Cold Snap

“Lindy Ryan weaponizes the dread of grief suffered in isolation. Horrific and heartbreaking.”Jamie Flanagan, screenwriter The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Fall of the House of Usher"COLD SNAP is an intrusive thought, an open wound. It will consume you."Stephanie M. Wytovich, Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of Brothel"A powerfully affecting study of bereavement, illuminated by a sense of the uncanny and mysterious that builds to vivid scenes of breathless nightmare terror."Ramsey Campbell"Cold Snap reads like a whiteout of blinding grief. The deeper you plunge into this haunting novella, the more you lose sight of your surroundings. Before long, you won't be able to tell where the pages end and reality begins. It's that immersive." Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters"Steals through your soul like a winter chill—a heart-rending, darkly humorous hymn to grief, guilt and love. This is a perfect Christmas horror story that's so crisp and cool, it'll leave your fingers frostbitten."Josh Winning, author of Heads Will RollPraise for Bless Your Heart“Such a brilliant blend of banter and dread. Authored with the confidence of a storyteller who knows every inch, cadence, and beat of their tale. Instantly cinematic. And if you’re anything like me, you’re going to wish you were part of the Evans family, working at the Evans Funeral Home, just so you can spend more time with these people. Lindy Ryan is on fire with this book.” Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Daphne"The Evans women have arrived and these southern belle slayers are carving out a spot in our undead hearts. Lindy Ryan has harnessed the charm and horror of a Romero-helmed Steel Magnolias, equal parts Carson McCullers and Bram Stoker. Bless her heart." Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters"Lindy Ryan is among the most electrifying voices in the horror genre today. Her writing is devastating, beautiful, and horrifying in all the best ways. With her new novel, she's created a group of characters you won't ever forget set in a world that's sure to get under your skin. Bless Your Heart is everything you could want in a horror novel and more. Highly recommended." Gwendolyn Kiste, Three-time Bram Stoker Awards®-winning author of The Rust Maidens and Reluctant Immortals"A flesh-ripping, heartfelt good time. Lindy Ryan has crafted a matriarchal line in keeping with Practical Magic but with the added gory fun of Dead Until Dark. I was utterly charmed and can only hope I haven’t seen the end of the Evans women." Kristi DeMeester, author of Such a Pretty Smile"If you don't think a horror novel can somehow feel like Steel Magnolias meets Buffy with a dab of Straub's Ghost Story, well . . . Bless Your Heart. Lindy Ryan's debut novel is a bloodsoaked blast, packed with delightful characters and shockingly gruesome mayhem. And its ending seems to imply further adventures involving the Evans women, something I would welcome like a glass of sweet tea on a hot summer day."Nat Cassidy, author of Mary: An Awakening of Terror and Nestlings"A gloriously gruesome, compulsively readable debut that is as grizzly as it is clever and heartfelt, offering an inventive, poignant, and thoroughly entertaining exploration of legacy. Absolutely brilliant." Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Cackle and Such Sharp Teeth“Lindy Ryan’s debut, Bless Your Heart, is a delight! Small-town, multi-generational horror about a family of monster-hunting women who make sure the dead can rest, it’s a creepy romp that begs for sequels. Check it out!”Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones and All Hallows“Gory, spine-chilling, and deeply Southern, Bless Your Heart is a women-led fight against the rising dead. An absolute must-read for anyone who likes their horror with bite.” Darcy Coates, USA Today best-selling author of THE HAUNTING OF ASHBURN HOUSE and GALLOWS HILL"Sparkling with magic and Southern charm, Bless Your Heart is a witty and compulsively readable story about family, duty, and the power to protect the ones we love the most. I was delightfully charmed by the women of the Evans family!" Maureen Kilmer, author of Suburban Hell and Hex Education