FACT: Three people die each year testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.

FACT: Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

FACT: A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

FACT: Total asphyxiations attributed to rice cake eating since 1965: 1,601.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Halogen floor lamps caused approximately 270 fires and 19 deaths per year.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: One of the largest carriers of hepatitis B is dinner mints.

FACT: Deaths attributed to “loud sounds” since 1970: 34,831.
- FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: 99% of all "mazes" can be solved if you walk to the right every time you have to choose between left and right.

FACT: More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

FACT: Since 2001, 987 children have been killed while buying ice cream.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: In 2003, 24 people died from inhaling popcorn fumes.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

FACT: Poets have a life span fifteen years below average.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

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"We've been down Hannibal Lecter Avenue many times, and these two books shouldn't work...but they do. Chalk it up to excellent writing and Cain's ferocious sense of humor."
--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly | Top 10 Books of 2008
(HEARTSICK & SWEETHEART)

"Popular entertainment - the kind that mixes crime, horror, and even a little comedy - just doesn’t get much better than this."
--Booklist, STARRED review
(EVIL AT HEART)

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Chelsea Slays Portland: An Interview

Check out Chelsea's latest interview with Powell's Books here. And why disembowelment is funny. Or should be.

Contact Chelsea's Publicist

Hector DeJean
Minotaur Publicity Manager
St. Martin's Press
175 5th Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10010
email

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