The Dead Girls Club
A Novel
by Damien Angelica Walters
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Pub Date Dec 10 2019 | Archive Date Nov 26 2019
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Description
A supernatural thriller in the vein of Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts about two young girls, a scary story that becomes far too real, and the tragic—and terrifying—consequences that follow one of them into adulthood.
Red Lady, Red Lady, show us your face...
In 1991, Heather Cole and her friends were members of the Dead Girls Club. Obsessed with the macabre, the girls exchanged stories about serial killers and imaginary monsters, like the Red Lady, the spirit of a vengeful witch killed centuries before. Heather knew the stories were just that, until her best friend Becca began insisting the Red Lady was real—and she could prove it.
That belief got Becca killed.
It's been nearly thirty years, but Heather has never told anyone what really happened that night—that Becca was right and the Red Lady was real. She's done her best to put that fateful summer, Becca, and the Red Lady, behind her. Until a familiar necklace arrives in the mail, a necklace Heather hasn't seen since the night Becca died.
The night Heather killed her.
Now, someone else knows what she did . . . and they're determined to make Heather pay.
Advance Praise
Early praise for The Dead Girls Club:
"A disturbing, compelling, twisty, feminist, coming-of-age/horror hybrid that feeds off our obsessions and anxieties."
—Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World.
"Damien Angelica Walters once again proves why she's a major voice in the horror and thriller genres . . . Put this on your reading list now."
—Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens
“Unsettling . . . If you like twists, it will keep you guessing to the very last page.”
—Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger
"Feeding on classic coming-of-age horror themes . . . [a] portrait of the adolescent trauma that hides behind suburban veneers."
—Louis Greenberg, half of S.L. Grey, author-duo of The Apartment
"Psychological and disturbing...In the frightening world of The Dead Girls Club, women's lives are shaped by violence, but there may be a haunting way out."
—Foreword Reviews
Praise for Damien Angelica Walters:
“Eloquent prose.”
—Publishers Weekly starred review
“A writer who only seems to get better and better . . . we can only wonder at what might come next.”
—This is Horror
“The queen of deft, delightfully flowing, yet quietly unobtrusive words, and the wielder of one hell of a wicked blade aimed right at your weak spots.”
—Cemetery Dance
“If you have not yet heard of Damien Angelica Walters then you are missing out on one of the most powerful voices in dark genre fiction.”
—Signal Horizon
“Walters’ prose is vivid and gripping, luring you in, feeding you images that will leave you comforted by the light of your bedside nightstand.”
—Rebecca Jones-Howe, author of Vile Men
“Walters is impressive.”
—Laird Barron, author of The Croning and The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
“Damien Angelica Walters writes prose as sharp as a scalpel . . . A writer to watch.”
—John Langan, author of The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies
Marketing Plan
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781643851631 |
| PRICE | $26.99 (USD) |
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