(GUEST CONTRIBUTOR) FAME. FORTUNE. JELLYFISH: A Review of STARLET
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FAME. FORTUNE. JELLYFISH.
When an aspiring young actress accepts an invite to a fading A-lister's home, she soon learns the terrifying secrets of the Hollywood Elite.
If you're not familiar with Danger’s work, sit down, no seriously sit down, prepare for the bizarre, yes, things could start out pretty normal, but it won't stay that way for long, trust me.
Hulu's FRESH meets SCARY MOVIE meets READY OR NOT in this comedic satirical horror that shines a spotlight on the absurdity, greed, entitlement, and delusion of the Hollywood elite, although slapstick and fun in nature this does have a dark conspiratorial theme at its core, societal inequity and ambition are the foundation of this, and more so the lengths people will go to remain youthful, popular and on top. In LA LA land nothing is as it seems and when the curtain falls so does the charade, quite literally. What makes this novella extra special is our protagonist Déjà, she takes this from body horror bizzaro to all-out survival slasher and is a feisty final girl, although naive we can't help but root for her as she's eaten alive and spat back out by the monsters in disguise, she learned the secrets of Hollywood but at what cost? (her god dammed hand) a gruesome body horror with quick wit, biting commentary, and dripping in sarcasm and jellyfish goo.
STARLET by Danger Slater is out August 27th and is available to preorder now!
Published by Ghoulishbooks
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Heather-Jane is a vampire. Ok, she isn't, but she's the closest thing you're gonna get; very anemic and actually allergic to the sun. You can find her skulking round bookshops and libraries, her favourite genres are horror, fantasy, and thriller, as long as there's some sort of death or serious injury, she's into it.
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