Clown in a Cornfield

The novel flashes back to January 2014 when Samantha Maybrook experienced a falling accident. She started taking an opioid as part of her recovery medication. By 2017, Samantha was experiencing addiction. Quinn reflects on the indelible effect that her mother’s death had on her, even as she tries to make sense of what she is feeling after killing a person for the first time.

The survivors of Mr. Vern’s attack are still regrouping when Janet runs out of the cornfield, telling them to run from the other clowns. She claims that the clowns are out for revenge, but before she can explain why, one of the other clowns enters the clearing with a circular saw. The clown breaks through Janet’s tourniquet, then cuts off her head. Rust uses the shotgun to kill the second Frendo, but four more armed clowns emerge from the cornfield.

Rust urges the other teens to scatter before he and Quinn start shooting back at the clowns. Cole calls them to join their group in the silo. The door suddenly falls shut before they can get inside. Quinn asks to be let in, but Matt refuses to give the clowns an opportunity to kill them.