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I Was a Teenage Slasher

Written by: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Stephen Graham Jones
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A USA TODAY Bestseller

An Alex Award Winner

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story with a twist—perfect for fans of Adam Cesare and Grady Hendrix.

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, and shared sense of unfairness of being on the outside through the slasher horror Jones loves, but from the perspective of the killer, Tolly, writing his own autobiography. Find yourself rooting for a killer in this summer teen movie of a novel gone full blood-curdling tragic.

©2024 Stephen Graham Jones (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio Editors Select Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense World Literature Scary Texas

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The sweetest little slasher in Texas
Our patience has been rewarded, because they’re finally here: summer, and I Was a Teenage Slasher! The bloodlust is real for Stephen Graham Jones’s new novel, an extra-personal work based on the horror legend’s West Texas upbringing and a love letter to outcasts and slasher films. Our antihero is 17-year-old Tolly Driver, who lives with a plot-pertinent peanut allergy in the podunk town of Lamesa, Texas, and is about to go on a murder spree that will see six of his classmates dead in the summer of 1989. (That’s no spoiler: Driver, typing out his memoir years in the future, says so at the outset.) The trick is how Graham Jones unspools the story, drawing you into Tolly’s voice and his world of hair metal, Dr. Pepper, bullies, unrequited love, tragedy, and a surprisingly sweet friendship you’ll root for. Texan native Michael Crouch is the PERFECT narrator for the story, which goes down like a gory yet heartbreaking coming-of-age—and don’t miss the blood-red cherry on top when the author reads his acknowledgments at the end. — Kat J., Audible Editor

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Brilliant Fresh Approach to the Slasher Genre

I'll admit that part of me expected a tired and predictable slasher story, given how much Stephen Graham Jones has already tapped that particular vein, but this one was a pleasant surprise. The premise is unconventional, and even a bit silly, but the author does a fantastic job of walking that fine line where the stakes are meaningful and the characters are real and relatable, but the story doesn't take itself too too seriously. Any decent slasher has to acknowledge its own inherent over-the-topness and lean into the camp.

Another thing Jones does really well in this one is voice. The story is told from one character's perspective, and he does it with such a unique voice. Narrator Michael Crouch only enhances the story's voiceyness, which makes it an absolute delight to listen to. This is the closest thing to a "page-turner" I've listened to. I usually take at least a week to finish an audiobook, but I breezed through this one in like two days and I loved every minute of it.

Highly recommended for horror fans that don't need their horror to be grimdark or grounded firmly in reality.

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narrator added to the atmosphere

The story was quite fun to listen too. It feels like you are sitting with the character discussing life but instead discussing the taking of lives (see what i did there?). The classic slasher movie fan in me was hoping for a different kind of ending but overall the story was a good time! I recommend the audiobook to get the full experience.

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Perfect story telling

This was an amazing book it had my attention the whole time with no lows

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Loved this one

Amazing narration and loved the storytelling format, heartbreaking and gory. I really enjoyed this one

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Really enjoyed this title

Really enjoyed this title and even more so than the Indian Lake trilogy. Stephen Graham Jones is becoming one my top authors.

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