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Barb Jacobs Just Won’t Die!
Scream meets 00s slasher in this ICONIC blood-soaked horror from your new favourite author
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A serial killer? She's SO over it. Barbra 'Barbie' Jacobs may be the wrong side of forty, but she's still beloved by her fans. Typecast as a Scream Queen from her very first horror flick, Barb's always wanted to prove to herself that she's more than...
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A pacy, campy, darkly humoured, blood-soaked slasher full of classic horror tropes about a horror movie Scream Queen who's going to have to save herself this time - now that she's being stalked by a knife-wielding psychopath for real.
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A serial killer? She's SO over it.
Barbra 'Barbie' Jacobs may be the wrong side of forty, but she's still beloved by her fans. Typecast as a Scream Queen from her very first horror flick, Barb's always wanted to prove to herself that she's more than a 'final girl' - the prettiest one who somehow manages not to get chopped into tiny little pieces at the end of the movie.
But now her wish might be coming true...
In the bathroom at this horror convention, Barb finds a cheerleader in the stalls covered in blood. How cliché. But this time, it's not from the props department - her throat's been ripped out.
As the body count rises, Barb knows she has to play the part one last time if she's going to escape the deranged psycho serial killer who's murdering everyone around her.
Barb Jacobs has had enough of people-pleasing. She is NOT dying in Barbie's Scream House. So if she makes it out, hell, she's having the fries.
A hilarious and terrifying serial killer thriller jam-packed with classic horror tropes for anyone who loves Barbie, Scream Queens or Nightmare on Elm Street.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805467557
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 October 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Corvus
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Tanya's traditional debut Her Wicked Roots captured the attention of some of horror's biggest names, as well as the trades. An active member of the Horror Writers Association, Pell has been published in anthologies alongside bestselling authors like Adam Cesare, Christopher Golden, CJ Leede, Clay McLeod Chapman, Gabino Iglesias, Hailey Piper, and many more, including Fever Dreams, Obsolescence and Mother Knows Best. Her first novel, Cicada (Shortwave Publishing, 09/2024), was named #2 on Vulture's "The Best Horror Books of 2024 (So Far)" list. She regularly moderates panels at cons, with her bestselling contemporaries. Barbie Just Won't Die! will showcase her dynamic storytelling skills across subgenres. Pell is a narcoleptic horror author who drinks bougie coffee and lives in the American South.
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