JINXED


2019 International Book Awards: Gold Medal in Horror
2019 Readers' Favorite Awards: Gold Medal in Young Adult Horror
2019 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Awards, Semifinalist: Horror
  
THE RED LIST
#2 for Horror Book/Manuscripts of the month
#3 for Horror Book/Manuscripts of the year

 


High School Can Be a Real Killer

Break a mirror
Walk under a ladder
Step on a crack

Innocent childhood superstitions ...

But someone at the secluded 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?

 

Praise for Jinxed

Jinxed #1! Best Five Horror Books of 2018–Waylon Jordan’s Picks (linked to full iHorror article)
"... a literary slasher that kept me guessing until the final page was turned. [Jinxed] rivals Lois Duncan’s I Know What you Did Last Summer. The suspense is high; the kills are gory ... Hutson’s debut novel surpassed my every expectation this year."      ~ Waylon Jordan, ihorror.com

[Hutson] creates a gore-filled throwback to the classic teen slasher flick genre ... Graphically detailed descriptions make it clear that this work of horror isn't for the faint of heart. 
     ~ Publishers Weekly

Thommy Hutson’s ‘Jinxed’ is a Must Read for Classic Horror Fans (linked to full iHorror review)
"Hutson ... knocked it completely out of the park ... with an expertly paced, cinematic slasher in a setting that would make Agatha Christie proud."
     ~ Waylon Jordan, iHorror.com

"...gory but captivating ... a masked murderer starts picking off the teens, killing them all in theatrically grisly ways. ... entertaining"     ~ School Library Journal

"Thommy Hutson is the ultimate authority in nostalgia-driven storytelling."
     ~ Clive Barker, Bestselling Author of Books of Blood and The Thief of Always

“Jinxed is the teen whodunit that Wes Craven and Lois Duncan never made. Hutson has created the best new slasher franchise since Scream.”
     ~ Peter M. Bracke, Author of Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

"A dark, tension-filled thriller that’s wicked to the very end. Bad luck was never so much fun!"
     ~ Jeffrey Reddick, Creator of Final Destination