My Heart is a Chainsaw
by Stephen Jones
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Pub Date 7 Sep 2021 | Archive Date 10 Sep 2021
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Description
Jade Daniels is an outcast – half-Indian, with an abusive father, an absent mother – in Proofrock, a town that wants nothing to do with her. Now, one class away from dropping out of school, she is pouring her life and soul into her last assignment – a personal history of horror films.
But Proofrock doesn’t rest easy; as blood spills in the lake and violent stories refuse to stay buried, Jade’s encyclopaedic knowledge of horror cinema begins to make sense of everything happening in the rapidly gentrifying rural lake town. And with the arrival of the Final Girl, Letha Mondragon, she’s convinced an irreversible sequence of events has been set into motion.
As Jade dives deep into the history of her hometown – the missing tourists, the drowned church in Indian Lake, the tragic deaths at camp years ago – the town strives to keep her trapped. But outcasts still laugh and fight and cry and love fiercely, and even as the terror descends, and the blood flows, they never, ever give up.
Advance Praise
"Horror fans [will] be blown away by this audacious extravaganza." — Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Meticulously crafted horror [with a] vivid, moving, gory end." – Library Journal, starred review
"A brilliantly crafted, heartbreakingly beautiful slasher." – Booklist, starred review
"This extraordinary novel is an essential purchase." — Library Journal, starred review
"A methodically paced story where every detail both entertains and matters. Brilliantly crafted, heartbreakingly beautiful." — Becky Spratford, Booklist, Starred Review
"A homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre. You don't have to be a slasher fan to read My Heart is a Chainsaw, but I guarantee that you will be after you read it." — Alma Katsu, author of The Deep and The Hunger
"Brutal, beautiful, and unforgettable. It's everything I never knew I needed in a horror novel." — Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens
"A frantic, gory whodunnit mystery, with an ending both savage and shocking. Don't say I didn't warn you!" — Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Ararat and Red Hands
"An easy contender for Best of the Year. It left me stunned and applauding." — Brian Keene, World Horror Convention Grandmaster Award-winning author of The Rising and The Damned Highway
"A captivating story ... It’s both a heartfelt love letter and a fresh take, making you fall in love while shredding your heart." — Bloody Disgusting
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781789098099 |
| PRICE | A$22.99 (AUD) |
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