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Sadie Hartmann

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Sadie Hartmann aka Mother Horror is the co-owner of the monthly horror fiction subscription company, Night Worms and the Bram Stoker Awards® winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered from Page Street Publishing.
She lives in the PNW with her husband of 20+ years where they stare at Mt Rainier, eat street tacos, and hang out with their 3 kids. They have a Frenchie named Owen.

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	101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author), Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Cassandra Khaw (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 1,943 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	#thighgap by Chandler Morrison (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.89 avg rating — 1,680 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wormwood by Chad Lutzke (Goodreads Author), Tim Meyer (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 623 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology by Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ashley Saywers (Editor), Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.07 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stargazers by L.P. Hernandez (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.18 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horror’s Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women 4.57 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worst Laid Plans: An Anthology of Vacation Horror by Samantha Kolesnik (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Hailey Piper (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bound Feet (My Dark Library #3) by Kelsea Yu (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.40 avg rating — 340 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are Wolves by Gemma Amor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laurel Hightower (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cynthia Pelayo (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darkest Hours by Mike Thorn (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.09 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How to Feel Big Feelings And Be Less Cynical

Living in this American-dystopian-nightmare can take its toll. The endless fucking news cycle. Sometimes the headlines I read and the videos I watch are just too big to really sink in and I feel numb. I want to feel big feelings break up the loop of negativity and doom spiral.

Here are the things that have been working for me:

An openness and willingness to give and receive love

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Model Home

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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

by Amanda Montell (Goodreads Author)

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Sadie Hartmann wants to read Issues With Authority by Nadia Bulkin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sadie Hartmann rated a book really liked it Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Title/Author: Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Mariah Griffin Format Read: Audiobook/Narrators Lauren O'Leary and Barry McStay Pub date: April 2025 Publisher: Tor Books Page Count: 270 Audiobook: 8hrs Affiliate Link: https://bookshop.org/a/7576/978125091... ...more
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Sadie Hartmann rated a book really liked it Where Are You Really From by Elaine Hsieh Chou	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3.5 rounded up for Goodreads: Short Stories with complex, flawed AAPI characters CARROT LEGS One of my favorites in the collection. Coming-of-age, girlhood, Taipei, Beauty standards in Taiwan "The decision to try for beauty meant I could also fall short ...more
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Sadie Hartmann rated a book really liked it Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Title/Author: Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Mariah Griffin Format Read: Audiobook/Narrators Lauren O'Leary and Barry McStay Pub date: April 2025 Publisher: Tor Books Page Count: 270 Audiobook: 8hrs Affiliate Link: https://bookshop.org/a/7576/978125091... ...more
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Sadie Hartmann wants to read For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising by Fatemeh Jamalpour	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I love a good story about everyone dying.”
― Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

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“I shall come into your house with burnt offerings.”
― Sadie Hartmann, Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology

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“The moms at the tables all clasp their hands together proudly and grin, lobotomized and unvaccinated.”
― Sadie Hartmann, Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology

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“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

tags: books

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“Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“For some of us, Halloween is everyday.”
― Tim Burton , Tim Burton

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“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

tags: evil, good

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“In some countries you love your neighbors, and in others you eat them.”
― Ravi Zacharias, Can Man Live Without God

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message 7: by Richard

26 mai 2022 18:54

thank you for the friend

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message 6: by Alice

26 avr. 2020 07:21

Thank you for accepting! I follow you on Instagram too. :)

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message 5: by Catherine

06 sept. 2019 19:09

Thank you for accepting my friend request, Sadie! ♥

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message 4: by Ted

07 juin 2018 18:01

I see McCammon's Mystery Walk is on your TBR. Did you catch the author's latest tweet?
https://twitter.com/RobertMcCammon/st...

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message 3: by Red

21 fév. 2018 23:28

Thanks for accepting, Sadie! :D <3

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message 2: by Kelly

12 déc. 2017 15:58

Sadie, the last thing I need is another series on my tbr but I couldn't resist your praise of the Miriam Black series by Chuck Wendig. I just ordered the first 3 books. Can't wait to try them! Hope your holiday season is going well, and good luck with the move.

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message 1: by Kyriakos

07 oct. 2017 12:34