May 20, 2024
Today, we are revealing the cover for Brian McAuley’s CANDY CAIN KILLS AGAIN, the fifth novella in our Killer VHS Series…
Praise for the first book:
“A perfect book for gorehounds to devour on a cold Christmas night.”
—Library Journal
She’s making a list… and chopping it twice!
In this sequel to the acclaimed slasher that Stephen Graham Jones called "a novella with a heart the size of a franchise," the survivors of the Christmas Eve carnage at the Thornton house head to the Church of Nodland to confront the local congregation. Little do they know that Candy Cain is coming to town to wish one and all a very merry axe-mas!
Praise for the first book:
“A perfect book for gorehounds to devour on a cold Christmas night.”
—Library Journal
“A masterclass in slasher fiction.”
—FanFiAddict
“Sublimely drawn characters fuel a slasher romp that delivers the goods.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Brian McAuley is a WGA screenwriter who has written everything from family sitcoms to horror films for major studios and networks. His debut novel Curse of the Reaper was named one of the Best Horror Books of 2022 by Esquire. In 2023, his holiday slasher novella Candy Cain Kills earned praise from Kirkus, Booklist, and Library Journal, birthing the sequel Candy Cain Kills Again: The Second Slaying. His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Dark Matter, Nightmare, Shortwave, and Monstrous Magazines. Brian is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Screenwriting at ASU’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School.
A series of books where movie monsters come to life and old VHS tapes summon long-buried evils. You’ll probably survive, as long as you remember to be kind and rewind.
View the Killer VHS Series.
