Suicide Pumpkins is a novel by L. B. Sedlacek in which the suicide plans of a would-be actress in Hollywood fall apart when she meets her Prince Charming who comes to her rescue complete with a white Porsche and a pumpkin. In this black humor version of a Cinderella story watch as two misfits fall in love amid the turmoil and glamour of Los Angeles and San Diego.

Meet Jessica Tyler, a College Theater graduate from North Carolina, who has moved to Hollywood to become an actress and who is miserably failing at it. She makes ends meet by sort of working as a cashier at Ralph's grocery store and lives on a park bench in the Park above the Santa Monica Pier staying in touch with the real world via a Best Western, Vodka, her answering service, a P.O. Box and a black cherry red vintage Mustang convertible. When she finally gets a break by landing on contestants row on "The Price Is Right" and by getting her first real acting job in a B movie called "Sand Castles," will she take the next step to becoming a real actress or will her suicide plans get in the way? Meet Jeremy Chance, a millionaire from San Diego who has inherited the family business - a holding company, who literally stumbles into Jessica's path on the Coronado Bay Bridge and allows himself to willingly be led into her dungeon of liquor, sex, park benches and suicide.

In rescuing her, he teaches her a lesson about pumpkins and bridges she will never forget. Together, they learn to accept the real world bouncing from Jeremy's mansion of white to sleeping on the beach, in the park and in a seedy motel. Enjoy their wild ride on the Pacific Coast Highway all the way to its final conclusion in Malibu and their foray into junk food heaven at fast food restaurants, Denny's and 7-11 as they get to know each other and themselves. Watch in dismay as they seal their union and fate in one desperate violent act that will possibly keep each of them off bridges forever.