That’s right, ghouls. You read that headline correctly. Danger Slater’s much-anticipated STARLET is finally available for mass consumption.
If you’ve pre-ordered it, chances are likely you’ve already received your copy—and if you haven’t, KEEP CHECKING THAT MAILBOX. Camp out at the end of your driveway and demand results from your postal worker. Follow them home and make sure they haven’t stolen the book to read for themself. Refuse to leave until local police have filled your sweaty, desperate body full of bullets. You won’t find another small press encouraging their customers to engage in suicide by cop, and there’s a reason for that.
And if you didn’t pre-order it? Please don’t panic. There’s a very easy way to right this wrong. Simply order it NOW, either through our Webstore or anywhere else you buy books, such as Bookshop.org, Powell’s, B&N, and Amazon, to name a few.
Cover art by Matthew Revert.
Starlet is already one review shy of 40 on Goodreads, with the latest one describing it as “Society meets MaXXXine.”
That last review is actually linked to a much longer blog write-up, and it’s really an outstanding review! Read the full thing HERE.
Here’s another excerpt from the above review (slight spoilers) that I think really sells the book:
Speaking of melting, there’s a lot of gross shit in this book. Once things turn towards bizarro land, there’s cannibalism, mutations, impractically captive wild predators, buckets of blood, dismemberments, human body parts as weapons, and of course– jellyfish. The rich and famous will do anything to keep their throne, which in lieu of talent, means they have to stay young and beautiful at any cost. Some readers might bristle at the bizarro element, which is clearly derived with skepticism from popular conspiracy theories. The genre is meant to prod, and the absurdity of the narrative is poking fun. The entire Hollywood ecosystem and its periphery are on the table here. Starlet is a splatterpunk weird horror-comedy with a real message about the limitations of determination for victims of the system, and the limitations of charisma for those abusing it.
Starlet has also been lucky enough to receive blurbs from two of the coolest horror writers currently pumping out books:
If you need more convincing, you can read a very unhinged excerpt over on Dread Central.
In case you missed it last night, Danger was interviewed by our own Mindy Rose for another GHOULGAB session. Check it out below…
mindy: welcome to The Interview
mindy: first and most important question…do you write better when you’re hanging out with the critters you take care of?
danger: I do overnights sometimes at rich people’s houses and pretty much get paid to sit there with their dogs all night and watch movies and shit. I get a lot of writing done on those jobs. Not so much when someone hires me out to walk their dog for a half-hour in the afternoon. Kinda hard to write and walk and not get hit by a car.
danger: I’m between my own critters right now though
mindy: please tell them both that i say hi
danger: I told Bubbles and he said ‘who the fuck is Mindy?”
danger: Sorry I haven’t told him about you before
mindy: valid
mindy: tank knows me tho right?
danger: Yeah. He said ‘sup.
danger: With the little head nod thing.
mindy: hell yeah. please bring him to ghoulishfest ’25
mindy: onward…when you started writing starlet did you know it was going to feature a dude who does not for one second stop jizzing?
danger: Well the jizzing does technically stop. You just can’t breathe or even look at his dick without it starting back up again.
mindy: yeah okay true. i was being kind of hyperbolic i guess.
danger: I didn’t realize how much jizz was actually in the book until I was going over my final edits before publication.
danger: I was like…Jesus.
danger: Dude blows like five loads over the course of the book.
mindy: surely more than five?!
danger: Haha. Maybe. I honestly lost count.
danger: I think anyone reading this should note this is just a very small point of the book, it is not jizz horror.
danger: Or maybe I should be marketing it like that. ‘From jizz horror master Danger Slater comes a sticky new tale of terror’
mindy: yeah def i think you should lean into it?
mindy: because also if starlet ISN’T categorized as jizz horror i’m not sure what WOULD be
danger: Talk to the higher ups at B&N for me and see if they can’t add a section for that.
danger: OH WEIRD MY TWO TITLES WITH GHOULISH BOOKS, WHAT A COINCIDENCE
mindy: OHHHHHH
mindy: but now we have no way of knowing if that answer is genuine
danger: Hah. I know, right? I’ve been told I’m aloof before. Maybe this will add to the mystery.
mindy: sooooo aloof
mindy: is that why you go by danger? the allure of the aloof?
danger: the allure of the aloof. what a fun turn of phrase.
danger: I guess so. I wasn’t thinking too hard about it, to be honest. Danger was a nickname from back in the day my friends gave me. I just started using it when I started writing just bc I thought it was fun.
danger: I wasn’t trying to be mysterious or hide my identity. I’m pretty open on my socials.
mindy: did they call you that because you were doing jackass type shenanigans?
danger: Haha. Basically. I’m pretty sure Jackass is the definitive artistic statement of my generation.
mindy: is there a writer currently that you particularly admire? for either their actual writing or just, like, their general vibe?
danger: Oh I don’t know. I hate writers.
danger: I’m just kidding. Writers are….fine.
mindy: a passionate answer
danger: I have the attention span of a gnat. My favorite writer is whoever I read last.
mindy: even if the last book you read totally blew chunks?
danger: oh I stop reading books I don’t like. Life’s too short.
danger: I stopped reading a book today 30 pages in. Wasn’t feeling it.
mindy: fuck yeah
mindy: ok my next question was gonna be do you have any words of wisdom for aspiring writers but i feel like the answer might be ‘nah’ ?
danger: Honestly you have to be crazy to be a writer. Like resign yourself to a life of general unhappiness and frustration.
danger: So if you’re an aspiring writer get ready for nonstop shit.
mindy: sounds… bad
danger: I’m sure there are happy writers.
danger: Their books suck tho.
mindy: based danger:
mindy: before my last question is there anything you uhhh just wanna say? bold sweeping controversial statements, proclamations of beef, etc
danger: I feel like my bitterness and bad attitude has come across pretty well during this, so we’re doing fine.
mindy: awesome
mindy: alright this last question comes from our special guest west coast correspondent, a young lady named constance: during your creative process, do you have a sounding board and are they supportive, beautiful and awesome?
danger: She is sitting next to me right now and just threatened me with fists so the answer is Yes.
mindy: omg hai constance! i’m waving at you rn!
danger: She is waving too.
danger: She told me you talk all the time and I was like…what?
danger: haha
mindy: listen my goal is to be-bestie her (that’s like befriending but bestie level)
danger: Y’all have a similar vibe. Come hang out. You can pet Tank too.
mindy: i would love that tbh
mindy: ok we should formally conclude this or whatever before it turns into an interview about how rad your girlfriend is
danger: I think she would be okay with that lol
mindy: thanks for letting me ask you a bunch of questions and also for answering those questions!
danger: yeah, thank you.
danger: oh feel free to edit this however you want so I sound smart, okay?
mindy: if i suddenly become capable of making people sound smart i will do that
