Praise for The Dead Girls Club:
“With The Dead Girls Club, Damien Angelica Walters gives us a disturbing, compelling, twisty, feminist, coming-of-age/horror hybrid that feeds off our obsessions and anxieties. The Red Lady abides.”
—Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of A Head Full of Ghosts
“Walters offers a rich and complex picture of childhood and the traumas found within it.”
—Cultured Vultures
“Especially appealing to readers who grew up with R.L. Stine’s Fear Street series, Walters’ first novel will find fans among a wide range of horror readers.”
—Booklist
“A modern tale destined to pull thriller lovers through cold winter nights.”
—Pittsburgh-Post Gazette
“Ghosts, literal or not, haunt the core of this novel…Walters ramps up the tension and thrills (and twists) as the novel careens towards its conclusion.”
—The Nerd Daily
“[Damien’s] writing talent and horror roots are on display…A solid debut mystery.”
—Mystery Scene Magazine
“Psychological and disturbing…In the frightening world of The Dead Girls Club, women’s lives are shaped by violence, but there may be a haunting way out.”
—Foreword Reviews
“[A] twisty supernatural thriller.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“One of the most finely crafted works of the century so far…The author has a way with words that is inescapable and utterly unforgettable, deviously soothing and darkly ominous.”
—Horror DNA
“This supernatural thriller will have readers crawling under the covers…All the creepy crawly feelings of a ghost story complete with goosebumps and one-eye-shut moments.”
—Manhattan Book Review
“Damien Angelica Walters once again proves why she’s a major voice in the horror and thriller genres…Put this on your reading list now, as it’s sure to be among the top books of 2019.”
—Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens
“Unsettling…If you like twists, it will keep you guessing to the very last page.”
—Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger
“Feeding on classic coming-of-age horror themes…The Dead Girls Club becomes a stifling portrait of the adolescent trauma that hides behind suburban veneers, tracing the haunting ripples of guilt that never fade.”
—Louis Greenberg, half of S.L. Grey, author-duo of The Apartment
“The Dead Girls Club effortlessly combines [Damien’s] artistic, literary flair with a supernatural story that’s equally familiar and unexpected.”
—Grit Daily
Praise for Damien Angelica Walters:
“Eloquent prose.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review for Cry Your Way Home
“A writer who only seems to get better and better.”
—This is Horror
“If you have not yet heard of Damien Angelica Walters then you are missing out.”
—Signal Horizon
“The queen of deft, delightfully flowing, yet quietly unobtrusive words, and the wielder of one hell of a wicked blade aimed right at your weak spots.”
—Cemetery Dance
“Walters is impressive.”
—Laird Barron, author of The Croning and The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
“Damien Angelica Walters writes prose as sharp as a scalpel. With surgical precision, she slices through her characters’ veneers to lay bare the secret scars underneath, the knots of fear and desire twisting them…Walters is a writer to watch.”
—John Langan, author of The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies
“Walters’ prose is vivid and gripping, luring you in, feeding you images that will leave you comforted by the light of your bedside nightstand.”
—Rebecca Jones-Howe, author of Vile Men
