Cat Rector
@catrector.com
She/Her | Bi | 🍁 | Author of Queer Dark Fantasy and Horror Novels
Norse Gods, Witches, and Vampires but make it 🌈
Avid Spike, Astarion, and Loki fan 💕
linktr.ee/catrector
Norse Gods, Witches, and Vampires but make it 🌈
Avid Spike, Astarion, and Loki fan 💕
linktr.ee/catrector
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Cat Rector
@catrector.com
· Mar 3
Hi! I'm Cat and I write queer dark fantasy and horror about (often bi) adults who fuck up a lot!
My books handle hard topics and TW are available on my website (catrector.com) but I've also whipped up this handy chart to get you started!
Grab your copies at catrector.carrd.co!
My books handle hard topics and TW are available on my website (catrector.com) but I've also whipped up this handy chart to get you started!
Grab your copies at catrector.carrd.co!
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Want to learn more about getting indie books into libraries or how that benefits authors? I've got you covered ✨
It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and we have this weekend's first guest post. In it, Cat Rector ( @catrector.com ) talks about how to get your books into libraries and why you should.
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-g...
#AMoRaR #WriteSky
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-g...
#AMoRaR #WriteSky
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Want to learn more about getting indie books into libraries or how that benefits authors? I've got you covered ✨
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And oh hey, an interview ✨
It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and earlier today, we shared an article by Cat Rector @catrector.com about getting books into libraries.
Now, we have an article with Cat herself, to give her a chance to talk about her own books.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#AMoRaR #BookSky
Now, we have an article with Cat herself, to give her a chance to talk about her own books.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#AMoRaR #BookSky
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And oh hey, an interview ✨
And oh hey, an interview ✨
It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and earlier today, we shared an article by Cat Rector @catrector.com about getting books into libraries.
Now, we have an article with Cat herself, to give her a chance to talk about her own books.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#AMoRaR #BookSky
Now, we have an article with Cat herself, to give her a chance to talk about her own books.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#AMoRaR #BookSky
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And oh hey, an interview ✨
Want to learn more about getting indie books into libraries or how that benefits authors? I've got you covered ✨
It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and we have this weekend's first guest post. In it, Cat Rector ( @catrector.com ) talks about how to get your books into libraries and why you should.
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-g...
#AMoRaR #WriteSky
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-g...
#AMoRaR #WriteSky
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Want to learn more about getting indie books into libraries or how that benefits authors? I've got you covered ✨
For the late night crowd!! Grab your giveaway copy while you can!
The giveaway for today's challenge is Coal Gets In Your Veins by @catrector.com! We've already featured a guest post from Cat today, but check back later for our interview!
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
For the late night crowd!! Grab your giveaway copy while you can!
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Today, the Government of Alberta has introduced Bill 9 which uses the notwithstanding clause to restrict the rights of Two-Spirit, trans & gender diverse people. This legislation is brought days ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance - a day meant to honour the lives lost to anti-trans violence.
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Today, the Government of Alberta has introduced Bill 9 which uses the notwithstanding clause to restrict the rights of Two-Spirit, trans & gender diverse people. This legislation is brought days ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance - a day meant to honour the lives lost to anti-trans violence.
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Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
Reposted by Cat Rector
Middle of day 3 at #hal-con from my (sold out!!!) booth with @catrector.com !
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Middle of day 3 at #hal-con from my (sold out!!!) booth with @catrector.com !
Tru and @blog.readindiefantasy.com are so supportive of the indie community 💕 Thank you so much for this, and for putting Coal Gets In Your Veins on the list!
Happy Halloween! 👻 Looking for a new spooky story? We've got 15 spooky book recommendations featuring SFF books by indie authors to celebrate:
www.readindiefantasy.com/15-spooky-bo...
www.readindiefantasy.com/15-spooky-bo...
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Tru and @blog.readindiefantasy.com are so supportive of the indie community 💕 Thank you so much for this, and for putting Coal Gets In Your Veins on the list!
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Y’all free ebooks if you email me proof of a $5 or more donation to either www.philabundance.org or your own local food bank.
Shit is rough right now and it’s about to get worse—if you haven’t yet it’s time to show up for your community in any way that you can.
Shit is rough right now and it’s about to get worse—if you haven’t yet it’s time to show up for your community in any way that you can.
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Y’all free ebooks if you email me proof of a $5 or more donation to either www.philabundance.org or your own local food bank.
Shit is rough right now and it’s about to get worse—if you haven’t yet it’s time to show up for your community in any way that you can.
Shit is rough right now and it’s about to get worse—if you haven’t yet it’s time to show up for your community in any way that you can.
Reposted by Cat Rector
Had this happen with the Of Knights audiobook (poor fella’s already unavailable after only two weeks of life) Here’s the response I got from InAudio this morning:
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Had this happen with the Of Knights audiobook (poor fella’s already unavailable after only two weeks of life) Here’s the response I got from InAudio this morning:
If you work with InAudio for your Audiobooks (the replacement for Findaway Voices) you need to check Libro.fm for your listings. This is the second time they're appearing as listed, but are unavailable once the customer clicks them for purchase.
We're being asked to contact InAudio directly
We're being asked to contact InAudio directly
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If you work with InAudio for your Audiobooks (the replacement for Findaway Voices) you need to check Libro.fm for your listings. This is the second time they're appearing as listed, but are unavailable once the customer clicks them for purchase.
We're being asked to contact InAudio directly
We're being asked to contact InAudio directly
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I have just realized that while I was sick with covid, I missed my book's first birthday, and how my world has changed with it.
Revenge of Captain Vessia, my darling Vampirate revenge story, is an award finalist. I've been to two conventions, and on my way to Hal-con in Nov. (1/5)
Revenge of Captain Vessia, my darling Vampirate revenge story, is an award finalist. I've been to two conventions, and on my way to Hal-con in Nov. (1/5)
ITS RELEASE DAY!!!
Revenge of Captain Vessia has officially landed!
If you're after trans lesbian vampire pirates, (vampirates?) get your copy today!!!
Revenge of Captain Vessia has officially landed!
If you're after trans lesbian vampire pirates, (vampirates?) get your copy today!!!
October 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I have just realized that while I was sick with covid, I missed my book's first birthday, and how my world has changed with it.
Revenge of Captain Vessia, my darling Vampirate revenge story, is an award finalist. I've been to two conventions, and on my way to Hal-con in Nov. (1/5)
Revenge of Captain Vessia, my darling Vampirate revenge story, is an award finalist. I've been to two conventions, and on my way to Hal-con in Nov. (1/5)
Lying in bed contemplating the universe and wondering what things my readers actually come to my work to find
Is it dark themes and catharsis?
Is it relationships and smut?
What keeps them returning to my work?
What draws in the random Amazon buyer?
Will I ever know?
Is it dark themes and catharsis?
Is it relationships and smut?
What keeps them returning to my work?
What draws in the random Amazon buyer?
Will I ever know?
a woman in a blue and white dress is laying on the floor with the words she 's not dead she 's just having
Alt: Barbie in a blue and white dress is laying on the floor with the words she 's not dead she 's just having an existential crisis
media.tenor.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Lying in bed contemplating the universe and wondering what things my readers actually come to my work to find
Is it dark themes and catharsis?
Is it relationships and smut?
What keeps them returning to my work?
What draws in the random Amazon buyer?
Will I ever know?
Is it dark themes and catharsis?
Is it relationships and smut?
What keeps them returning to my work?
What draws in the random Amazon buyer?
Will I ever know?
"here for art and literature, not politics"
boy have I got news for you
boy have I got news for you
October 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"here for art and literature, not politics"
boy have I got news for you
boy have I got news for you
I can't tell if it's because of the change of the seasons or if it's because I started taking estrogen and progesterone, but this week I've been dead tired and apathetic
A week from edits being due is *not* the ideal time for this
A week from edits being due is *not* the ideal time for this
October 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I can't tell if it's because of the change of the seasons or if it's because I started taking estrogen and progesterone, but this week I've been dead tired and apathetic
A week from edits being due is *not* the ideal time for this
A week from edits being due is *not* the ideal time for this
I'm thrilled to help celebrate the cover reveal for @jessiethomasauthor.bsky.social's new book This Hideous Heart! After devouring her other title A Ransom In Blood, I'm stoked to read more of her work! Give her a follow and hop onto Goodreads to add the book to your TBR!
October 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm thrilled to help celebrate the cover reveal for @jessiethomasauthor.bsky.social's new book This Hideous Heart! After devouring her other title A Ransom In Blood, I'm stoked to read more of her work! Give her a follow and hop onto Goodreads to add the book to your TBR!
Reposted by Cat Rector
🕯️🫀COVER REVEAL 🕯️🫀
A big thank you to Fay Lane for creating a beautifully gothic cover for THIS HIDEOUS HEART that evokes a haunted Victorian séance parlor! The details are absolutely stunning — I can’t get enough of them.
THIS HIDEOUS HEART will be releasing this winter.
A big thank you to Fay Lane for creating a beautifully gothic cover for THIS HIDEOUS HEART that evokes a haunted Victorian séance parlor! The details are absolutely stunning — I can’t get enough of them.
THIS HIDEOUS HEART will be releasing this winter.
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🕯️🫀COVER REVEAL 🕯️🫀
A big thank you to Fay Lane for creating a beautifully gothic cover for THIS HIDEOUS HEART that evokes a haunted Victorian séance parlor! The details are absolutely stunning — I can’t get enough of them.
THIS HIDEOUS HEART will be releasing this winter.
A big thank you to Fay Lane for creating a beautifully gothic cover for THIS HIDEOUS HEART that evokes a haunted Victorian séance parlor! The details are absolutely stunning — I can’t get enough of them.
THIS HIDEOUS HEART will be releasing this winter.
Security is a must for creation. Yes, my work explores dark themes born out of past trials, but I didn't create a career DURING those trials. I was able to create when I had the safety to take time off, go to therapy, and start feeling safe. Financially secure artists will give you better art
It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.
It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)
(Yeah yeah I did)
October 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Security is a must for creation. Yes, my work explores dark themes born out of past trials, but I didn't create a career DURING those trials. I was able to create when I had the safety to take time off, go to therapy, and start feeling safe. Financially secure artists will give you better art
Listening to two straight white men critique Wayward badly had angered me
That show was a subtle and masterful display of generational trauma in the style of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
That show was a subtle and masterful display of generational trauma in the style of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Listening to two straight white men critique Wayward badly had angered me
That show was a subtle and masterful display of generational trauma in the style of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
That show was a subtle and masterful display of generational trauma in the style of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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LRT: If Canada followed Ireland's lead with a UBI for artists, it would completely change my life. With a guaranteed weekly or monthly income I could actually focus on writing books instead of scraping by looking for extra work to make ends meet.
October 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
LRT: If Canada followed Ireland's lead with a UBI for artists, it would completely change my life. With a guaranteed weekly or monthly income I could actually focus on writing books instead of scraping by looking for extra work to make ends meet.
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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This past month was so busy I’ve been neglecting my book promos, so how about a little sale?
🌸✨Name Her Holy ebook for $1✨🌸 only on my kofi from now through Friday!
Get yourself a slowburn sapphic space fantasy novel for your weekend read 🍂☕️
ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a
🌸✨Name Her Holy ebook for $1✨🌸 only on my kofi from now through Friday!
Get yourself a slowburn sapphic space fantasy novel for your weekend read 🍂☕️
ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a
October 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This past month was so busy I’ve been neglecting my book promos, so how about a little sale?
🌸✨Name Her Holy ebook for $1✨🌸 only on my kofi from now through Friday!
Get yourself a slowburn sapphic space fantasy novel for your weekend read 🍂☕️
ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a
🌸✨Name Her Holy ebook for $1✨🌸 only on my kofi from now through Friday!
Get yourself a slowburn sapphic space fantasy novel for your weekend read 🍂☕️
ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a
Reading this headline made me tear up and my asthma and allergies aren't even "that bad"
As a kid i was allergic to so much stuff I could even have toys in my room for a while. Getting that vaccine would heal something in my heart I think
Maybe I could have a pet 😭
As a kid i was allergic to so much stuff I could even have toys in my room for a while. Getting that vaccine would heal something in my heart I think
Maybe I could have a pet 😭
There might even be a vaccine for asthma to come out of all this.
Scientists Are Working on an Mrna Vaccine To Wipe Out Allergies www.vice.com/en/article/s...
Scientists Are Working on an Mrna Vaccine To Wipe Out Allergies www.vice.com/en/article/s...
Scientists Are Working on an Mrna Vaccine To Wipe Out Allergies
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania may have developed a vaccine for seasonal allergies and food allergies.
www.vice.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Reading this headline made me tear up and my asthma and allergies aren't even "that bad"
As a kid i was allergic to so much stuff I could even have toys in my room for a while. Getting that vaccine would heal something in my heart I think
Maybe I could have a pet 😭
As a kid i was allergic to so much stuff I could even have toys in my room for a while. Getting that vaccine would heal something in my heart I think
Maybe I could have a pet 😭
Reposted by Cat Rector
🐦⬛TOMORROW🐦⬛
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover reveal for THIS HIDEOUS HEART, my sapphic, gothic horror romance reimagining of Poe’s most famous works 🕯️🫀
Coming this winter! You can add it to your Goodreads TBR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover reveal for THIS HIDEOUS HEART, my sapphic, gothic horror romance reimagining of Poe’s most famous works 🕯️🫀
Coming this winter! You can add it to your Goodreads TBR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
October 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🐦⬛TOMORROW🐦⬛
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover reveal for THIS HIDEOUS HEART, my sapphic, gothic horror romance reimagining of Poe’s most famous works 🕯️🫀
Coming this winter! You can add it to your Goodreads TBR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover reveal for THIS HIDEOUS HEART, my sapphic, gothic horror romance reimagining of Poe’s most famous works 🕯️🫀
Coming this winter! You can add it to your Goodreads TBR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...