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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)

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Co-Owner of Night Worms. Bram Stoker Award winner of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered. New book: 2025 https://linktr.ee/sadiehartmann

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · Nov 23

You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 17h

I’m so excited!! 😆

Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 17h

Use this post to add all of these upcoming dark & disturbing books to your "want to read" shelf or reading journals! Full list in the Alt text

The Children
Spoiled Milk
On Sundays She Picked Flowers
The Girl with A Thousand Faces
A Slow and Secret Poison
I’ll Watch Your Baby
Wolf Worm
Molka
The Two Deaths of Lillian Carmichael
Wife Shaped Bodies
Nowhere Burning
Wretch
Hex House
Weavingshaw
Spider, Spider
A Box Full of Darkness
Trad Wife
This House Will Feed
Dead First
A Forest Darkly
You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom
The Summer of the Serpent
The Midnight Muse
Japanese Gothic
Mother is Watching
We Call Them Witches
Cabaret in Flames
The Body
Ballad of the Bone Road
Morsel

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 17h

I loved this! The illustrations are so good

Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 1d

Latinx Heritage Month is not over until the 15th! We celebrate from September 15th-October 15th and all year long. Here are some book recommendations from someone who primarily reads horror @silviamg.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social

The Bewitching
Our Share of Night
The Bullet Swallower
In the Dream House
The Witches of El Paso (tbr)
Tiny Threads (tbr)
Lotería
Halloween Slaughter
Nineteen Claws and A Blackbird
Cockfight
The Houseguest (tbr)
Coyote Songs
Jawbone
Paradias (tbr)
River Woman, River Demon
Eartheater
Of Cattle and Men
Eat the Mouth that Feeds You
Pink Slime (tbr)
The Secret Life Of Insects
Not a River
The Nightmare Box
Itzá
Out of Aztlan, Pĩnata, Mexican Gothic, and Fever Dream, Cenote City

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit is sitting in a chair and says oh my ~

Alt: a man in a suit is sitting in a chair and says oh my ~

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 2d

Im going back to vinyl.

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Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 2d

If you horror readers and writers would prefer a more conversational explanation about how the Stokers work, @sadiehartmann.bsky.social's 2022 interview with @mothman13.bsky.social still largely applies. Check current rules before recommending or submitting, of course. litreactor.com/interviews/e...

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 2d

It's an honor to serve ♥️📚

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 3d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 3d

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED! What an epic photo. *framed* so proud right now
Thank you @joerlansdale.bsky.social

Joe R Lansdale holding Feral & Hysterical

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 4d

Just finished one witchy audiobook (thank you @libro.fm , The Women of Wild Hill and I loved it! Perfect for this current timeline and the FALL (of the patriarchy) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and now I'm starting the Witch of Willow Sound on @hoopladigital.bsky.social

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 4d

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 4d

Can confirm. I've been there.

"Portland isn't a war zone, it's a bookstore with a city around it."

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 4d

Gross, you're exactly right

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 5d

Exploitive really

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 5d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 5d

Agree

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 6d

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 6d

Choosing to read indie books is great, solid pat on the back material.

But choosing to read AND REVIEW indie books? You, my friend, are the stuff of legends.

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Chris Panatier @scribeofhades.bsky.social · 6d

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: DAYTIDE

“Black metal Wizard of Oz”

RAPTURE PUBLISHING 2/26/26

Limited to 350 deluxe, hardcover, illustrated (by me) editions.

Order now before they’re gone.

www.rapturepublishing.com/product/dayt...

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 6d

Me too! And then I scared my little sisters with them 😌

Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 6d

Right?!