Night of the Mallrats

"Readers Beware" -- Maggie Thrash, author of Rainbow Black

"This was non-stop spooky joy." Sadie Hartmann, Bram Stoker Awards(R) winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

Five friends travel back to the 1990s to solve the brutal murder and disappearance of two of their high school peers in this thrilling debut novel from a promising new voice in horror--a murderous, nightmarish romp that is nostalgic, terrifying, and impossible to put down.

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Colleen's life feels as hollow as the abandoned Beechnut Mall--the 90s hangout where neon lights and endless laughter defined her teens thirty years before. When her old high school clique reassembles for one last night of rebellion inside the now condemned building, she joins them, never expecting the mall to give something back. The reunited friends do not know that inside its darkened halls, the past is waiting, and it's not all Glamour Shots, Beanie Babies, and Lisa Frank.

Faced with their lost youth, they are drawn back into the mystery of Beth Packard--a schoolmate who vanished in 1994--and without warning, they find themselves transported to the mall in its heyday on the very night Beth disappeared. Thrust back three decades, the former mallrats must unravel the secrets hidden beneath memories, lies, and betrayals before time snaps shut around them. But each step closer to the truth of Beth's disappearance brings them within reach of exposing ugly, fatal truths about each other.

Haunting, wistful, pulse-pounding fun, Night of the Mallrats is a time-travel thriller that asks a question with an unforgettable answer: What really happened to Beth Packard?

Nicolina Torres was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and most of her works focus on the Midwest American experience. She writes long- and short-form horror, mysteries, and thrillers which have been optioned for film, television, and podcast. This Red Fire was a finalist in the Launch Pad Manuscript Competition, and Young Nation received an honorable mention. Her short story "Aunt Dorothy in the Canoe" was published in the Deception Anthology. She's written hundreds of horror movie reviews as Miss Wilkes. Nicolina was a manager for Barnes & Noble for fifteen years and now works at a courthouse in Ohio.