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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) 4.44 avg rating — 1,315 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	#thighgap by Chandler Morrison (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.92 avg rating — 1,237 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 — 582 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
	Worst Laid Plans: An Anthology of Vacation Horror by Samantha Kolesnik (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Hailey Piper (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 442 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
	Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology by Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ashley Saywers (Editor), Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.23 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	We Are Wolves by Gemma Amor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laurel Hightower (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cynthia Pelayo (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 280 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
	Bound Feet (My Dark Library #3) by Kelsea Yu (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.44 avg rating — 256 ratings — 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) 4.13 avg rating — 207 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
	Dead Awake by Sarah Scutt (Editor), Stanley Wiater (Foreword), C.W. Blackwell (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 95 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
	Feral & Hysterical: Mother Horror?s Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn (1987) is one of my favorite middle grade horror books. I'm sure it was one of my Scholastic Book Fair choices--I have strong nostalgic feelings when I look at the original cover. I remember being so investe ...more
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“The moms at the tables all clasp their hands together proudly and grin, lobotomized and unvaccinated.”
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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

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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.”
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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

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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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