Recent fiction, nonfiction, and comics releases that caught our eye.
I was a teenage murderer By Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones is an expert on horror films. The author has tackled the genre in several of his novels (most notably the Indian Lake Trilogy, with its horror-movie-obsessed protagonist) and has a column on Fangoria Dedicated to its impact, so it's not really a surprise to see that it's produced another entry for the canon. But this time, we get a different perspective: the slasher's point of view.
amazon;elmt:;cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?merchantId=66ea567a-c987-4c2e-a2ff-02904efde6ea&siteId=us-engadget&pageId=1p-autolink&featureId=text-link&merchantName=amazon&custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL1RlZW5hZ2UtU2xhc2hlci1TdGVwaGVuLUdyYWhhbS1Kb25lcy9kcC8xNjY4MDIyMjQ5P3RhZz1nZGd0MGMtcC12LTEyYi0yMCIsImNvbnRlbnRVdWlkIjoiOWJlNjA3NWItNTlmOC00YzA3LWE4MzAtYmE5M2VhMTBlNjQ3In0&signature=AQAAAfiaSv_tn7ZOMUSuADljpAoIKjgVJyWd1POWuESrpVpR&gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FTeenage-Slasher-Stephen-Graham-Jones%2Fdp%2F1668022249″ class=”link rapid-with-clickid etailiffa-link” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:I Was a Teenage Slasher;elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:amazon;elmt:;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>I was a teenage murderer is the fictional autobiography of Tolly Driver, who in 1989 reluctantly became the Michael Meyers of Lamesa, Texas, at the age of 17, a transformation seemingly driven by powers beyond Tolly's control. It takes the classic slasher formula and injects it with a lot of heart.
The light eaters by Zoë Schlanger
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There is a fair amount of anthropomorphization, but The light eaters It provides a truly fascinating insight into the inner workings of plants that is accessible to non-scientists and, at the very least, might inspire you to look at the natural world a little differently.
Paranoid Gardens By Gerard Way, Shaun Simon and Chris Weston
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Paranoid Gardens It is written by Way (yes, from My Chemical Romance, but also The Umbrella Academy) and Simon (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoyswritten with Way) and features art by Chris Weston, colors by Dave Stewart, and letters by Nate Piekos.
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