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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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yay more books
A Publishers Marketplace announcement for a new Caitlin Starling book (or two): Publishers Marketplace Deal Report Category: Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy THE WAKING STONES By Caitlin Starling Imprint: Voyager October 23, 2025 Author of THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE Caitlin Starling's THE WAKING STONES, a companion to THE STARVING SAINTS, set in the same world with a new cast of characters, in which a suspicious knight and her strangely powerful new squire become trapped in a town beset by hulking figures each night, to Nate Lanman at Voyager, with Alexandra Bessette editing, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, by Caitlin McDonald at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world English).
October 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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book’s out! hospital gothic, more claustrophobia and slippage of reality, more medical minutiae than most people need, a sinister whiteboard. get it where you get your books but here’s an option:

www.powells.com/book/gracevi...
A promo photo of The Graceview Patient. The hardcover is stacked on the left, and also face out in the center. There’s a sharps container to the right, two decorative medicine vials, a craft syringe filled with food coloring, some alcohol prep swabs, and a package of cotton gauze.
October 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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proof! from @jordanshiveley.bsky.social! That’s my book! holy shit!
A photo of this quarter’s issue of Fangoria, open to the Nightmare Library section. The Graceview Patient is in the top right segment. Close up of The Graceview Patient review in Fangoria, which calls it “mean and moody”. Hell yeah. “Margaret Culpepper is at the mercy of a chronic illness called Fayette Gehret Syndrome. In a last-ditch effort to gain back quality of life, she agrees to an experimental treatment at Graceview Hospital. The pain of the treatment is extraordinary as her immune system is slowly destroyed and rebuilt. While wasting away in her hospital bed, she notices a growing presence in the building. She can hear murmur and soon, she can begin to see it. Is she actually recovering? Or is she succumbing to what lives inside the aged walls? The medical world is elusive by nature, but The Graceview Patient lays the mystery on thicker and freakier. Readers get to know Margaret only through her confusion and discomfort, infusing the whole story with a nervous energy. The legitimacy of her interactions with staff and other patients is debatable, but her perseverance in a fight for wellness and dignity elicits deep empathy. Fans of Jacob's Ladder will devour the air of uncertainty the story exudes. The haunted hospital trope is scary enough, but Starling's sci-fi style transforms it into a hellscape of gooey terror and nosophobia. Strong imagery of needle use, open sores, and bodily slime give the story a grimy edge. A mean and moody medical horror, The Graceview Patient spotlights the tragedy of chronic illness and the predatory practices of a flawed healthcare system.”
October 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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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.
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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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.
October 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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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
October 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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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
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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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
September 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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yay I made another book

(out October 14th)
Photo of finished copies of Caitlin’s novels, with The Graceview Patient in the center. It’s very pretty.
September 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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like these but tiny and with themed stickers on them
trial bottles at rest. Five glass bottles with black tops, filled with water in pale shades of green and pink, with some sediment in the bottom the same trial bottles now all shake up, swirling with purple, pink, and black pigment. The pigments have slightly different effects depending on the suspending liquid.
September 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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PREORDER CAMPAIGN TIME for The Graceview Patient! If you’re in the US and order from my local spooky media store, Midslumber Media, you’ll not only get a signed copy of the book shipped to you (or available for pick up if you’re local), you’ll also get @miavern.bsky.social art and…
A rather crammed full graphic advertising the preorder campaign for THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT by Caitlin Starling, including little images of the character art by Mia Minnis (protagonist Meg on the floor of her hospital room, a menacing shadow falling over her, in vibrant and contrasty shades of pink and blue-black) and a get well soon postcard from the fictional Graceview Memorial Hospital, with creepy things lurking in the details (composited by @hallofmirrorsartworks on Instagram, edited by Jordan Shiveley of Dread Singles fame)
September 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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we joke that with my black overdress I should just make my renfair persona a doctor, so we’ve added a piss bottle*

*filled with delicious lemonade
Caitlin, a white woman with glasses and brown hair, in a straw hat, a white chemise, and a purple and black 1500s Germany inspired dress, holding a spherical bottle filled with murky yellow liquid that is definitely lemonade and not a urine specimen.
September 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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hell yeah.
A photo of a fresh tattoo on the back of Caitlin’s left arm. An eyeball with a yellow iris floats in a red liquid inside of a medication vial. There are pale pink flowers surrounding the bottle.
September 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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excuse me what
A screenshot of THE STARVING SAINTS’ amazon sales ranking. Amazon.com Sales Rank #73 in Kindle Store (SeeTop 100 in Kindle Store) #1 in Dark Fantasy Horror #1 in Medieval Historical Fiction (Books) #1 in Occult Horror
September 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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State of The Book Sale. No idea how long the libro fm sale will last. The bees are eternal.
A graphic with a purple castle in the background and an image of the book in the bottom right, with the text: THE STARVING SAINTS is: • on sale in ebook form for $1.99 in the US and Canada for the entire month of September; • on sale on libro.fm for $7.99; and • full of bees
September 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Starving Saints inspired thigh piece
A tattoo of two alchemical dragons on top of a human rib cage. Below the dragons is also a bottle with a smoking tower inside of it and a flower coming out the top.
July 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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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.”
July 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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finished a new sweater that might be the comfiest thing I’ve ever made. pattern is Mara by Brianna Mason, yarn is from
Northwoods Fibers in their flashdance fade.

Since I started it the day after SAINTS released and finished as I sent off the sequel proposal, I call her the Interregnum.
A handknit pullover sweater with a v neck and a broken rib stitch pattern. It is a neon-toned fade, from purple at the collar and shoulders, down through pink, to a vibrant orange-yellow at the cuffs. A handknit pullover sweater with a v neck, long sleeves, and a broken rib stitch pattern. It is a neon-toned fade, from purple at the collar and shoulders, down through pink, to a vibrant orange-yellow at the cuffs. Caitlin is wearing it, and it has a loose but not oversized fit. Two ombré sweaters hanging next to each other. One is from cream to blue, with a cropped length and balloon sleeves, and the other has a v neck and a broken rib stitch pattern in a neon-toned fade, from purple at the collar and shoulders, down through pink, to a vibrant orange-yellow at the cuffs. Caitlin made both this year because she is running from her demons. The pretty neon purple to yellow ombré sweater laid out flat with a focus on the broken rib stitch pattern. It looks very squishy.
June 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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the book has been out for a month now so please appreciate this fantastic fan bound edition of The Starving Saints
a very pretty printed-cloth bound copy of The Starving Saints with hot pink vinyl lettering for the title and bright yellow for Caitlin’s name and “a novel”. The cover is a Dutch still life painting edited to include bees
June 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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bad news: back to being backordered

good news: now on our fifth(!!! Fifth!!!) printing, and this one is finally a bit bigger. so if you order now it shouldn’t be TOO long of a wait.

or you can order it from @copperdogbooks.bsky.social or @powells.bsky.social! They have stock!
A screenshot from bookshop.org showing The Starving Saints as backordered again
June 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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let’s make that an official full on indie win: #28 on extended hardcover fiction nation wide, and #12(!!!) on the Pacific Northwest specific list. 🥹
A screenshot of the extended hardcover fiction best seller list for the previous week, The Starving Saints is at #28 The hardcover fiction bestseller list for the Pacific Northwest independent bestseller list for the week ending May 25, 2025. The Starving Saints is listed at #12!!
May 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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the way I screamed

(USA Today bestseller list!!!!)
A screenshot of the USA TODAY bestseller list entry for The Starving Saints, at #74, on a pink and back background with a gilded sun.
May 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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matching my special edition to my knitting 💅*
The Aardvark special edition of The Starving Saints, with a hot pink cover with embossed gold foil honeycomb and bees, next to a neon purple and hot pink ombré knitted sweater in progress. There is also a little resin salamander chap by Nana Williams on top of the sweater. He has a tiny crown.
May 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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making our way back to civilization post camping weekend, back to enjoying my Very Bright Sweater
A sweater in the process of being knitted. It’s worked from the top down, with the shoulders a vibrant purple turning into a bright pink.
May 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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I think this is about the right timespan…
Caitlin at roughly 23 years old, with the ends of her hair a faded pink, and a yellow kerchief around her neck Caitlin at 34 and a bit, with dark lipstick and a knitted sweater. Her hair is now in a bob and not dyed.
May 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM