Paperback

Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill.

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires meets Buffy by way of Charlaine Harris in this dark and delightful mystery-horror novel about four generations of women tasked with battling the original vampire to protect their small Southern town.

• So much fun! Light-hearted, cozy horror mystery
• Set in Texas in 1999, we follow 4 generations of women tasked with battling the original vampire.
• It's got the Southern charm and claws of Grady Hendrix, the fierce female badassery of Buffy, and the paranormal mystery of Charlaine Harris.
• Light-hearted horror with a beloved cast of characters is growing quickly in the marketplace. There's a growing appetite for novels that have suspense and horror components, but still make the reader feel safe within the world. Bless Your Heart fits perfectly into this space and should hit a rapidly-growing readership at the right time.
• Author background -- she's a professor and curator of horror anthology. She is the founder of Black Spot Books, a small press with a mission to amplify voices of women in horror, and was named by Publishers Weekly as a Star Watch Honoree in 2020. Connections to book and film worlds.
• This paperback of Bless Your Heart will be publishing at the same time as the hardcover sequel in the duology, Another Fine Mess. Up next, we have a standalone novel under contract from Lindy, pitched as Scream meets Death Becomes Her.