music to offer something new and fresh and unsettling. There are no superficial scares here. These are stories that will make you think even as they keep you on the edge of your seat. From bloody horror, to the supernatural, to unnerving, all-too-possible realism, this collection has something for anyone looking for an absolute thrill.
Contributing writers include: Stefan Bachmann, Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, A. G. Howard, Jay Kristoff, Marie Lu, Jonathan Maberry, Danielle Paige, Carrie Ryan, Megan Shepherd, Nova Ren Suma, McCormick Templeman, April Genevieve Tucholke, Cat Winters
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this gruesome collection of horror stories, 14 authors including Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Jonathan Maberry, and Carrie Ryan take inspiration from movies, books, songs, and television, twisting, reworking, and combining them to create something terrifying and new. Some references are expected (Frankenstein leaves its mark in several stories), while others are less so All Quiet on the Western Front, or songs by Nirvana and Mudvayne. Urban legends and ghost stories rub elbows with disturbing romances and bloody tales of revenge. Tucholke's "The Flicker, the Fingers, the Beat, the Sigh" pays homage to classic teen horror films, right down to the tragedy on a rainy night; Cat Winters's "Emmeline" is a haunting story of love and loss in wartime. Danielle Paige's "The Dark, Scary Parts and All" adds romance to a mashup of two very different horror films, and Jay Kristoff's "Sleepless" puts the knife to a disturbing online relationship. With both variety and familiarity at play, there's nary a clunker in the collection this is satisfying, disturbing horror for the modern YA audience. Ages 12 up.
