Friday The Thirteenth

Friday the Thirteenth by Thomas William Lawson is the captivating mystery tale of how a poor stockbroker manages to send the Wall Street stocks into oblivion, causing stockbrokers to swear against trading on Friday the 13th. Excerpt: "Friday, the 13th; I thought as much. If Bob has started, there will be hell, but I will see what I can do." The sound of my voice, as I dropped the receiver, seemed to part the mists of five years and usher me into the world of Then as though it had never passed on. I had been sitting in my office, letting the tape slide through my fingers while its every yard spelled "panic" in a constantly rising voice, when they told me that Brownley on the floor of the Exchange wanted me at the 'phone, and "quick." Brownley was our junior partner and floor man. He talked with a rush. Stock Exchange floor men in panics never let their speech hobble."

An idyllic, but isolated summer camp with a dark past becomes the scene of a horrifying, grisly series of murders

Spawning ten popular sequels to date, the Friday the 13th series has changed the way we interact with movies, grapple with primal conflict and comprehend the vary nature of good and evil. Bracke guides us from the series' humblest beginnings to its blockbuster success, through the political and moral minefields of the 1980s and 1990s.

"Jason returns in a terrifying new chapter in the Crystal Lake saga! A beautiful young woman is found on the road leading to the mysterious Crystal Lake, cover in blood. She's the last survivor of a group of teenagers hired to fix up the dilapidated camp. Similar blood-drenched tales abound at the lake, but this one has a unique twist that will expand the mythos of Jason Vorhees and his cursed family!"--Book 1 cover

The horror continues when campers return to the camp across the lake from Camp Crystal Lake, five years after Jason's last attacks

Upon superstitious headmaster Mordred's orders, the returning students and new lasses of Dragon Slayers' Academy deck themselves in lucky charms on Friday the thirteenth, but luck may not help when a wicked dragon arrives seeking revenge.