Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)
@sadiehartmann.bsky.social
Co-Owner of Night Worms. Bram Stoker Award winner of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered. New book: 2025
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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.
New Review:
OLD SOUL by Susan Barker-see alt text too
OLD SOUL by Susan Barker-see alt text too
January 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
New Review:
OLD SOUL by Susan Barker-see alt text too
OLD SOUL by Susan Barker-see alt text too
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So hard to enjoy wins and lovely compliments when so worried, continually, about the state of the world!
BUT I'm going to *cherish* this lovely 2025 roundup from Her Infinite Archive where AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC is listed beside so many lovely friends:
herinfinitearchive.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
BUT I'm going to *cherish* this lovely 2025 roundup from Her Infinite Archive where AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC is listed beside so many lovely friends:
herinfinitearchive.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
Book List: 2025 Year-End Favorites
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January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
So hard to enjoy wins and lovely compliments when so worried, continually, about the state of the world!
BUT I'm going to *cherish* this lovely 2025 roundup from Her Infinite Archive where AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC is listed beside so many lovely friends:
herinfinitearchive.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
BUT I'm going to *cherish* this lovely 2025 roundup from Her Infinite Archive where AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC is listed beside so many lovely friends:
herinfinitearchive.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
Currently enjoying OLD SOUL by Susan Barker
January 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Currently enjoying OLD SOUL by Susan Barker
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What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
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SGJ gets the top spot, but I have to rave about @sadiehartmann.bsky.social's Feral and Hysterical. I found so many incredible books from women that I may not have discovered so easily on my own. It holds a special place on my shelf.
December 31, 2025 at 12:50 AM
SGJ gets the top spot, but I have to rave about @sadiehartmann.bsky.social's Feral and Hysterical. I found so many incredible books from women that I may not have discovered so easily on my own. It holds a special place on my shelf.
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NEW EPISODE
It's our final episode of 2025, and we're spending it with @sadiehartmann.bsky.social! Mother Horror herself stops by to talk about the Best Horror Books of 2025 in the first part of our two-week Best of 2025 special!
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It's our final episode of 2025, and we're spending it with @sadiehartmann.bsky.social! Mother Horror herself stops by to talk about the Best Horror Books of 2025 in the first part of our two-week Best of 2025 special!
redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...
Episode 61: The Best Horror Books of 2025 with Sadie Hartmann
Listen to The Scares That Shaped Us on RedCircle
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December 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NEW EPISODE
It's our final episode of 2025, and we're spending it with @sadiehartmann.bsky.social! Mother Horror herself stops by to talk about the Best Horror Books of 2025 in the first part of our two-week Best of 2025 special!
redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...
It's our final episode of 2025, and we're spending it with @sadiehartmann.bsky.social! Mother Horror herself stops by to talk about the Best Horror Books of 2025 in the first part of our two-week Best of 2025 special!
redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Achieved a major milestone for me yesterday after 10 years of hanging out in a dedicated bookish community on bookstagram, I get to recommend books and enjoy community around horror fiction with 100,000 people :) feels awesome!
December 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Achieved a major milestone for me yesterday after 10 years of hanging out in a dedicated bookish community on bookstagram, I get to recommend books and enjoy community around horror fiction with 100,000 people :) feels awesome!
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COMING THIS WEDNESDAY
Our two-part Best of 2025 Special begins! Mother Horror herself, @sadiehartmann.bsky.social, stops by to talk about her new book FERAL AND HYSTERICAL, and we dive into the Best Horror Books of the Year!
Episode drops 12/31 at Noon Central!
Our two-part Best of 2025 Special begins! Mother Horror herself, @sadiehartmann.bsky.social, stops by to talk about her new book FERAL AND HYSTERICAL, and we dive into the Best Horror Books of the Year!
Episode drops 12/31 at Noon Central!
December 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
COMING THIS WEDNESDAY
Our two-part Best of 2025 Special begins! Mother Horror herself, @sadiehartmann.bsky.social, stops by to talk about her new book FERAL AND HYSTERICAL, and we dive into the Best Horror Books of the Year!
Episode drops 12/31 at Noon Central!
Our two-part Best of 2025 Special begins! Mother Horror herself, @sadiehartmann.bsky.social, stops by to talk about her new book FERAL AND HYSTERICAL, and we dive into the Best Horror Books of the Year!
Episode drops 12/31 at Noon Central!
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2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list*:
The Harpy by Megan Hunter
A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
Fruiting Bodies by Ashley Robin Franklin
*All @sadiehartmann.bsky.social recommended
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list*:
The Harpy by Megan Hunter
A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
Fruiting Bodies by Ashley Robin Franklin
*All @sadiehartmann.bsky.social recommended
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list*:
The Harpy by Megan Hunter
A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
Fruiting Bodies by Ashley Robin Franklin
*All @sadiehartmann.bsky.social recommended
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list*:
The Harpy by Megan Hunter
A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
Fruiting Bodies by Ashley Robin Franklin
*All @sadiehartmann.bsky.social recommended
“Let me rest” book recommendations for slow winter reading. Full list in the Alt text
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Let me rest” book recommendations for slow winter reading. Full list in the Alt text
He gave us two of the best Stephen King adaptations we will ever have. He did so many things, so many good things.
Thank goodness we have our memories and his movies and his legacy will never be forgotten. Poor Rob and Michele Reiner-what happened to them is unconscionable. 💔 I'll never get over it.
Thank goodness we have our memories and his movies and his legacy will never be forgotten. Poor Rob and Michele Reiner-what happened to them is unconscionable. 💔 I'll never get over it.
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
He gave us two of the best Stephen King adaptations we will ever have. He did so many things, so many good things.
Thank goodness we have our memories and his movies and his legacy will never be forgotten. Poor Rob and Michele Reiner-what happened to them is unconscionable. 💔 I'll never get over it.
Thank goodness we have our memories and his movies and his legacy will never be forgotten. Poor Rob and Michele Reiner-what happened to them is unconscionable. 💔 I'll never get over it.
Take a second to admire this beautiful thing my dad made for me 🤍✨
December 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Take a second to admire this beautiful thing my dad made for me 🤍✨
Not "Mother Horror" as in some sweet lady in a goose hat that reads cozy bedtime stories, more like the creepy thing under your bed that waits for you to fall asleep and then whispers horrific abominations into your ear to give you nightmares.
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Not "Mother Horror" as in some sweet lady in a goose hat that reads cozy bedtime stories, more like the creepy thing under your bed that waits for you to fall asleep and then whispers horrific abominations into your ear to give you nightmares.
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Watched SALTBURN last night at urging of @sadiehartmann.bsky.social. I know, what took me so long? The most interesting part to me is that it's a 21st century retelling of Brideshead Revisited. Now, I was besotted w/the TV series when it came out in 1981. Completely besotted...
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Watched SALTBURN last night at urging of @sadiehartmann.bsky.social. I know, what took me so long? The most interesting part to me is that it's a 21st century retelling of Brideshead Revisited. Now, I was besotted w/the TV series when it came out in 1981. Completely besotted...
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Hey, Club Calvi has an excerpt of FIEND up, one that hasn't been shared elsewhere www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
"Fiend," "The White Hot" and "The Weekend Crashers" are Club Calvi's quick read suggestions
Mary Calvi and book club producer Danielle Parker talk about three books: "Fiend" by Alma Katsu, "The White Hot" by Quiara Alegría Hudes, and "The Weekend Crashers" by Jamie Brenner
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hey, Club Calvi has an excerpt of FIEND up, one that hasn't been shared elsewhere www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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There isn't an argument for why we need music streaming. We don't. We had long years of various formats of accessible music and we were happy.
We can own media.
Support artists.
Fuck billionaires.
We can own media.
Support artists.
Fuck billionaires.
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
There isn't an argument for why we need music streaming. We don't. We had long years of various formats of accessible music and we were happy.
We can own media.
Support artists.
Fuck billionaires.
We can own media.
Support artists.
Fuck billionaires.
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This is just straight up bonkers. ANGEL DOWN is a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025.
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is just straight up bonkers. ANGEL DOWN is a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025.
Do NOT miss your HORROR calling:
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January 2026 Night Worms pre-orders are on sale now
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January 2026 Night Worms pre-orders are on sale now
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Do NOT miss your HORROR calling:
nightworms.com/products/nig...
January 2026 Night Worms pre-orders are on sale now
nightworms.com/products/nig...
January 2026 Night Worms pre-orders are on sale now
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
I did a whole reel with about 20 book recommendations on Instagram for books that are Wes Anderson coded. A few examples: Attack of the 50ft Indian which would be stop animation @sgj.bsky.social and the Pallbearers Club @paultremblay.bsky.social with mixed-media visual scene cuts
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I did a whole reel with about 20 book recommendations on Instagram for books that are Wes Anderson coded. A few examples: Attack of the 50ft Indian which would be stop animation @sgj.bsky.social and the Pallbearers Club @paultremblay.bsky.social with mixed-media visual scene cuts