The Yule Day Slaughter - (Slasher Season) by Craig Dilouie (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

From horror master Craig DiLouie comes the brutal and terrifying sequel to The Summer Fun Massacre. Summer camp was just the beginning ...

Three years have passed since the undead killer known as the Hungry Hare massacred the counselors at Camp Summer Fun. Each night, Sheriff Tom Bailey stands guard, ever watchful for its return.

As winter blows across the High Plains, most are ready to move on from the tragedy and enjoy the holidays. But then the night once again fills with screams. A family slaughtered in their home. A crime scene that looks horrifyingly familiar.

And the killings have only begun ...

Tom will need every ally he can call on to fight the Hare--most important of all Deputy Laura Turner, Summer Fun's only survivor. Together, Sheriff and Final Girl must find a way to destroy the monster haunting Cross County.

Because the Hungry Hare is coming to exact final vengeance on the town that made it. This time, it wants them all ...

Review Quotes

"DiLouie remixes classic horror tropes into a harrowing thriller set in 1988... Readers will be pulled in by the morally twisted characters and serpentine plot. Film buffs will especially enjoy this paean to '80s slasher films and the people who love them."--Publishers Weekly on How To Make A Horror Movie and Survive

"Episode Thirteen is a suspenseful and engaging Rubik's Cube of a novel. The reader has great perverse fun twisting the pieces back and forth, facet after facet, until Craig DiLouie's grand design stands revealed in all its febrile splendor."--James Morrow, author of The Last Witchfinder on Episode Thirteen

"How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive is a blood-spattered homage to horror films, an ode to the craft of filmmaking, and a cautionary tale about the fiery--often destructive--creative passion inside every artist, one that continuously teeters on the brink of insanity. DiLouie has created a celluloid cursed object story that John Carpenter himself would stand up and applaud from the front row."--Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley on How To Make A Horror Movie and Survive

"The Children of Red Peak is both a subtle character study and a chilling tale of horror. It goes deep into the heart of people caught up in terrifying events. Highly recommended."--Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author, on The Children of Red Peak

"A heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, terrifying tale about the meaning of life... A great choice for fans of Stephen Graham Jones' The Only Good Indians (2020), Paul Tremblay's Disappearance at Devil's Rock (2016), or Alma Katsu's The Hunger (2018)."--Booklist on The Children of Red Peak

"A tricky, twisty book with more levels to it than a slasher movie has sequels. DiLouie knows what makes the horror genre tick." --David Moody, author of the Hater and Autumn series on How To Make A Horror Movie and Survive

"Absolutely riveting... A tapestry of past and present come together in this chilling tale of family, faith, and redemption. Craig DiLouie has a new fan."--J.D. Barker, international bestselling author of She Has A Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be, on The Children of Red Peak

"An epistolary descent into a living nightmare . . . well-written and genuinely unsettling. Fans of paranormal documentaries, ghost-hunting shows, and found-footage horror will lose their minds over this one."

--Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Kin on Episode Thirteen

"Confidently striding through the genre, DiLouie displays a deep and abiding love for horror, even as he finds new ways to bend our disgust and despair to his will. The camera cannot turn away."--Andrew F. Sullivan, co-author of The Handyman Method on How To Make A Horror Movie and Survive

"DiLouie follows a found-footage narrative before veering into gloriously mind-bending terror. . . . In this subversion of the classic haunted-house/found-footage story, DiLouie demonstrates his ability to toy with and eventually upend readers' expectations."--Library Journal (Starred Review) on Episode Thirteen

"Gory, glorious, and just a little too believable, Craig DiLouie's latest is a slick meta slasher movie in book form, set in the brutal intersection of art and obsession."--Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author on How To Make A Horror Movie and Survive

"Gripping, thought-provoking, and suspenseful, Craig DiLouie's latest is a master study of darkness and light and the meaning of life."--Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author, on The Children of Red Peak

"In this transcendent ghost story for the 21st century, Craig DiLouie charts the mystery where science meets the supernatural then dives in headfirst to deliver a haunted house story so heartbreaking and profoundly unsettling it ranks alongside the classics of the genre."--James Chambers, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of On the Hierophant Road on Episode Thirteen

"It's the literary equivalent of a found footage movie, and it works beautifully. Part ghost story, part metaphysical horror, total nightmare -- Episode Thirteen is a must read."--David Moody, author of Hater and the Autumn series on Episode Thirteen

"With this chilling story of cult abuse, DiLouie proves his mastery of the slow slide from psychological drama into supernatural horror . . . . Horror readers will be hooked."--Publishers Weekly on The Children of Red Peak

With well-developed characters, a swiftly paced narrative, and mounting dread, this new twist on the ghost story will delight horror readers. --Booklist on Episode Thirteen

About the Author

Craig DiLouie is an acclaimed American-Canadian author of horror and other fiction. Formerly a magazine editor and advertising executive, he also works as a journalist and educator covering the North American lighting industry. Craig is a member of the Imaginative Fiction Writers Association, International Thriller Writers and Horror Writers Association. He currently lives in Calgary, Canada, with his partner, Chris Marrs, and his two wonderful children.