I Was a Teenage Slasher

I Was a Teenage SlasherFrom New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story with a twist. 1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton and a place where everyone knows everyone else's business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid with more potential than application, seventeen, and about to be cursed to kill for revenge. Here Stephen Graham Jones explores the Texas he grew up in, the unfairness of

the tree that the Innu use to make sleds

a post-Beatles Lennon especially emerges as a kindred soul and creative partner

Molly used to be inseparable from her brother

Henry Mihesuah leads a happy and fulfilling life

He grew up poor on a farm and lived far away from his home and family while attending an Indian boarding school in Pennsylvania

but by advocating for political

Impeccably paired

Emily Kewageshig's evocative artwork illustrates the beauty of connecting with nature and encourages readers to strengthen their relationships to the world around them

Momaday recalls stories of his childhood

and English sources

readers learn about the life cycle of wild salmon

we meet Smith on the road again