Slasher Summer
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Publishing:13th Aug '26
£18.99
This title is due to be published on 13th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Back in high school, seven unlikely students were drawn together over one shared love: all things horror.
Years later they come back to their hometown of Cedar Lake Falls to reunite. The town happens to be the setting of a cult classic 80's slasher film and so what better place to stay than in the very lodge the movie was filmed in.
But then ominous figures are spotted across the lake, members of the group are pulled underwater and a masked killer is unleashed.
Suddenly they realise they're in the same kind of horror they love to watch, only it's not so fun being on the other side…
A sharp and disturbing homage to the slasher tradition, reimagined with contemporary teeth * Daphne Fama, author of House of Monstrous Women *
A sharp and disturbing homage to the slasher tradition, reimagined with contemporary teeth. SLASHER SUMMER will stay with you long after the blood dries... * Daphne Fama, author of House of Monstrous Women *
SLASHER SUMMER is a masterful tribute to the genre—weaving together hilarity and vicious murders before twisting the lovable formula on its head. Chen’s respect and love for the familiar tropes go much deeper than blood and gore. You could not ask for a better time. This is truly a slasher story after my own heart. * Vincent Tirado *
E.L. Chen had me in my nostalgia feels with her latest, Slasher Summer. The characters lift off the page, each one somehow worth rooting for and against, as they navigate the picturesque setting for a classically gory slasher. The paranoia is high, the gore is abundant, and the twists are neck-breaking. It's everything a Scream fan could dream of, and also makes me think of the mystery gang in Scooby Doo, but with much higher stakes, deeper connections, and instead of a talking dog, you have....well, Freddy. * Mallory Arnold, bestselling author of HOW TO SURVIVE A HORROR STORY *
ISBN: 9780241771013
Dimensions: 240mm x 156mm x 40mm
Weight: 750g
350 pages