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DAN!! @slowocto.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
MAKE ME BETTER, the latest by @sarahgailey.bsky.social (and narrated by the phenomenal @xesands.bsky.social), is out now and y'all need it. An amazing mystery story about grief, high-control community, family, and being part of something greater than yourself. 5/5, Can't wait to reread it!
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‘Make Me Better’ Review – Sarah Gailey’s Haunting, Tactile Wellness Horror
Make Me Better, the latest novel from genre star Sarah Gailey, emerges in a place you think you can predict. It begins with some classic genre trappings, it introduces a creepy location, and falls int...
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Candi Norwood | Horror Writer | Book Reviews @candikat.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The audiobook of Make Me Better by @sarahgailey.bsky.social, narrated by @xesands.bsky.social was another hit for me! TY to #NetGalley, @macmillanaudio.bsky.social, & @torbooks.bsky.social for the ALC for my unbiased review here: candikathorror.com/reads/make-me-better #BookSky #HorrorSky
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Make Me Better — CandiKat Horror
Whether it's virus erotica like Spread Me or cult/folk horror like Make Me Better, Sarah Gailey has an ability to write characters who behave in odd, sometimes off-putting, ways that seem reasonable i...
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I mean...just...wow..
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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I was asked about women in horror! www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/women-i...
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Women In Horror book recommendations by V. Castro
V. Castro spotlights the women conjuring rage, grief, folklore and power onto the page...
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm not going to ask if you're doomscrolling. Everything is hard right now. But you still need to eat some food, drink a glass of water, as well as time to rest and recover. Try not to stay up too late tonight. Sleep deprivation will make everything you need to do harder, including helping others.
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Jennifer van der Kleut - Thriller THE BETTER MOTHER Out Now! @jennvdk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I’m excited to reveal the #audiobooknarrator for THE BETTER MOTHER - the talented @xesands.bsky.social! Xe has performed narration for top thriller authors like Alafair Burke, JH Markhert, Darby Kane & Heather Gudenkauf. Coming 2.10 from @dreamscape-media.bsky.social @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
VERY LARGE SPIDERS SHOULD NOT BE IN VERY SMALL BATHROOMS. That is all.
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This is going to be amazing...I can't wait to see & hear @julietblackwell.bsky.social in convo with Faye Snowden ❤️ ...and for everyone to finally get their hands on ASYLUM HOTEL! Hope to see all y'all Bay Area folks there!
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Absolutely honored and thrilled to be joining the fabulous and amazing @julietblackwell.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of her wonderful book, ASYLUM HOTEL! Can. Not. Wait. ❤️
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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 03/07/2025
I am entirely not prepared for another book release, but THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT is coming, and it got a starred review from @libraryjournal.bsky.social! Hospital gothic! Unreliable narrator! Yellow Wallpaper meets House MD!
“⭐️ Margaret Culpepper has a rare, incurable autoimmune disorder that has isolated her from her friends and family and is close to costing her her job. When she is offered a paid spot in an experimental medical trial at Graceview Memorial, Margaret jumps at the chance for a better life. She'll stay in the hospital for several months while her immune system is almost completely destroyed and then rebuilt. Once the treatment begins, though, Margaret begins to suspect that she isn't there for a cure. Instead, she seems to be a test subject for something far more sinister. Graceview's patients either emerge as entirely new people or die trying. Struggling to determine what is real, Margaret fights to find a way out before it's too late. The unreliable narrator, questionable medical practices, and eerie atmosphere combine for an intricate, well-written story.

VERDICT Starling's (The Starving Saints) newest novel is the kind of genre-bending tour de force that fans have come to expect from her. Equal parts medical drama, psychological thriller, and gothic horror, the book pulls readers in and refuses to let them go.”
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Juliet Blackwell @julietblackwell.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Hey! Ashley Ream just came out with a new novel: The Peculiar Gift of July!!!
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ASHLEY REAM – Official Author Site
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Repost with you in nature...
Photo of a rocky bluff in the background, with dry grass in the foreground, with a shadow image of a person sitting in a chair in the foreground
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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 21/05/2025
Got a little lost in the shuffle yesterday, but THE OBLIVION BRIDE now has an audiobook of its very own! Starring Mollie Stark and Xe Sands! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
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RBmedia | The Oblivion Bride
Listen to the audiobook The Oblivion Bride, written by Caitlin Starling, narrated by Xe Sands;Mollie Stark.
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Can Not Wait!!!
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I... gracious...thank you ❤️ Mercy remains my all-time favorite role.
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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
PDX horror lovers! Our new horror media store, Midslumber Media, is throwing its first event THIS SUNDAY! I'll be interviewing sensational best-selling author @caitlinstarling.com about her new novel THE STARVING SAINTS. There's a strong chance of snacks, too. :D
Author Event: Caitlin Starling & Wendy Wagner. June 8th at 5 pm. RSVP open now. MIDSLUMBER MEDIA. (In one corner is a stylized image of honeycomb; in the other, mushrooms. In the center there are headshots of Caitlin, who is wearing a glamorous black, draped top and stylish red lipstick, and of Wendy, who wears a collared shirt as they stand in front of a colorful wall.)
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Juliet Blackwell @julietblackwell.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Enter for a chance to win a copy of my upcoming novel, Asylum Hotel (US residents only -- sorry!) sites.prh.com/dedicated-as...
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
...sometimes you find otherworldly things when you wander... ...The Waiting...
Old velvet upholstered armchair mostly hidden in deep shadow
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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 19/05/2025
what’s better than morally grey women? Morally grey women with SWORDS. aka I wrote a list for People Magazine about the bounty of lady knights were getting this year: people.com/castlecore-b...
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Come for the Cannibalism, Stay for the Mind Control: 7 Lady Knight Books That Absolutely Slay (Exclusive)
If you saw Chappell Roan at the VMAs, you already know Castlecore is the moment. Here are a handful of great 2025 reads featuring female fighters that you won't want to miss
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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 18/05/2025
Hi art and design bluesky! I'd like to commission a poster to convey the message that audiobooks are real books. My new place will have very few books, and I want visitors to have a visible clue that I STILL READ. #artsky The vibe should be nonbinary and ungendered.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A reminder too that indie bookstores RULE and will gladly have this book for you. Libraries rule too and if they don’t have it you can always request they add it! If you’re buying online, bookshop dot org or libro dot fm for audio are surefire winners. (STAIRCASE already selling well at Libro!)
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THE
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Bestseller #7
The Staircase in the Woods
By: Chuck Wendig
Narrated by: Jay Myers, Amber Benson & Xe Sands
Length: 13 hours 24 minutes
"Home is where the hurt is. And Chuck Wendig makes sure you feel every splinter of it. This one is eerie, sprawling, and absolutely devastating in that specific Wendig way-where grief, trauma, and the monstrous coil together so tightly you can't tell where one ends and the other begins. A spiral staircase into memory, loss, and the terrifying...
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Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Nobody. Wants. This. Audiobooks are an art form. AI narrators are not even remotely qualified to replace the talented human narrators. And I think Audible is kidding themselves if they think people are going to use a $12 credit on something read by a machine.
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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 13/05/2025
launch night event! with @sarahgailey.bsky.social at @powells.bsky.social in Cedar Hills! May 20, 7 pm, I’m bringing snacks. www.powells.com/events/caitl...
An event graphic for the launch of THE STARVING SAINTS. Caitlin will be at the Powell’s in Cedar Hills on Tuesday along with Sarah Gailey. There will be snacks.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Roses are redde Noble are the manatees Yf we wante a bettir future Teach artes & humanityes
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Juliet Blackwell @julietblackwell.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Love to write? Have a manuscript you want to perfect and shop around? Join us to learn about craft from experienced authors, mingle with editors/agents, & have a grand old time in Surrey, Canada! I can't wait! October 24-26. www.siwc.ca
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Surrey International Writers' Conference | Professional Development
SiWC is the most comprehensive writing conference of its kind in Canada, helping writers in all genres from beginners to experts the opportunity to improve their craft and expose their work.
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Just heard about SoundCloud's scraping of all content to train AI - no notice, no way to opt out...and I'm feeling...all the bad-sad-mad things. I've used it for both pub sharing & priv collaboration & coaching for 15 yrs...they stole 15 yrs of "me" to train tech to make a "Better ME". Sickening 💔
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
...drawn in...then quietly blown away... Just found the SPARKS podcast this morning and holy hellballs...THIS. Beyond minimalist, and compelling as hell. Its simplicity is its superpower, and the performance is phenomenal. open.spotify.com/show/1mXggYf...
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Sparks
Podcast · David McCool · WARNING: Sparks includes themes that some may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised. "I would go so far as to say that this is one of the top 5 podcasts I’ve liste...
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Oh this is nice to see — STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS just came out and is already on this list among some powerful horror voices. Thanks to @talkscaredpod.bsky.social for the inclusion!
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Out of the dark forest mist, it rises — THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is now on bookstore shelves! I hope you’ll check it out, spread the word, leave a review somewhere, let it whisper to you, do its dark bidding, give yourself over to it entirely, your bones become balusters, you know, normal stuff
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Out Now: The Staircase In The Woods
Before we do anything else, let’s just do a little awkward whirligig dance, praising the dark gods beyond the steps and saying huzzah and hooray, The Staircase in the Woods is now on the shel…
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 21/04/2025
If you'd like a bit of marvelous news to start your week - then this feel-good story is *exactly* what you're looking for: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/in-memo...
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“In Memory of Greyson” — The Haunt*
That was the subject line of the first email I received from the Pet Placement Center outside Chattanooga, TN, last week. I was honestly a little confused; I hadn’t reached out to them; I hadn’t e...
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
i get messages sayin 'i want to be the next chuck tingle' and yes this is flattering but buckaroo it is not the question. the question is: 'how can you be the next YOU?' the truth is there is nobody better at proving love in YOUR UNIQUE WAY than YOU can. you hold such incredible power. use it
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Resonant piece from @lettersofnote.com that hits directly...and also sideways as an artist in emotional freefall from the Current State of Things. Still reading through it, & confess I'm not familiar with Hesse or LeWitt...but the content - wow... (1/2) news.lettersofnote.com/p/do-13c?utm...
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Invaluable advice for a struggling artist
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
...so thank god for big bored dogs this morning...cuz while the world grows uglier by the hour, and the anguished kitchen screaming gets louder, big bored dogs are like, 'Oooo we're SCREAMING?? Can I scream too? That's like howling right?? LET'S HOWL ahhhwoooooooo...YAY... OK -now snacks...'
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Ok Google keyboard...stop changing "its" to "it's." And when I peck out "h-e-l-l" or "f-u-c-k," I actually mean "hell" or "fuck"...I do not mean "he'll" or "duck"...NO MORE grammar gaslighting or forced propriety, you prudish, unfun, arrogant bit of tech..RAHR!! (uh...maybe I've had enough coffee)
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Daniela Acitelli / Narrator @danielaacitelli.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Today's Highlighted Writer is @tanyaeby.bsky.social although Tanya is a prolific Narrator she is also a Beautiful writer w/an unerring ability to look right into our hearts and boldy put in print what we all need to hear. youtu.be/znJIhtzzCxo?...
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PUT YOUR BLINDERS ON & FOCUS ON WHERE YOU’RE GOING! TANYA EBY
YouTube video by Daniela Acitelli
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Thank god we have @ricksteves.bsky.social —
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This just became my new favorite thing ever... (never thought I'd be grateful for the torture of reading Chaucer in the original a lifetime ago)...modern commentary...BUT CHAUCERIAN! What - you don't think that's hella cool? No worries - MORE FOR ME
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
...and yes, now I'll go back to posting about books and art and inane goofy things that give comfort in this time of intentional insanity.
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Ok, yep, going there. I will not say this is about "politics" - that allows for a compartmentalization that simply no longer exists. Because what's happening goes to the fundamental structure & principles of our country & way of life, of who most of us believed we were and hope we still are (1/x)
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Readers...THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS by @chuckwendig.bsky.social is coming...it will slip riiight through your ribs, set down roots...and neglect to leave once you've devoured it in one sitting (because you will). It is the beating fucking heart of horror -terrifying and true. And you will love it.
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
...just read that family members of a reader listening to JUST LIKE HOME by @sarahgailey.bsky.social heard a bit of it and got completely freaked out and I'm over here in evil bubbling-up laughter mode like, "hmmmhmmhmm..mmm...mwahahahahahahaha *menacing laughter cuts off* ...yessss...by design..."
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Reading STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS and..holy hell @chuckwendig.bsky.social - THIS BOOK. This storytelling, this writing. Damn dude.
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Keith Rosson @keithrosson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Putting it out there: I want to go BIG with my vampire novel, COFFIN MOON. Want to review it? want me at your event or festival? On your podcast? At your bookclub or library? Hit me up! I can put you in touch with the right folks. Let's make it happen! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760818...
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Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson: 9780593733400 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
From the author of the “exciting, suspenseful, horrifying” (Stephen King) Fever House, a Vietnam veteran and his adopted niece hunt—and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered...
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Lol. Ever call your Sen's ofc but end up so overcome that you burst into tears & just end w/a warbly, "We just need...someone to stand in the way. Pls...stand in the way *sob*" & then almost hang up before yelling "WAIT" cuz ya realize you forgot to mention wth you were calling about? No? Just me?
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
...when the Universe decides that your, "Oh FFS, I'll just take the stairs!" moment (instead of continuing to wait for an ancient elevator) warrants a little FAFO humor at your expense...
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Omg I might just die happy now...Whoopi Goldberg came to our li'l shindig...#Audies2025, and WON and is freaking on stage RIGHT NOW ACCEPTING and what she's saying ..just... I might cry...
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Omg I might just die happy now...Whoopi Goldberg came to our li'l shindig...#Audies2025, and WON and is freaking on stage RIGHT NOW ACCEPTING and what she's saying ..just... I might cry...
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
@chuckwendig.bsky.social ...I always have preferred taking the Stairs...*chuckles menacingly under her breath*
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xe sands @xesands.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Ok...I am very late to it and only on Ep 6...but holy shit Old Gods of Appalachia is phenomenal storytelling...the writing...the performances...even the production quality. I...I am in awe. Can I do this when I grow up? @oldgodspod.bsky.social
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