Justine Pucella Winans

There’s a reason CJ Smith’s hometown of Satterville, Ohio, is infamously known as Slasherville: years ago, it was the site of not one, but two real-life Friday the 13th-style massacres. CJ’s dad survived the first attack; only CJ survived the second. Thanks to the mysterious writer Moon Satter’s two bestselling novels based on the events, the town—and CJ—will always be...

A Stonewall Honor WinnerIndie Next PickPW Best Book of the YearBooklist Editor’s PickThe Otherwoods is calling. And it won’t be ignored.Some would call River Rydell a ‘chosen one’: born with the ability to see monsters and travel to a terrifying spirit world called The Otherwoods, they have all the makings of a hero. But River just calls themself unlucky. After...

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads, from Stonewall Honor-winning author Justine Pucella Winans. 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...