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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 · 3h

It's an honor to serve ♥️📚

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

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

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
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The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 18h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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 · 1d

Gross, you're exactly right

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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

Exploitive really

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

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 · 2d

Agree

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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

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

Right?!

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

It glows in the dark too lol

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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

I mean, that’s literally civil war

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4d

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

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

To me, cozy horror has a lot to do with the setting and low-stakes. So, I don’t think Fiend fits that particular criteria. Books like Cackle by Rachel Harrison or The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson are what I think of as cozy

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

I want my tax dollars to save lives in the ER. I do NOT want my tax dollars to destroy lives. It’s pretty simple, really.

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