{"product_id":"spread-me","title":"Spread Me","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A pure giddy delight of an erotic horror story. It will leave you scandalized, terrified, and delighted.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Katee Robert\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"John Carpenter's The Thing is back and it's sandier, and hornier, and wants to be inside of YOU! Made me blush so hard I cried.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Grady Hendrix\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eWitchcraft for Wayward Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Erotic horror isn't easy to pull off, but Sarah Gailey does so with flying colors here. ... [A] tense, creepy story where everyone could be something else - and desire is only the means to an end.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Gabino Iglesias, \n\u003cb\u003eNPR\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sex-positive blend of John Carpenter's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Thing\u003c\/i\u003e and '90s sexploitation sci-fi 'classic' \n\u003ci\u003eSpecies\u003c\/i\u003e.... It's a tour de force of weird fiction; a short novel full of body horror that asks important questions about sexual shame and consent, while gleefully provoking some distinctly uncomfortable arousal.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eNeil McRobert, \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVulture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hot, messed-up horror that puts you in a maniacal 'sickos meme' state. The vivacious pace keeps the pages flying, while the core of Spread Me is a blooming flower, revealing its beauty petal by petal. Another reason Gailey is one of my favorite authors.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Hailey Piper\u003c\/b\u003e, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \n\u003ci\u003e A Game in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Both a wonderful meditation on the faces of desire and the smuttiest version of John Carpenter's The Thing ever (absurdly complimentary).\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCassandra Khaw\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eNothing But Blackened Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] sleek, sexy thriller...The creeping terror of things not being what they seem and people not being who they say they are keeps the suspense simmering. It's a fun, modern take on first encounter horror.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eSpread Me\u003c\/i\u003e by Sarah Gailey is a poignant study of the complicated relationship between desire and shame, cleverly disguised as a very scary horror novella. A timely reminder that although we humans might have learned to fear nature, it remains always beautiful, and life \n\u003ci\u003ewill\u003c\/i\u003e find a way.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Hildur Knútsdóttir\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003e The Night Guest\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eSpread Me\u003c\/i\u003e has it all. It's tense, tight, squicky, slippery, lusty, claustrophobic. Somehow it is both terrifying and tantalizing. This story, like what's in it, eagerly crawls inside you and replaces you with itself. Perhaps the true gift here, though, is Gailey's character work--these fully-realized individuals do not feel contained to the page, and truly feel alive.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Chuck Wendig\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eWanderers\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In the desert, no one can hear you moan. \n\u003ci\u003eSpread Me \u003c\/i\u003eglistens like John Carpenter's sexy The Thing, full of lusty lichen and creamed genes. Never has the end of the world been this sexy.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Clay McLeod Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003eWake Up and Open Your Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For once the term 'Cronenbergian' is all too accurate, with its intimations of the horny, the monstrous, and the transgressive. Gailey comes in white-hot from the very first page and goes farther, faster, and deeper than you could ever imagine. Read it all in one night if you must, but you won't get much sleep once you're done.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--David Demchuck, \u003c\/b\u003e co-author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Butcher's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sexy, haunting, jaw-clenching ride of a story.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eReactor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, bestselling author of Just Like Home. A routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay. Kinsey has the perfect job as the team leader in a remote research outpost. She loves the isolation and the way the desert keeps temptations from the civilian world far out of reach. When her crew discovers a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand, Kinsey breaks quarantine and brings it into the hab. But the longer it's inside, the more her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Temptation has found her after all, and it can't be ignored any longer. One by one, Kinsey's team realizes the thing they're studying is in search of a new host-and one of them is the perfect candidate...\"-- Provided by publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Gailey is a \n\u003ci\u003eHugo\u003c\/i\u003e Award and \n\u003ci\u003eBritish Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e Award winning and bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. Their nonfiction has been published by dozens of venues internationally. Their fiction has been published in over seven different languages. They have written comics for \n\u003ci\u003eMarvel, EC, \u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003e BOOM! Studios\u003c\/i\u003e, including multiple original series. They are the editor and publisher of \n\u003ci\u003eStone Soup\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eLove Letters: Reasons To Be Alive.\u003c\/i\u003e You can find links to their work at sarahgailey.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpread Me \u003c\/i\u003eis a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey. A routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay... \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn instant \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller - An NPR Books We Love Pick - One of the Best Horror Books of 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e( \n\u003ci\u003eVulture) \u003c\/i\u003e- \n\u003cb\u003eA GoodReads Editors' and Indie Next Pick! \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKinsey has her dream job as the team leader in a remote research outpost. She loves the isolation and the way the desert keeps temptations from the civilian world far out of reach. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen her crew discovers a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand, Kinsey breaks quarantine and brings it inside. But the longer it's there, the more her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Temptation has found her after all, and it can't be ignored any longer. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne by one, Kinsey's team realizes the thing they're studying is in search of a new host--and one of them is the perfect candidate.... \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/28\/2025 (EAN 9781250387332, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2025 (EAN 9781250387332, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/18\/2025 (EAN 9781250387332, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eGailey, Sarah\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Gailey is a \n\u003ci\u003eHugo\u003c\/i\u003e Award and \n\u003ci\u003eBritish Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e Award winning and bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. 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