Night of the Mannequins

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones, comes a slasher story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose in a small town. Winner of both the 2020 Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards!We thought we'd play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead.One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. One last prank just to scare a friend. Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. Until it starts killing. Luckily, Sawyer has a plan. He’ll be a hero. He'll save everyone to the best of his ability. He'll do whatever he needs to so he can save the day. That's the thing about heroes—sometimes you have to become a monster first."A fairy tale of impermanence showcasing Graham Jones’s signature style of smart, irreverent horror." —The New York TimesAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The New York Times

"Suffused with questions about the nature of change and friendship, Night of the Mannequins is a fairy tale of impermanence showcasing Graham Jones’s signature style of smart, irreverent horror."

The Toronto Star

"A funny and harrowing parable about adolescent alienation that shows Jones in top form."

Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones

"Night of the Mannequins is dark and twisted, funny, a little crazy, and unsettling as hell."

Sarah Langan, author of Good Neighbors

"Propulsive and poignant, capturing the mundane terror of adolescence, and adding that ever-so-essential dab of killer mannequin."

Library Journal, STARRED review

"A hotter voice in horror would be hard to find these days, and Graham Jones does not disappoint, delivering another masterpiece. Give to fans of slasher or serial killer tales."

Joe R. Lansdale

"Wicked and wry, this is a terrific story by one of my favorite writers, Stephen Graham Jones. Tip-top with a twist of dread."

Brian Evenson, author of Song for the Unraveling of the World

"Stephen Graham Jones’s range ... is staggering. In this novella he juggles―sometimes in very sly ways―slasher stories, coming of age horror, traditions of madness and unreliability, and Kaiju to create an amazingly speedy, voice-driven read that's tons of fun."

Publishers Weekly

"Jones tiptoes the border between supernatural and psychological horror in this weird and wild novella... Balancing horror and humor, this novella puts a clever modern twist on a classic monster story."

Shelf Awareness

"Readers will delight more than once in the realization that they might be reading a different story from the one they thought was unfolding... trust Jones and enjoy the ride."

John Skipp

"Sly, surprising psychic sleight-of-hand, in a tale of teenage madness where the next plastic face might be your own."

About the Author

STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES was raised as pretty much the only Blackfeet in West Texas - except for his dad and grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins. He now lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, a couple kids, and too many old trucks. Between West Texas and now, he's published more than twenty books, including the novels The Fast Red Road, Ledfeather, and Mongrels, and the short story collections After the People Lights Have Gone Off, States of Grace, and The Ones that Got Away.Stephen’s been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse Jones Award for Fiction, the Independent Publishers Awards for Multicultural Fiction, three This is Horror awards, and he’s made Bloody Disgusting’s Top Ten Novels of the Year. Stephen teaches in the MFA programs at University of Colorado at Boulder and University of California Riverside-Palm Desert.

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