Breathe In, Bleed Out
  • Published: 11 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781464238208
  • Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $32.99
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It's a Midsommar night’s Scream in this slasher thriller set at a remote tech-free healing retreat from author Brian McAuley.

It's a Midsommar night's Scream in this thriller set at a remote tech-free healing retreat from author Brian McAuley.

Hannah has been running from her demons ever since the death of her fiance. No one really knows what happened the day Ben died, and she'd like to keep it that way. She's definitely not going to admit to her psychiatrist that she still sees his ghost almost everywhere she goes. So when her friend Tess gets an invitation to a restorative spiritual retreat in Joshua Tree, she reluctantly agrees in search of a fresh start.

Even though she's skeptical of the mysterious Guru Pax and his strange talk of the spirit world, Hannah finds healing through all the yoga, sound baths, and hot springs offered at the tech-free retreat. But what begins as a journey of self-discovery quickly descends into a blood-soaked nightmare when a masked killer begins to pick off the group one by one in increasingly gruesome ways.

As the body count rises and the survivors' sanity frays, Hannah must confront her past while trying to outsmart a relentless predator who's always one step ahead. Now that Hannah's finally found her way back to herself, this monster is going to have to try a little harder if they want to kill her vibe for good.
  • Published: 11 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781464238208
  • Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $32.99
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Praise for Breathe In, Bleed Out

Brian McAuley keeps you guessing the whole gory, satisfying way through this one. Come to this retreat for the blood. Stay for the healing.

Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of I Was a Teenage Slasher

I absolutely inhaled this holistic horror hack-em-up. Brian McAuley knows how to twist the knife and have us scream for more. This is sharp, witty, compulsive slasher storytelling at its finest. Check in and bliss out.

Josh Winning, author of Heads Will Roll

I found my bliss in BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT's bloodshed and you can, too. Brian McAuley will forever be my slasher sage, my guru of all things gruesome, my purveyor of tantric panic, my phobic yogi. He brings such a joie de vivre to his holistic homicides, you can practically feel the back spatter splatter off the page.

Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT is a propulsive, nasty little new age nightmare that turns the desert inside out so we can read the bloody entrails. You’ll never feel the same way about heading out to Joshua Tree for the weekend.

Liz Kerin, author of Night's Edge

It's no stretch to say Brian McAuley is our crown prince of slasher literature - but hold onto your sit bones because, with the cutting and sardonic BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT, he's become an artisanal asana assassin. These ain't the hot springs you're about to dip into; it's a bloodbath.

Nat Cassidy, author of When the Wolf Comes Home
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