Author: Grady Hendrix
Genre: Horror/Thriller/Mystery
Release Date: July 13, 2021
Publisher: Berkley
Description:
A fast-paced, thrilling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for, from the brilliant New York Times bestselling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires.
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 is a real-life final girl who 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
actual 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.
He's also the jerk behind the Stoker award-winning Paperbacks from Hell, a history of the 70's and 80's horror paperback boom, which contains more information about Nazi leprechauns, killer babies, and evil cats than you probably need.
And he's the screenwriter behind Mohawk, which is probably the only horror movie about the War of 1812 and Satanic Panic.
You can listen to free, amazing, and did I mention free podcasts of his fiction on Pseudopod. He also does a podcast called Super Scary Haunted Homeschool.
If you're not already sick of him, you can learn all his secrets at his website.
What an interesting premise. I did not know the term 'the final girl'.
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