本周末阅读推荐：两本惊悚恐怖小说合辑
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本周末推荐阅读：两部惊悚恐怖小说合辑《杀手在路上》与《保姆还活着》，以及Image漫画公司推出的 gritty 风格迷你剧《杀戮之音》。以下是近期值得加入书单的新作。
斯蒂芬·格雷厄姆·琼斯的双小说合辑《杀手在路上》与《保姆还活着》再次展现其标志性风格——将经典恐怖元素重构为意想不到的惊悚故事。前者讲述万圣节前夕保姆遭遇超自然恐怖之夜，后者则聚焦公路追杀：一名以搭车者为目标的连环杀手盯上逃家少女及其朋友。值得一提的是，《保姆还活着》此前仅以有声书形式发行，本次纸质版为粉丝提供了全新体验。
《杀手在路上》以"第零章"冷开场瞬间锁定读者注意力，血腥紧张中夹杂幽默的叙事风格承袭了作者一贯特色；而《保姆还活着》则通过诡异宅邸与混乱时空的设定，营造出令人毛骨悚然的阅读体验。两部作品均兼具暴力美学与叙事巧思。
同期推荐的迷你漫画系列《杀戮之音》以路易斯安那沼泽地为背景，讲述身怀六甲的女护林员玛丽意外卷入犯罪团伙的惊险故事。该作被形容为"《冰血暴》与《激流四勇士》的沼泽惊悚结合体"，范妮莎·R·德尔·雷伊创作的 gritty 风格插画更极大增强了叙事的沉浸感。目前四辑中的第二辑已上市，故事走向仍充满悬念。
中文翻译：
本周末推荐阅读：一本包含两部惊悚恐怖小说的合集
以及Image漫画公司推出的 gritty 新短篇系列《杀戮低语》。
以下是近期发行的部分作品，值得加入您的书单。本周我们选择了斯蒂芬·格雷厄姆·琼斯的《公路杀手》与《保姆生还记》合辑版，以及Image漫画的新短篇系列《杀戮低语》。
斯蒂芬·格雷厄姆·琼斯再次（实为双重惊喜，因本书为两部合一）呈现了扣人心弦又充满趣味的恐怖故事，将经典元素巧妙转化为意想不到的叙事。合辑包含《保姆生还记》与《公路杀手》：前者讲述万圣节前夜一次保姆工作中发生的超自然恐怖事件，后者则描绘地狱般的公路旅行——一名以搭车者为目标的连环杀手盯上离家少女及其朋友。《保姆生还记》此前仅以有声书形式发行，老读者或许早已熟悉。
《公路杀手》以"第0章"冷开场瞬间抓住读者，即刻奠定贯穿全书的残酷基调。作者以擅长的手法将血腥、压抑、骇人却又黑色幽默的风格完美融合。《保姆生还记》同样充满残酷与混乱感，深夜捧读时令人脊背发凉。在不剧透的前提下透露：保姆工作的这栋房子确实透着诡异。两部作品均极具阅读趣味。
我绝不会错过被形容为"《冰血暴》遇《激流四勇士》的沼泽惊悚剧"的漫画。《杀戮低语》是以路易斯安那沼泽为背景的短篇系列，讲述怀孕护林员玛丽在应对沉重工作时，意外卷入外地犯罪集团的阴谋。剧情已足够引人入胜，而瓦内萨·R·德尔雷的绘画更是灵魂所在——粗粝而生动的画风令人沉浸其中。四部曲的第二期本周刚发行，故事走向仍难以预料，但这场冒险之旅值得期待。
英文来源：
What to read this weekend: Two thrilling horror novels in one
And the gritty new miniseries, The Voice Said Kill, from Image Comics.
These are some recently released titles we think are worth adding to your reading list. This week, we picked up the Saga Doubles release of Stephen Graham Jones' Killer on the Road and The Babysitter Lives, and the new Image Comics miniseries, The Voice Said Kill.
Once again (or twice, really, because this book is two novels in one), Stephen Graham Jones delivers on some really gripping, fun horror that spins some classic tropes into something unexpected. This double feature contains The Babysitter Lives and Killer on the Road, the first being a story about a night of babysitting gone horribly, supernaturally wrong on the eve of Halloween, and the latter a road trip from hell situation in which a hitchhiker-targeting serial killer sets his sights on a runaway teen and her friends. The Babysitter Lives was previously available as an audiobook exclusive, so fans may already be familiar with that one.
Killer on the Road hooks you immediately with its "Chapter 0" cold open, which pretty much gives you a sense of how things are going to be from then on out (brutal). It's wonderful in the gory, stressful, horrifying-but-also-humorous way SGJ does so well. The Babysitter Lives is a brutal and chaotic time, too, and it managed to genuinely give me the creeps when I stayed up way too late reading it. Without giving too much away, something ain't right about the house this babysitter shows up to work at. These were so fun to read.
There's no way I was going to skip a comic described as "Fargo meets Deliverance in a sweaty swamp-thriller." The Voice Said Kill is a miniseries set in the Louisiana bayou that follows Marie, a pregnant park ranger with way too much on her plate, who stumbles into some serious trouble with a crime ring from out of town. The story is compelling enough, but the art by Vanesa R. Del Rey is absolutely everything. It's gritty and alive and totally sucks you in. The second issue of four came out this week and I truly have no idea where this story is going at this point, but I am happy to be along for the ride.