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What if you killed yourself and discovered that the "Afterlife" might actually suck? Pogue Eldridge is a woman who does just that, and she starts to realize that this Afterlife stuff isn't at all what she expected. First, she's required to stay on a specific floor at the Sterling Hotel until renovations in Hell and Heaven are completed. That's the rules. Second, she can't go up to the nice floors where all the rich people are. More rules. And third, the food isn't that great, and there's nothing to do. Death imitating life? Pogue thinks so, and along with 15-year-old Katina, who died of a drug overdose (another form of suicide), they decide to go exploring, and bring along some of the others they've met. But because of the rules, they can only go down in the hotel elevator. And once they're in Hell, they can't leave unless "Lucy" decides they can. Join Pogue and her companions on a seriously twisted, often funny, and macabre trip through the Afterlife, where a Goth Lucifer suffers from depression, Jesus plays video games and smokes way too much pot, and Hell truly is a crappy place to be. "Ranalli is one of those rare authors who can seamlessly combine horror with the hilariously bizarre, all with a sly little smile and wink. With Ranalli's unique turns of phrase and descriptions, *Suicide Girls in the Afterlife* pokes fun at life, death, and the absurdity of being human. A strange, entertaining, and thought-provoking read."  --Andi Marquette, author of several novels including *Friends in High Places* and the award-winning *Land of Entrapment* ### Review *Suicide Girls in the Afterlife* is weird and fun and hauntingly bittersweet. I read it in one evening and enjoyed it very much. --Brian Keene, author of "The Rising" and "The Conqueror Worms" ### From the Inside Flap "Gina Ranalli's work is light, crisp and an easy read, accessible yet eccentric, creepy yet endearing, catchy like bubblegum pop yet twisted and off-kilter."  --Mungbeing