I Was a Teenage Slasher (2024)

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small 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.

ISBN:: 9781668022245

Genres: horror, mystery, thriller, historical fiction

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