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Heads Will Roll

Heads Will Roll

Summary

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A chilling slasher from a razor-sharp new horror voice, perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and the Scream franchise


If you hear her knock, it’s already too late . . .


Willow is in need of an escape.

A former sitcom star, she’s been publicly shamed on the internet after posting something she really shouldn’t have.

She checks in to Camp Castaway, an adults-only retreat based at an old campground in the woods.

It’s the first night and the campers gather round the fire to tell some ghost stories. That’s when Willow hears the tale of Knock Knock Nancy. A local urban legend about a witch, brutally beheaded in this very woodland.

They say her restless spirit knocks on doors late at night. If you answer, she’ll take your head.

Willow doesn’t believe in ghost stories. But the next day, a camper has vanished under mysterious circumstances. And then that evening, in her cabin, Willow hears it . . . .

Knock, Knock, Knock.

‘A slasher that is both bloody and uplifting. And fun! Every copy should come with a bucket of popcorn’ Gus Moreno, author of This Thing Between Us

Praise for Josh Winning

‘Be sure to make the popcorn and dim the lights’ Paul Tremblay, author of A Cabin At The End Of The World

‘Josh Winning has won my heart’ Clay McLeod Chapman, author of The Remaking

‘Wow! No one can make us feel so much childhood nostalgia and then so much terror as Josh Winning! Absolutely loved it. This one's a killer’ CJ Leede, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Maeve Fly

‘There was the impulse to binge just one more chapter before closing the covers, combined with layered characterization, sensitivity, and Winning's respect for and love of pop-culture’ Deirdre Sullivan, author of Perfectly Preventable Deaths

‘A relentless supernatural page-ripper that doubled as pure catnip for the horror connoisseur in me’ David Yoon, author of City of Orange

‘An all-consuming obsession…a perfect mash-up of Night Film and Harrow Lake’ Dawn Kurtagich, author of The Creeper Man

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Reviews

  • Winning utilises the best jump-scare slasher tropes to create a thrilling and fun classic horror story with a modern touch
    Culture Fly

About the author

Josh Winning

Josh Winning is the critically acclaimed author of Burn the Negative, which was long-listed for a Bram Stoker Award, Heads Will Roll and The Shadow Glass. He is a senior film writer at Radio Times and has written for Total Film, Gay Times and Den of Geek. During his years as a film journalist, he has been on set with Kermit the Frog (and Miss Piggy), devoured breakfast with zombies on The Walking Dead, and sat on the Iron Throne on the set of Game of Thrones. Josh lives in Suffolk with his cat Penny and dreams of one day convincing Sigourney Weaver to yell “Goddammit!” at him.
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