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How to Survive a Slasher

By: Justine Pucella Winans
Narrated by: SJ Valiquette
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Bloomsbury presents How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans, read by SJ Valiquette.

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads.

Few people can say they faced the infamous Satterville Wolf Man and lived. But CJ Smith can.

She doesn’t talk about that, though.

CJ has survived the horror movie that is her life by following one rule: blend in and stay out of it. But that’s hard to do when your trauma gets turned into a bestselling book series. The Slasherville books are a true crime phenomenon, documenting the Wolf Man massacres that changed CJ’s life forever. CJ hates everything about the books and their fans, but at this point she’s just grateful there aren’t any more murders to write about.

Until one day when an unpublished Slasherville book shows up on her doorstep predicting new Wolf Man killings. CJ is sure it’s a bad prank. But then the events in the book start coming true, and when CJ breaks her one rule, the Final Girl—the person who, according to the book, was supposed to stop the Wolf Man—ends up dead. Suddenly, blending in and staying out of it is not an option, and CJ will have to use everything she knows about the rules of horror to make it out alive.©2025 Justine Pucella Winans (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Critic reviews

A whip-smart, genre-savvy horror that perfectly balances dark humor with a genuine struggle for survival.
Winans expertly blends chills and laughs in this cozy slasher with characters you'd die for. The perfect pick-me-up for the horror girlies.
Fast-paced, chilling, and packed with punchy horror. Slasher fans will stay up all night to finish this one!
A delightful twist on slashers, Final Girls, and what it means to live in the present with the ones you love. Smart, inventive, and a whole lot of fun.
A meta thrill ride that feels like your favorite slasher movie come to life.
A thoroughly modern thriller that’s both a sharp slasher and a clever commentary on the genre.
Plays with horror tropes in entertaining and exciting ways and keeps the suspense up with twists aplenty.
Winans masterfully blends small-town horror with chilling suspense. . . . Fast-paced and thrilling, this novel will be a hit among those who devour slasher fiction and true crime. Expect it to fly off the shelves
Mixing tongue-in-cheek references to horror classics like Scream and Friday the 13th with an engaging meta premise, Winans delivers a cheeky adventure thriller.
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This is a brilliant little Slasher Horror that gets a little bit meta in some parts. Really enjoyed the audiobook.

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