PROM QUEEN
by H.L. Crowe · October 2026
From "permanent teenager" H.L. Crowe comes the 2000s comedy-slasher you didn't know you needed, PROM QUEEN.
18-year-old Evelyn Rose is a scene emo girl with a system: survive senior year at Big Pine High, clock her shifts at Spencer's, blast Michael Jackson on the record player when the grief of losing her dad gets too loud, and let her stepdad Ryan keep trying — even if she's not quite there yet. It isn't a perfect life, but with her boyfriend skater boy Finnley Harper in it, things seem like a Cinderella story…until things turn upside down.
When Evelyn's unhinged ex-girlfriend — McKenzie "Kenny" Doyle, reigning queen bee, grudge-holder extraordinaire, and arguably the worst breakup Evelyn has ever survived — resurfaces with a handpicked squad of her worst exes and enemies dubbed the Elite Six, prom night stops being a celebration real fast. Not wanting to stand by and allow Kenny to ruin her life any longer, Evelyn bands with Finn to engage in a plot to kill the Elite Six on the night of prom, leaving a trail of bloody havoc in their wake.
Because in this world? It's an Evelynomenon. And they're all just living in it. (For now.)
About PROM QUEEN
From "permanent teenager" H.L. Crowe comes the 2000s comedy-slasher you didn't know you needed, PROM QUEEN.
18-year-old Evelyn Rose is a scene emo girl with a system: survive senior year at Big Pine High, clock her shifts at Spencer's, blast Michael Jackson on the record player when the grief of losing her dad gets too loud, and let her stepdad Ryan keep trying — even if she's not quite there yet. It isn't a perfect life, but with her boyfriend skater boy Finnley Harper in it, things seem like a Cinderella story…until things turn upside down.
When Evelyn's unhinged ex-girlfriend — McKenzie "Kenny" Doyle, reigning queen bee, grudge-holder extraordinaire, and arguably the worst breakup Evelyn has ever survived — resurfaces with a handpicked squad of her worst exes and enemies dubbed the Elite Six, prom night stops being a celebration real fast. Not wanting to stand by and allow Kenny to ruin her life any longer, Evelyn bands with Finn to engage in a plot to kill the Elite Six on the night of prom, leaving a trail of bloody havoc in their wake.
Because in this world? It's an Evelynomenon. And they're all just living in it. (For now.)
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H.L. Crowe
Hailing from Arkansas, H.L. Crowe is a Mexican-American indie visionary. They are best known as the author of respective works DELIVER US TO EVIL and PROM QUEEN, pioneering a newfound path as one of many authors on the rise.
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