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Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, after a routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay.
Kinsey has the perfect job as the team lead in a remote research outpost. She loves the solitude, and the way the desert keeps her far away from the temptations teeming out in the civilian world.
When her crew discovers a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand, Kinsey breaks quarantine and brings it into the hab. But the longer it's inside, the more her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Temptation has found her after all, and it can't be ignored any longer.
One by one, Kinsey's team realizes the thing they're studying is in search of a new host-and one of them is the perfect candidate.... Sarah Gailey is a Hugo Award Winning and Bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. They have been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards for multiple years running. Their work includes their bestselling adult novel debut, Magic For Liars (Tor Books, 2019), Just Like Home (Tor Books, 2022), and their original comic book series with BOOM! Studios, Know Your Station. Their shorter works and essays have been published in Mashable, The Boston Globe, Vice, Tor.com, and The Atlantic. Their work has been translated into several different languages and published around the world.
Praise for Just Like Home
"A hair-raising haunted house story." --Buzzfeed
"Gailey's newest gothic novel is painfully suspenseful and richly dark, their rushing, intoxicating writing in peak form. Delightfully creepy and heartbreakingly tragic, Just Like Home is equal parts raw terror of a dark childhood bedroom, creeping revelations of a true-crime podcast, and searing hurt of resentment within a family. It's a must-read for all gothic horror fans." --Booklist, starred review
"Gailey has adroitly woven suspense into science fiction and fantasy... I love a thriller that engages with the current true-crime craze, especially when it calls out us readers for our morbid fascination." --Paste
"[A] superior novel of psychological suspense." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
Kinsey has the perfect job as the team lead in a remote research outpost. She loves the solitude, and the way the desert keeps her far away from the temptations teeming out in the civilian world.
When her crew discovers a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand, Kinsey breaks quarantine and brings it into the hab. But the longer it's inside, the more her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Temptation has found her after all, and it can't be ignored any longer.
One by one, Kinsey's team realizes the thing they're studying is in search of a new host-and one of them is the perfect candidate.... Sarah Gailey is a Hugo Award Winning and Bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. They have been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards for multiple years running. Their work includes their bestselling adult novel debut, Magic For Liars (Tor Books, 2019), Just Like Home (Tor Books, 2022), and their original comic book series with BOOM! Studios, Know Your Station. Their shorter works and essays have been published in Mashable, The Boston Globe, Vice, Tor.com, and The Atlantic. Their work has been translated into several different languages and published around the world.
Praise for Just Like Home
"A hair-raising haunted house story." --Buzzfeed
"Gailey's newest gothic novel is painfully suspenseful and richly dark, their rushing, intoxicating writing in peak form. Delightfully creepy and heartbreakingly tragic, Just Like Home is equal parts raw terror of a dark childhood bedroom, creeping revelations of a true-crime podcast, and searing hurt of resentment within a family. It's a must-read for all gothic horror fans." --Booklist, starred review
"Gailey has adroitly woven suspense into science fiction and fantasy... I love a thriller that engages with the current true-crime craze, especially when it calls out us readers for our morbid fascination." --Paste
"[A] superior novel of psychological suspense." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
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"You'd have to be insane to work at a dangerous research outpost in the middle of the desert, but for Kinsey, the scientist and team leader voiced by Xe Sands, it's paradise. This erotic female-centered story of body horror grabs listeners into its feverish grip and doesn't let go. Sands's subtle inflections for each member of the team give believable familiarity to the diverse cohort of researchers, making it all the more enjoyable when a curious specimen Kinsey finds under the desert floor unravels their solidarity. As the specimen penetrates the team in search of the perfect host, Kinsey, who has spent her entire adult life ignoring her instincts, will come face to face with her darkest desires. K.L.L. � AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine"
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