Spread Me by Sarah Gailey

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....

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Praise for this book

“A pure giddy delight of an erotic horror story. It will leave you scandalized, terrified, and delighted.”

—Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author

“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.”

—Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Game in Yellow

“Spread Me by Sarah Gaily 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 will find a way.”

—Hildur Knútsdóttir, author of The Night Guest

"In the desert, no one can hear you moan. Spread Me glistens like John Carpenter's sexy Thing, full of lusty lichen and creamed genes. Never has the end of the world been this sexy."

—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

"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."

—David Demchuck, co-author of The Butcher's Daughter

About the Author

Sarah Gailey is a Hugo 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. Their work includes their bestselling adult novel debut, Magic For Liars, The Echo Wife, Just Like Home, and their original comic book series with BOOM! Studios, Know Your Station.

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Title: Spread Me
Author(s): Sarah Gailey
ISBN: 9781250387349
Copyright 2025
Release Date: September 23, 2025
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
Format: None available | Learn More about our supported formats

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