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The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre (Summer 2026)
A novel by Philip Fracassi
Artwork by Ben Baldwin
SYNOPSIS:
The first and only fine press edition of Philip's "Instant USA Today Bestseller" and "Best Horror Book of 2025" (BookBub, Vulture, Men's Health) is arriving summer 2026!
Rose DuBois is not your average final girl.
Rose is in her late 70s, living out her golden years at the Autumn Springs Retirement Home.
When one of her friends dies alone in her apartment, Rose isn’t too concerned. Accidents happen, especially at this age!
Then another resident drops dead. And another. With bodies stacking up, Rose can’t help but wonder: are these accidents? Old age? Or something far more sinister?
Together with her best friend Miller, Rose begins to investigate. The further she digs, the more convinced she becomes: there’s a killer on the loose at Autumn Springs, and if she isn’t careful, Rose may be their next victim.
Featuring a brand new layout, color printing, exterior and interior artwork by Ben Baldwin, fine paper, and Smyth sewing, this edition will also contain never-before-published “Killer POV” chapters that were left out of the final edit of the trade edition, restored here as exclusive bonus content, along with an introduction by the author.
Available in the following limited edition states:
| 350 numbered, color printing, Smyth-sewn, cloth-covered hardcovers, signed by Fracassi, $125. |
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| 15 lettered, color printing, Smyth-sewn, traycased hardcovers, both book and traycase completely hand made using the finest materials, signed by Fracassi, $TBD but at least $850 based on anticipated materials and labor. |
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Praise for The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre:
"A celebration of love, wisdom, and the value of people too often relegated to the margins of a story."
—Vulture
"Fracassi blends the true-life horror of aging and society’s scorn for the elderly with an original slasher premise and reimagined Final Girl. The question isn’t who will die at the Autumn Springs Retirement Home…but who will survive? Diabolically delightful."
—Tananarive Due, author of The Reformatory
"Step aside, teenagers, and make way for Rose DuBois, a final girl for the over-70 set.... A well-paced, age-appropriate, kick-butt, final-girl story."
—Booklist
"Rose isn’t your average final girl. She’s a woman and a survivor who you’ll cheer for every step of the way in this smart, fast-paced slasher."
—Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse and The Haunting of Room 904
"Mixes grim humor, bloody kills, and a nuanced examination of societal views on aging...balances heart with terror."
—Library Journal
"A wholly original slasher novel with a uniquely strong and vulnerable heroine...Fans of the genre should put this on their must-read list."
—Christina Henry, author of Alice and The Place Where They Buried Your Heart
"Autumn Springs is packed full of characters that you can’t help falling in love with, just as their bodies start hitting the floor. Fracassi sticks the knife in your heart and twists it. A tear-stained blood-soaked slasher for the ages."
—Brian McAuley, author of Breathe In, Bleed Out and Curse of the Reaper
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