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Caitlin Starling

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Award-winning and bestselling author of THE LUMINOUS DEAD, THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM, and others. She/her.

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · Apr 11

periodic reminder that I’ve got two more books out this year. they are both unhinged in different ways. please try to enjoy each book equally.

A trope graphic for The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling.

two girls chilling in a cistern 0" apart because they're not gay

unnegotiated bdsm for fun and esoteric knowledge

lesbian ot3 but they all hate each other

"let's use all our iron for incendiaries! what could go wrong?"

please don't eat the mind control food

!! VIOLATION OF THE BEE SPACE!!

cute girl with a knife serving up a literal foot

A trope graphic for THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT by Caitlin Starling.

what day is it again?

jello

tfw the hospital is literally rotting but nobody else can see it.

why is the pharma rep daddy

professional whiteboard abuse

wait where did the other trial patient go

what do you mean I can only have tylenol??

sure wish dr house was here

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 54m

I just started running again and How It’s Done reliably gets me my best and smoothest pace of the workout.

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Blue House Books @bluehousebooks.bsky.social · 11h

October events continue with >>>

More information here - blue-house-books.com/events

#booksky💙📚

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The Booksmith @booksmith.bsky.social · 13h

Thursday, 10/16, at The Lost Church, we'll be slinging books for LItquake's QUEER MAGIC event, with Charile Jane Anders, Michelle Tea, Caitlin Starling, and Evette Davis. Info & tickets: booksmith.com/event/2025-1...

graphic for the event with headshots of the panelists

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 1d

They have glitter inside and change colors when you shake them!!

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Chad Nichols @chadlowtel.bsky.social · 2d

One of our best horror writers has a new one. Do yourself a favor and check out this sneak peek.

John Hornor Jacobs @johnhornor.bsky.social · 2d

You can read an excerpt of my novel that releases tomorrow here, at TheNerdDaily! thenerddaily.com/the-night-th...

A Facebook post with the following text and a link: Tomorrow, my novel THE NIGHT THAT FINDS US ALL releases in the US. You can find it in almost any Barnes & Noble and many indie bookstores. I don't know how many libraries will have it but almost every library has a form where you can request that they buy a copy. There is also an audiobook you can purchase at whatever vendor you prefer, B&N, Audible, etc. Also, the Libby app carries ebooks and audiobooks and more than likely you'll be able to find it there within the next week or so. This has been both a personal and public service announcement.

If you'd like to read an excerpt, you can find one here.

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Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 1d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 1d

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 1d

I did a fun little photo shoot thing mostly so I could tell on Instagram about The Graceview Patient being out in the US in one week. For your delight, I’ve included what I’m calling the “law and order edit”. text layout is hard okay.

A nitrile-gloved hand touching a hardcover copy of The Graceview Patient. The book is on a metal tray along with unopened alcohol swab packets and two 5ml medical vials I filled with food coloring and glitter, with neat themed stickers on the lids that say “SWAIL PROPRIETARY,” which is a reference to something in the book. The text THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT 7 DAYS UNTIL TREATMENT BEGINS is along the bottom edge, in a font with drop shadowing and outlining very reminiscent of 90s tv and movie title cards, particularly law and order. At least I think so.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

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

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 2d

eyyy paperback cover. honestly obsessed with how in your face the yellow is, bring on the heat delirium.

A graphic hastily put together in Canva that shows The Starving Saints’ paperback cover. The background of the cover is a bright yellow, the sun has become hot pink compared to the original’s gold, and the text is in black and white. The weird nun with the hive frame and the screaming faces under her wimple is still the same. Around the cover are some hex grids in yellow and hot pink grunge texture. The paperback’s release date is announced as may 5, 2026.

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

10/18 - Portland, Oregon

7:00 PM, at Always Here Bookstore. In conversation with @caitlinstarling.com

EVENT LINK HERE:

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10/18 - The Works of Vermin - Hiron Ennes in conversation with Caitlin Starling by Always Here Bookstore

Get tickets and support Always Here Bookstore by becoming a member

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Hiron Ennes (Works of Vermin out 10/14/25) @hironennes.bsky.social · 2d

10/18 - Vancouver, Washington

4:00 PM (Ignore the 3:30 above, my bad): Horror panel with @caitlinstarling.com and Kieth Rosson - we'll be talking about our horrifying books! Followed by Q&A, Meet and Greet and signings

EVENT LINK HERE:

fvrlibraries.bibliocommons.com/events/68c9a...

Adult Horror Author Night

You are invited to an eerie panel discussion about the horror genre moderated by Sadie Hartmann aka Mother Horror, author of Feral and Hysterical. Panelists include Caitlin Starling (author of THE GRA...

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 3d

I believe the Seattle one is already to a waitlist; check with the venues for RSVP policies, etc.

Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 3d

okay here’s my official event listing for October. Mostly general spooky season events with a few Graceview events sprinkled in for fun.

A list of THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT-specific events.

October 14th - Powell's, Portland OR
Graceview Launch Event
With Keith Rosson
October 21st - Bucket o Blood, Chicago IL
With Grace Daly
October 22nd - Blue House Books, Kenosha WI
With Cynthia Pelayo
October 24th - Haunted Burrow Books, Seattle WA
With Xe Sands
October 25th - Bridgeport B&N, outside Portland OR
Signing only

A bigger list of general spooky season events:

October 1st - Always Here, Portland OR - conversation partner - Launch event for Demon Song by Kelsea Yu
October 2nd - Raven's End Virtual Trivia
October 4th - Book Bin, Salem OR - convo and signing with Kate Alice Marshall
October 9th - Powell's, Portland OR - event for Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton
October 10th - Parallel Worlds, Portland OR - store expansion party - panel with Ling Ling Huang, Lindsay Straube, and Evan Leikam
October 16th - The Lost Church, Litquake, SF CA - panel: queer magic, a charmed evening with Charlie Jane Anders, Caitlin Starling, and Michelle Tea
October 18th - Community library, Vancouver, WA - horror panel with Sadie Hartmann, Keith Rosson, Hiron Ennes
October 18th - Always Here, Portland OR - launch event for The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
October 19th - Cedar Hills Powell's, Portland OR - SFFH group author signing
October 23rd - LibraryJournal Day of Dialogue - virtual - The Monstrous and the Mundane w/ Caitlin Starling, Mackenzie Nolan, Justin Richards, Jacob Rollinson, and Andrew Joseph White

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 15d

you (in the US anyway) can preorder it from Midslumber Media, my local horror shop, and get some neat things.

www.midslumbermedia.com/digital-prod...

The Graceview Patient
preorder campaign with images of the preorder prints.

preorder from Midslumber Media and receive a limited edition art print and post card set!
art by @miaiminnis
composite by @hallofmirrorsartworks
edit @jordanshiveley

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 4d

last minute, but for Oregon folks: I’ll be at the Book Bin in Salem today with Kate Alice Marshall, and a little birdie told me there might be early copies of THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT available tonight only.

A nice graphic with the cover of The Starving Saints, some sculpted columnar ladies, and bees. The text reads:

The Book Bin Presents:
Author Event with Caitlin Starling in conversation with Kate Alice Marshall

When:
Saturday October 4th 5pm
Where:
The Book Bin
450 Court St Ne

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 5d

alternately a sequel to JANE would be thematically related….

Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 5d

somebody let me write a flatliners-inspired book please

this had so much potential

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d

the October horror shopping list is live! feat. new books from @tanyapell.bsky.social @manylittlewords.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com @richardkadrey.bsky.social @emotrophywife.bsky.social @carsonfaust.bsky.social @johnhornor.bsky.social @zefrrr.bsky.social @talkscaredpod.bsky.social & many more!

All the New Horror Books Coming in October 2025

October 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Joe Hill, Neil McRobert, Jewelle Gomez, Gemma Files, Caitlin Starling, Jenny Kiefer, Richard Kadrey, Tanya Pell, Brian Asman, Nuzo Onoh,…

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Kelsea Yu @anovelescape.bsky.social · 8d

DEMON SONG is out in the world today!! Thank you to everyone who preordered, blurbed, reviewed, library requested, shared, beta read, recommended, or otherwise supported this release!! With help from all of you, I get to continue in my dream career! 🥰

Available now in hardcover, ebook, & audio!! 🥳🥳

Photograph of a smiling Chinese American woman in a skull crown holding a copy of Demon Song by Kelsea Yu

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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 6d

Want to read something "Creepy spooky a la T. Kingfisher"? Get your chills on by The Death of Jane Lawrence by @caitlinstarling.com. #AskALibrarian

The Death of Jane Lawrence — Multnomah County Library

The Death of Jane Lawrence — Starling, Caitlin, — "From the Bram Stoker-nominated author of The Luminous Dead comes a gothic fantasy horror--The Death of Jane Lawrence. "Intense and amazing! It's like...

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George Dunn @georgesreads.bsky.social · 6d

“The Graceview Patient,” by @caitlinstarling.com is an unsettling slow-drip of paranoia, exhaustion and unease administered directly into the veins of unwitting readers. An ominous, generally feel-bad, clinical gothic, this one is out from @stmartinspress.bsky.social OCT 14TH

Review: The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling | FanFiAddict

Synopsis: Margaret’s rare autoimmune condition has destroyed her life, leaving her isolated and in pain. It has no cure, but she’s making do as best she can ...

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 7d

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The Starving Saints Audiobook on Libro.fm

USA Today Bestseller!“As brilliant as it is bizarre. From the very first page you know you are in the hands of an author at the height of their abilities. . . . This is the unhinged cannibal book of m...

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 7d

I know the libro sale is allllmost over, not sure on ebook. But it’s still going as of this second!

Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 7d

I already got a few of you to buy The Starving Saints by @caitlinstarling.com but it's STILL on sale and in case I missed someone: BUY THIS NOW. Do not read the jacket copy or reviews, just dive in and be completely enthralled.

The Starving Saints ebook by Caitlin Starling - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Starving Saints A Novel" by Caitlin Starling available from Rakuten Kobo. USA Today Bestseller! “As brilliant as it is bizarre. From the very first page you know you are in the hands of an a...

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 7d

Goodreads asked me to curate some October-Inspired Book Recommendation lists for them, so here they are!
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...
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@caitlinstarling.com @spookypurcell.bsky.social @stejhoward.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social @anovelescape.bsky.social and more

Eight Halloween Reading Lists Based on Very Specific Vibes, Themes & Tropes

Sadie Hartmann (known as Mother Horror on social media) is the co-owner of the monthly, curated, horror fiction subscription company Night Worms and...

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