Ivy Tholen

Five years ago, a group of teenage girls entered the Poison Apple Halloween Carnival for a scavenger hunt, and all but one died at the hand of a masked killer. Now, a copycat killer has emerged and is using a familiar cotton-candy-coated playbook to pick off a new group of girls one by one.Meanwhile, the Scavenge’s lone survivor—still haunted by ghosts from the past and unable to move on from her loss—begins receiving disturbing text messages, seemingly from beyond the grave. When someone from home contacts her for help, she realizes that she must return to the carnival to warn the new girls and stop the original killer’s protégé, or they may suffer the same fate as the victims in the last Senior Scavenge.There’s just one According to the people of Belldam, the Senior Scavenge never happened.

Everyone at Pritchett High wants an invitation to the Senior Scavenge. In 2020, Violet Warren and her friends are the lucky ones. Eight girls will break into the Poison Apple Carnival after hours for a scavenger hunt, then at sunrise they’ll gather for a celebration in honor of their upcoming senior year. But someone else has another game planned. Minutes after the girls sneak into the carnival, a madman in a rubber mask begins slashing his way through the group and Violet quickly realizes his motives are personal. As she watches her friends die in a series of increasingly bizarre attacks, she must fight to survive while trying to answer the question: What could she have done to earn a fast-pass for a roller coaster ride straight to hell?

Everyone at Pritchett High wants an invitation to the Senior Scavenge. In 2020, Violet Warren and her friends are the lucky ones. Eight girls will break into the Poison Apple Carnival after hours for a scavenger hunt, then at sunrise they’ll gather for a celebration in honor of their upcoming senior year. But someone else has another game planned. Minutes after the girls sneak into the carnival, a madman in a rubber mask begins slashing his way through the group and Violet quickly realizes his motives are personal. As she watches her friends die in a series of increasingly bizarre attacks, she must fight to survive while trying to answer the question: What could she have done to earn a fast-pass for a roller coaster ride straight to hell?

It’s 1999 and there are more people dropping than shopping at the dying Lone Star Mall. While Ginny Todd’s parents are off saving the world from Y2K, she is trapped in a small town in Texas, forced to live with her neglectful aunt and uncle and her unstable cousin, Michelle. When Ginny stumbles upon a gruesome murder in an abandoned section of the mall, she finds herself wrapped up in a murder mystery over a year in the making. The worst part? As more bodies pile up and the police follow the most likely suspect, Ginny begins to believe Michelle may be behind it all. Between a freakish killer in a baby-doll mascot costume, a potential killer in the bedroom next door, and a mall dripping with blood, Ginny only knows one thing: She needs to get the hell out of Texas.

Death taunts Elodie Gold. It took her parents when she was a teenager, left her tormented by violent ghosts she cannot escape, and forced her to live in constant fear. She thinks she is broken forever, and the people around her worry that she’s too far gone to help. After a ghost attack leaves her with what appear to be self-inflicted wounds, Elodie is referred to Dr. Emory Dick, a psychologist who works with emotionally damaged teenagers. When a shocking encounter during her first session convinces Emory that her ghosts are real, he offers to rescue her in exchange for the use of her “gift.” For the first time since her parents' deaths she feels like she can breathe, until one morning when she awakes to find she is not as safe as she thought. A dead man hovers in her living room, having penetrated the protection spells that cover her walls, and it appears someone she knows helped him get in. With the help of a stranger who seems to know more about Elodie than she knows about herself, she must learn the truth that sometimes the living can be more dangerous than the dead. In this heartbreaking tale that proves there are things more sinister than death itself, Elodie must find the courage to step out into the world and save herself from the ghosts - both real and in her head - before she suffers permanent damage.

With its mix of bloody wedding dresses, florists who can’t seem to stay alive, and a family with more money than sanity, Ivy Tholen’s darkly comedic slasher answers the age old What if the dad in Father of the Bride was also the mother from Serial Mom? Life is good for Katie Rose Waters. Her family is filthy rich, she has her beloved Mother Dear’s undivided attention, and she can get away with murder any time she wants…literally. When Katie Rose’s estranged older sister Kit returns home after ten years, Katie Rose’s perfect life is thrown into a tailspin. Moments after saying hello—and insulting Katie Rose’s shoes—Kit announces she’s coming back for good, and she’s bringing her new fiancee with her. Suddenly Katie Rose is old news, as Mother Dear shifts her attention to planning the wedding of the century. Between work and Kit, Mother Dear can’t find the time for Katie Rose unless she needs help choosing flowers or decapitating the baker. It’s simply devastating. As the big day approaches, tensions run high. Katie Rose vows revenge on her sister, Kit threatens to reveal old family secrets, and Mother Dear must go on an all antacid diet, but everything will be fine as long as they avoid stress, because that’s when things get messy. Unfortunately, there’s nothing more stressful than a wedding...

It’s 1999 and there are more people dropping than shopping at the dying Lone Star Mall.While Ginny Todd’s parents are off saving the world from Y2K, she is trapped in a small town in Texas, forced to live with her neglectful aunt and uncle and her unstable cousin, Michelle.When Ginny stumbles upon a gruesome murder in an abandoned section of the mall, she finds herself wrapped up in a murder mystery over a year in the making. The worst part? As more bodies pile up and the police follow the most likely suspect, Ginny begins to believe Michelle may be behind it all.Between a freakish killer in a baby-doll mascot costume, a potential killer in the bedroom next door, and a mall dripping with blood, Ginny only knows one She needs to get the hell out of Texas.