Seeing these early events unfold in his eyes, it seems plausible enough this is, after all, a horror story. When a freak accident takes out one of the friends soon after their final prank is pulled, Sawyer begins to wonder if some kind of supernatural event is underway, some terrible retribution for a sin he believes he and his group share. It’s a fun diversion for a while but, like most diversions, “Manny” the mannequin is soon tossed aside and mostly forgotten. Sawyer tells stories of dressing the mannequin up and posing him in various places around town. The “prank” in question involves a mannequin, found one summer by a tight-knit group of friends that includes the aforementioned Shanna and Sawyer, our narrator. This assessment holds true throughout the rest of the book, which starts out as a surreal coming-of-age story straight from The Twilight Zone and morphs into something even darker and more sinister. You get a hint of events to come, a clear idea of the tone, and an important clue about the attitude of the narrator, all in less than 40 words. Stephen Graham Jones packs a lot of information about his new book Night of the Mannequins into that opening sentence. So Shanna got a new job at the movie theater, we thought we’d play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead, and I’m really starting to kind of feel guilty about it all. Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jonesġ36 pages $11.99 paperback $3.99 e-book
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