Stephen Graham Jones is one of the best horror writers in the game write now—and people have taken notice. With the release of his latest novel, I Was a Teenage Slasher, Graham's work has been a darling in the press.
In addition to getting a feature about his novel in the New York Times, two weeks later Stephen Graham Jones had a personal feature in the publication. Plus—while the title didn't ultimately win—I Was a Teenage Slasher was one of six finalists in the Fallon Summer Reads Book Club.
To scroll through X, Instagram, Bluesky, or any other social app is to see countless users hailing I Was a Teenage Slasher as their favorite read of the summer.
You may be familiar with some of Jones's other heavy hitters—The Only Good Indians, My Heart is a Chainsaw, Mongrels.
Now six of Jones's older works, previously out of print, are available now to pre-order!
Embrace your chance to discover hidden horror gems and check out the incredible titles below, released October 22nd.
Zombie Bake-Off
Lubbock, Texas is abuzz with excitement as the Recipe Days bake-off dawns.
But the fun of soccer moms and gatekeeping grandmothers battling out to get on a famous cooking show is interrupted when a federation of pro wrestlers crashes the event.
Xombie, the Hellbillies, Jersey Devil Jill, and more wreak havoc and chaos. But things get even worse when an infected batch of donuts turns the wrestlers into brain-eating zombies.
The convention center is sealed shut, and with the sickness quickly spreading, the survivors must fight for their lives with baking utensils, booth poles, and a convenient Zamboni.
It Came from Del Rio
Dodd Raines is a smuggler who has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime. This job can score him enough money to start fresh and ensure his daughter will have a decent future.
There is however, one downside to the gig. The cargo is a bunch of moon rocks, giving off enough radiation to result in mass casualties.
Getting his wares from Mexico to the United States is no simple job, despite how many times he's made the trek. There's a relentless sun, vicious coyotes, and a border cop hellbent on bringing him in.
The moon rocks ensure that anyone delivering them won't make it out of the ordeal alive—especially if they're killed before the radiation gets them.
But instead of dying, Raines transformed into an undead rabbit monster determined to get revenge.
The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti
Nolan Dugatti's father has attempted suicide time and time again. Drinking the mercury from a thermometer, spray painting in an unventilated garage—none of it ever stuck.
But each time he attempted to end his life, he left behind a note for his son. Notes which had some measure of accusation tangled up in the words.
One fateful day, Nolan is sitting alone in an office building, fulfilling his duty as the last customer service employee for a long forgotten video game.
It's this day that the suicide notes come back to haunt him, the unplayed video game unsettles him, and a homicide detective calls him on the phone.
His father always said he was trying to teach Nolan not to give up. He said the only way to make sense of things was to get to the end of the game.
But Nolan doesn't know how he's going to make it through this.
After the People Lights Have Gone Off
This short story collection is a jumble of feverish nightmares polished into artful prose.
In “Thirteen,” holding your breath during a scary movie might invite the horrors in. “Doc's Story” tells the tale of a werewolf pack. A father makes the ultimate sacrifice in “Snow Monsters.”
15 gripping tales of terror await you.
Three Miles Past
Three Miles Past gathers three gripping tales from Stephen Graham Jones.
“Interstate Love Affair” follows a serial killer with a unique way of getting rid of his victim's bodies. Roadkill has never been more horrifying…
In “No Takebacks,” an app quickly progress from a concept, to coding, to a purging of its creator's most twisted impulses.
“The Coming of Night” is about a deadly predator. When a crawling timebomb starts to countdown inside of him after his latest kill, there is no where to run.
Sterling City
After 15 years of marriage, Lee's wife leaves him. That same night, a Martian moon explodes.
But it's rural Texas—even after heartbreak and cosmic horror, Lee's fields still need to be worked. Space seems too far away for him to concern himself with, until he finds a gigantic caterpillar on his land.
Months pass, and the only evidence Lee finds of the creature are the pieces left behind from molting. And then the moon debris lands on Earth…
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