Jinxed

by Thommy Hutson

Overview

Break a mirror
Walk under a ladder
Step on a crack

Innocent childhood superstitions …

But someone at the Trask Academy of Performing Arts is taking things one deadly step further when the campus is rocked with the deaths of some of its star students.

Layna Curtis, a talented, popular senior, soon realizes that the seemingly random, accidental deaths of her friends aren't random—or accidents—at all. Someone has taken the childhood games too far, using the idea of superstitions to dispose of their classmates. As Layna tries to convince people of her theory, she uncovers the terrifying notion that each escalating, gruesome murder leads closer to its final victim: her.

Will Layna's opening night also be her final bow?

Gold Medal Winner for Fiction: Horror—2019 International Book Awards

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781944109127
Publisher:	Vesuvian Books
Publication date:	03/01/2018
Series:	Jinxed Trilogy
Pages:	247
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Thommy Hutson is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, director, and author who is considered the foremost authority on A Nightmare on Elm Street. A graduate of UCLA, Thommy has written and produced critically acclaimed genre projects such as Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, Inside Story: Scream, Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, Animal, The Id, Truth or Dare, and more. An aficionado of horror and teen movies from the 80s and 90s, he was born and raised in New York but now resides in Vancouver, BC.

Editorial Reviews

04/16/2018
In this trilogy opener, a ruthless killer stalks the students of an elite performing arts school on a secluded island and ties each of their murders to a superstition. Layna Curtis, a scholarship student who never knew her parents, is at the heart of the deaths, as the killer picks off her friends one by one in increasingly gruesome ways. When Layna discovers that the events might be tied to the mystery surrounding her long-dead mother, she realizes that she's the final, ultimate target, and she must do whatever it takes to stay alive. Hutson, who's written extensively on films such as Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street, creates a gore-filled, coincidence-heavy throwback to the classic teen slasher flick genre. A "gotcha!" ending sets things up for the next installment. Graphically detailed descriptions of people burning to death or being hacked to pieces make it clear that this work of horror isn't for the faint of heart. Ages 12–up. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly