NYT-bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones is back this summer with an extra heaping helping of horror. The author’s latest novel offers a double feature of terror: Killer on the Road/ The Babysitter Lives.
The new novel is now available as of today, July 15, in nostalgic format from Saga Press: The Saga Double.
Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives is a flip book that combines two of Stephen Graham Jones’ suspenseful novellas that pay homage to classic horror tropes: the babysitter under attack and the killer on the road. It’s the perfect summer read.
In The Babysitter Lives…
“When high school senior Charlotte agrees to babysit the Wilbanks twins, she plans to put the six-year-olds to bed early and spend a quiet night studying: the SATs are tomorrow, and checking the Native American/Alaskan Native box on all the forms won’t help if she chokes on test day. But tomorrow is also Halloween, and the twins are eager to show off their costumes.
“Charlotte’s last babysitting gig almost ended in tragedy when her young charge sleepwalked unnoticed into the middle of the street, only to be found unharmed by Charlotte’s mother. Charlotte vows to be extra careful this time. But the house is filled with mysterious noises and secrets that only the twins understand, echoes of horrors that Charlotte gradually realizes took place in the house eleven years ago. Soon Charlotte has to admit that every babysitter’s worse nightmare has come true: they’re not alone in the house.”
In The Killer on the Road….
Sixteen-year-old Harper has decided to run away from home after she has another blow-out argument with her mother. However, her two best friends, little sister, and ex-boyfriend all stop her from hitchhiking her way up Route 80 in Wyoming by joining her on an intervention disguised as a road trip. What they don’t realize is that Harper has been marked by a very unique serial killer who’s been trolling the highway for the past three years, and now the killer is after all of them in this fast-paced and deadly chase novel that will have your heart racing well above the speed limit as the interstate becomes a graveyard.
The Killer on the Road / The Babysitter Lives Saga Double published on July 15, 2025 from Saga Press.
Read an exclusive excerpt from Killer on the Road now:
Excerpted from KILLER ON THE ROAD / THE BABYSITTER LIVES by Stephen Graham Jones. Copyright © 2025. Reprinted by permission of Saga Press at Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
Excerpted from KILLER ON THE ROAD / THE BABYSITTER LIVES by Stephen Graham Jones. Copyright © 2025. Reprinted by permission of Saga Press at Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
Excerpted from KILLER ON THE ROAD / THE BABYSITTER LIVES by Stephen Graham Jones. Copyright © 2025. Reprinted by permission of Saga Press at Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
Excerpted from KILLER ON THE ROAD / THE BABYSITTER LIVES by Stephen Graham Jones. Copyright © 2025. Reprinted by permission of Saga Press at Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
