Press Release

HarperCollins Presents Young Blood by Chandrima Das

Reimagination of terrifying urban legends that will send chills down your spine!

Praise for the Book

Masterfully written tales of horror . . . an  unmissable collector’s delight for genre fans.’ NEIL D’SILVA

A compelling, creepy and entertaining campus road trip . . . haunted by horrors both societal and supernatural.’- INDRAPRAMIT DAS

‘Fascinating orally circulated stories . . . that straddle genres . . . propulsive, entertaining, and of course, scary!’ARUNI KASHYAP

‘Stop reading this cover and read the stories! Chandrima Das is a riveting storyteller.’ADITI MITTAL

About the Book

Bored roommates use a planchette to contact a legendary ghost that haunts Pune University. Will she answer?

Is the abandoned Khairatabad Science College in Hyderabad really haunted? A gang of students break inside to investigate.

Nirav and Pavi love each other… most of the time. Will exploring a forbidden place inside IIT Kharagpur bring them closer?

From strange sightings to urban legends, from haunted buildings to not-so-friendly ghosts, colleges in India have their fair share of spine-tingling tales, be it Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, St. Bede’s College in Shimla or Delhi University. Young Blood is a collection of ten tales that reimagine college urban legends and true first-person accounts, that promises to terrify even die-hard fans of horror.

Chandrima Das says, “Back in college, I loved hanging out with hostel-mates late at night, exchanging ghost stories till someone got too scared and broke up the adda. I’ve fancied myself a collector of these orally passed down narratives for many years. This book is basically me sitting with the reader for one of those late-night ghost story addas where we stick to college stories! The silent corridor after hours, the empty classroom, that one hostel room that’s permanently locked up – every college has one eerie symbol around which spooky stories bloom like wild flowers. However, I had to do additional research to write this book, and that’s when I realized that this myth-making by students is also a coping mechanism for genuine horrors they may experience. So while I’ve chronicled lore about the supernatural in colleges, I’ve also tried pointing to college experiences which may be just as terrifying.”

About the Author

Chandrima Das has a B.Tech in Computer Science from NIT Durgapur and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. After a decade-long career in management consulting she followed her passion for writing full-time. Her digital debut The Talking Dead (e-book, Audible audiobook) was a bestseller in the horror category. Chandrima was born in Shillong, grew up in Guwahati, and is presently based in Mumbai.


For further information, please write to sagiri.dixit@harpercollins-india.com
Non-fiction/Supernatural | Rs 299 | PB



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