One of Esquire's "Writers Shaping the Next Golden Age of Horror"
Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary's Baby and the urban horror of Salem's Lot set in an exclusive New York City residential building.
Ana and Reid needed a lucky break.
The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling: with mobility, with her relationship with Reid, with resentment for her baby. That's about to change with the words any New Yorker would love to hear--affordable housing lottery.
They've won an apartment in the Deptford, one of Manhattan's most revered buildings with beautiful vistas of Central Park and stunning architecture.
Reid dismisses disturbing events and Ana’s deep unease and paranoia as the price of living in New York—people are odd—but he can't explain the needle-like bite marks on the baby.
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Praise for Nestlings:
NPR's "Books We Love" 2023
New York Public Library's Best Books of 2023
Paste Magazine's Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2023
Goodreads' Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2023
Bibliosanctum's Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2023
Lifestyle Asia's Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2023
Crime Reads' Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2023
LitHub's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of October 2023
Bibliosanctum's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of October 2023
“Nestlings is so f***ing good it makes me mad.”
―Chuck Wendig, author of Wayward
“Cassidy gracefully and viciously goes right for the throat . . . It’s another elegant dance of terror from a great horror storyteller, and it’ll keep you hanging on every word until the very last page.”
―Paste Magazine
“A truly creepy story of urban and bodily unease. Nat Cassidy has created a terrifyingly claustrophobic world, and his clean, beautiful prose manages to make the horrific events he describes here feel dismayingly plausible. You’ll certainly never look at a gargoyle the same way again.”
―Scott B. Smith, Bestselling author of The Ruins and A Simple Plan
"Cassidy builds the intense atmosphere, characters, and fascinating vampire lore without sacrificing the pacing ... A visceral story that will entertain readers from start to finish, coating them in dread even as it plays with their minds and pushes their limits."
―Booklist
“Disturbing and creepy, Nestlings is the perfect horror story to curl up with.”
―Books, Bones & Buffy
“I've read both Mary and Nestlings and highly recommend them both. Horror fans who enjoy edge-of-your-seat suspense, humor, colorful characters, old-school horror vibes, and cinematic tension complete with jump scares and puke-inducing body horror . . . jump in!”
―Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)
“Cassidy's exercise in horror houses the raw pain of grief . . . and, ultimately, whether one is ever out from under grief's weight.”
―ShelfAwareness
“Nestlings is a creature that buries deep beneath your skin only to sink its bloody fangs deep in your system.”
―FanFiAddict
“An absolute triumph of a book. Propulsive and eerie . . .There's a furious grief to the book, a heartbroken rage that threads the pages together.”
―Cassandra Khaw, bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth
“Ruthlessly terrifying, with the relentless pace of New York City itself. Nestlings will utterly possess you. You’ve been warned.”
―Liz Kerin, author of Night’s Edge
“This book will mess you up, and you’ll be glad. Pitch-perfect creeping horror with heart (and viscera) in spades.”
―Kiersten White, #1 NYT bestselling author of Hide
“Step into the Deptford, if you dare! Equally parts Rosemary's Baby and ‘Salem's Lot, I was squirming with shivers and reading this behind my fingers!”
―Erin A. Craig, #1 NYT Bestselling author of House of Roots & Ruin and Small Favors
“Nestlings cleverly pays homage to classic horror while also filling its Manhattan highrise with post-2020 frights and concerns. Nat Cassidy has written a creepy page-turner where the scariest things of all are what reside in the human (or inhuman) heart.”
―Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts
“Nat Cassidy is a master of creeping fear, of urban unease, of uncanny dread and outright horror. In Nestlings he brings his considerable imagination to bear on a creature we may think we're all too familiar with and imbues it with new life, reclaiming it for terror. It's a triumph and a vision you won't soon forget.”
―Ramsey Campbell, World Horror Convention Grand Master, Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award-winner, World Fantasy Award Life Award-winner, International Horror Guild Living Legend Award-winner
“Oh you like Rosemary’s Baby? 'Salem's Lot? Just wait until you read Nestlings by Nat Cassidy. It’s about the curse and revelation of survival. About the intense emotional complexity of family. It’s also about super weird superstar vampires. And it’s just so funny and smart. This is the horror book of the year.”
―Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse
“Delectably dark, gorgeously gory, and hypnotically engrossing. With its strong Rosemary's Baby vibe and contemporary sensibilities, Nestlings brings the Manhattan gothic to a triumphant new level.”
―Zoje Stage, bestselling author of Baby Teeth and Mothered
“Told with the same verve and sharpness of classic 1980s literary horror blockbusters penned by Stephen King or Robert R. McCammon, Nestlings is a modern, dread-filled masterpiece that cements Nat Cassidy as one of the most compelling and exciting horror authors to appear on the scene in quite some time.”
―Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
“Like The Shining meets The Changeling. And whew, is it scary. . . . I think people are going to lose their minds over this book. Like Mary, it has all the makings of a classic.”
―Rachel Harrison, Bestselling author of Cackle and Such Sharp Teeth
“Finished Nestlings by Nat Cassidy and have already been recommending it left and right. So, so creepy. Well placed dashes of dark humor. Kept me on my toes till the very end!”
―Erin E. Adams, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Jackal
“I just finished reading Nestlings and Nat Cassidy has done it again, folks. Steeped in modern fears with old school horrors lurking behind every door. Go read it now!”
―Brian McAuley, author of Curse of the Reaper
“When things are bad, can they possibly get worse? Life is upended in Cassidy’s darkly rich and layered Nestlings, as terror sweeps across the fragile.”
―Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Children of Chicago
“A fresh take on an old monster, Nestlings is an absolutely horrifying tale. Just remember: when you’re reading into the wee hours, turn on all the lights in the house. It helps. A little.”
―Andy Davidson, author of The Hollow Kind
“Nestlings is a living, breathing, bleeding, haunting marvel of storytelling that does more than create skin-crawling terror; it slides beneath the itchy flesh and burrows, tick-like, into your heart—carving knife in hand—to giddily flay your emotions. Reading this book will fill you with terror and (all-too-human) moments of despair, it will flood your senses with the sweet calling of the dark. But worry not, because Cassidy leaves a pinprick of light within reach, a distant beacon that feels like hope.”
―Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley
“Couldn't put it down. Gimme gargoyles and insect babies any ol' day. I'll take them. Happily.”
―Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters and Whisper Down the Lane
“Surprising and mysterious. Nestlings is rich in the ominous discomfort of a prize that's too good to be true. This book sticks to your skin.”
―Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth
“The author of Mary: An Awakening of Terror is back this year with his second-novel, a blend of Rosemary’s Baby and Salem’s Lot that promises to explore another dimension of his emerging horror talents. Nestlings follows a couple and their new baby as they land a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: A home in an exclusive, elegant New York apartment building. Naturally, strange things soon start happening, including marks on their baby that the couple can’t explain. If you read Mary, you know this should be on your can’t-miss list for this year.”
―Paste Magazine, Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2023
MARY: AN AWAKENING OF TERROR
Tor Nightfire, July 19, 2022
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Nat Cassidy’s debut horror novel Mary, which blends Midsommar with elements of American Psycho and a pinch of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, will be published by Nightfire in July 2022! Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself. But lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot flashes and body aches, she can’t look in a mirror without passing out, and the voices in her head have been urging her to do unspeakable things. Fired from her job in New York, she moves back to her hometown hoping to reconnect with her past and inner self. What she finds instead are visions of terrifying, mutilated specters come with increasing regularity, she begins auto-writing strange thoughts and phrases, and her investigations reveal that these experiences are echoes of an infamous serial killer. Then the killings begin again. Mary’s definitely going to find herself. |
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Praise for Mary:
Esquire's Best Horror Novels of 2022
Paste Magazine's Best Horror Novels of 2022
Harper's Bazaar 15 Best Books for Spooky Season
Book Riot Summer Scares (2022)
The Lineup Best Debut Horror Novels of 2022
CrimeReads Best Horror Novels of 2022
CrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime Books 2022
Book Riot's Most Shocking First Lines in Fiction
"Mary is a book unlike any other: a serial killer thriller that’s half ghost story and half possession horror, featuring a labyrinthine mansion and a desert-dwelling cult... Mary is a late-life coming-of-age horror that shines a necessary light on a neglected character type through black humor and scenes of gloriously gross carnage."
―Esquire
“Leading with one of the most unforgettable first chapters in recent horror history, Nat Cassidy’s novel about a woman who journeys back into her own past and finds something horrifying will rattle your nervous system from the very first page, and basically never stop. Full of gripping character moments and memorable, inventive imagery, Mary: An Awakening of Terror is one of those horror novels that will make your skin crawl while also seducing you into never putting it down.”
―Paste Magazine
“It’s a time in life we’re all taught to fear. That moment women become invisible, disposable. Possessed? Haunted? Wait, those aren’t the symptoms of menopause! Except for in Nat Cassidy’s Mary, where the great life transition becomes a chance to write a bloody, visceral, and oh-so-entertaining take-down of misogyny. Mary has a simple premise—what if the damaged child who was Carrie had lived to middle age? And what if, perhaps, she got a new chance at vengeance? One of the best horror novels of the year, and destined to become a cult classic, Mary, like its heroine, is not to be sidelined.”
―CrimeReads
“Heads up, Nat Cassidy’s debut novel is not for the faint of heart. It’s gory and horrific, but underneath the blood-soaked pages is a commentary on society’s view of older women and their place in the world.”
―The Seattle Times
“Razor-sharp horror debut.... Cassidy expertly twists the invisibility and disposability of society’s most vulnerable into qualities ideally suited to a terrifying avenging angel. It’s as scary as it is smart.”
― Publishers Weekly
“This tale of horror is a good read-alike for Stephen King’s Carrie and Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full of Ghosts.”
― Booklist
"A serial killer story with a monstrous twist [by an] emerging genre star."
― Library Journal
"Perfect for summer reading"
― USA Today
“[An] outstanding debut horror novel. ... [T]he kind of debut that will surely help establish its author as one of the best new voices in horror. Mary is a fun, creepy, strange read. ... Nat Cassidy has written an impressive debut in which supernatural horror collides with real horrors, and that makes Mary the kind of novel you keep thinking about long after you’ve turned the last page.”
―Locus Magazine
“Cassidy’s character-building is so incredibly complex that I can’t help but . . . make a comparison to Stephen King. . . . An extraordinary metaphor for women’s struggles, Mary is edgy as hell. A chilling compilation of horror with masterful storytelling.”
―Cemetery Dance
“In Nat Cassidy’s debut from Tor Nightfire, middle-aged Mary begins experiencing strange and bloody visions after fleeing New York City for her rural Arizona hometown. The ghostly visions and lore regarding a long-dead serial killer are only one form of horror, the other being aging and financial insecurity, ensuring there’s something here to scare even the most jaded horror lover. Without getting into spoilers, this book also makes a fascinating bookend to Stephen King’s Carrie as a character study of a woman at a very different stage of life, which Cassidy expounds upon in his pre-and-postscripts.”
―The Lineup, The Best Debut Horror Novels of 2022
“Who doesn’t want to read the book equivalent of vampire Kathy Bates killing some hipsters in the fifth season of American Horror Story? Middle-aged women’s rage is in this year, and I couldn’t be happier.”
― CrimeReads, Most Anticpated Crime Books 2022
“One of the scariest, freaky, and mind bending horror novels of 2022 and you should absolutely pick this one up!”
―Horror Reads
“An immersive story with vivid environments and vibrant characters. The imagery his writing evokes still has me obsessed ... All I can say is, it has haunted me since I read it, and I may have to re-read it again soon. ... I would classify this as a serial killer horror with a touch of paranormal, so if you liked The Silence of the Lambs and My Sister, The Serial Killer but also enjoyed The Changeling, you would love this one. 5/5 stars. My favorite so far this year.”
― Horrorble Books
“Aunt Nadine was given some of the best lines I’ve read in a book. In fact, this book was filled with things I wanted to write down to share – author Nat Cassidy is a master of dialogue. ... I LOVE books with depth and Cassidy writes with depth. ... Having grown up as a reader of King, Saul, Koontz, Jackson and having escaped deep into stories my whole life, I hope I live long enough to see where Cassidy’s extraordinary ability to tell a story goes.”
― Eyes and Ears Books
"Cassidy brilliantly taps into the paranoia of his character ... a fascinating persona that reflects the immense talent of Cassidy in bringing Mary to the pages ... A deeply disturbing read that works for both fans of horror and mystery, Mary is a unique exercise in terror where social interactions hold as much weight as a bloodied apparition. A must-read!"
― The Forgotten Fiction
“Searing imagery. Immediate chills. ... Destined to be a classic.”
― Rachel Harrison, author of Cackle and The Return
“[The] prose pops and the hook sinks in right from the first page.”
― Chuck Wendig, author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents
“[T]ruly dark and creepy, and a novel that clearly and unequivocally announce[s] the arrival of a superb new voice in horror.”
― Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You Home and Coyote Songs
“Genius... Intense... No two readers will experience [Mary] quite the same. The reading discoveries are exciting and thrilling. Cassidy has a skilled storytelling voice capable of intense, graphic imagery and scary scenes as well as laugh-out-loud humor.”
―Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann, author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
“Gripping from the start. What begins in a bloodbath leads us through decades into a nightmare of cults, ghosts, and self-hatred, where great and terrible expectations await. Mary is a devastating threat made manifest.”
― Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth
“Genuinely scary, and at times both heartfelt and heartbreaking, Mary is a powerhouse of a horror novel, with something important to say. We need more like this. Standing ovation!”
― Brian Keene, World Horror Convention Grand Master and two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rising and Terminal
“Nat Cassidy’s Mary is a bravura journey into horror, cults, and the estrangement of middle age. It’s one BANANAS ride, by a very talented writer.”
― Sarah Langan, three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Good Neighbors, and The Missing
“Every bit as brilliant as everyone's saying: a gory, body horror-soaked exploration of menopause, cults, self-worth, & true crime junkies. I can't recommend this book enough - even the afterword is revelatory.”
― Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces
“Congrats on a loud and bloody Mary. She's going to make herself heard and then some.”
― Kathe Koja, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Cipher and Velocities
"Operatic and tremendously unsettling, there's a dangerous current churning beneath the pages . . . a current that will carry you far away and forever change you the way all excellent books do. This is first class horror."
― Eric LaRocca, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
"Cassidy has given us a classic horror novel of a middle-aged woman tormented by all the little-town horrors of her past―those she can remember and those she is forced to remember. Who is Mary, or better yet, what is Mary? She has been called home to find out."
― Elizabeth Engstrom, author of When Darkness Loves Us
"A collision of supernatural and real-life horrors, Nat Cassidy's Mary throbs with a relentlessly sinister energy. Packed with visceral shocks and quiet menace, breakneck storytelling and profound character work, Mary is absolutely riveting. I can't recommend it highly enough."
― Jonathan Janz, author of The Siren and the Specter and The Raven
“Mary, Mary, quite extraordinary… How does your novel grow? With pillow cases hiding sliced off faces, and porcelain dolls all in a row. With an acidic sense of humor more barbed than any cactus, Nat Cassidy’s fast-paced Mary is a perfect blend of Stephen King’s Dolores Claiborne and Frank De Filitta’s Audrey Rose. This book goes out to all those bad seeds who have gone beyond their bloom and entered the twilight of their murderous lives.”
― Clay McLeod Chapman, author of The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane
“Just finished Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy & WOW! The horror arrives like a monsoon thunderstorm: ominous page 1 rumbles that build to a frenzied, spectacular conclusion that'll leave you awestruck & trembling. Smart, scary & full of heart, Mary is a force of nature!”
― KC Jones, author of Black Tide
“Oh my god so Nat Cassidy’s Mary is one of the most engaging, most cathartic, and above all most fundamentally *satisfying* books I’ve read in a while. If you like scary stories you really really really need to read this one. [T]his is up there with Dolores Claiborne for me and that’s really saying something. Many cis men suck at writing women. Nat does not. Nat does NOT.”
― Sunny Moraine, author of Singing with All My Skin and Bone
Esquire's Best Horror Novels of 2022
Paste Magazine's Best Horror Novels of 2022
Harper's Bazaar 15 Best Books for Spooky Season
Book Riot Summer Scares (2022)
The Lineup Best Debut Horror Novels of 2022
CrimeReads Best Horror Novels of 2022
CrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime Books 2022
Book Riot's Most Shocking First Lines in Fiction
"Mary is a book unlike any other: a serial killer thriller that’s half ghost story and half possession horror, featuring a labyrinthine mansion and a desert-dwelling cult... Mary is a late-life coming-of-age horror that shines a necessary light on a neglected character type through black humor and scenes of gloriously gross carnage."
―Esquire
“Leading with one of the most unforgettable first chapters in recent horror history, Nat Cassidy’s novel about a woman who journeys back into her own past and finds something horrifying will rattle your nervous system from the very first page, and basically never stop. Full of gripping character moments and memorable, inventive imagery, Mary: An Awakening of Terror is one of those horror novels that will make your skin crawl while also seducing you into never putting it down.”
―Paste Magazine
“It’s a time in life we’re all taught to fear. That moment women become invisible, disposable. Possessed? Haunted? Wait, those aren’t the symptoms of menopause! Except for in Nat Cassidy’s Mary, where the great life transition becomes a chance to write a bloody, visceral, and oh-so-entertaining take-down of misogyny. Mary has a simple premise—what if the damaged child who was Carrie had lived to middle age? And what if, perhaps, she got a new chance at vengeance? One of the best horror novels of the year, and destined to become a cult classic, Mary, like its heroine, is not to be sidelined.”
―CrimeReads
“Heads up, Nat Cassidy’s debut novel is not for the faint of heart. It’s gory and horrific, but underneath the blood-soaked pages is a commentary on society’s view of older women and their place in the world.”
―The Seattle Times
“Razor-sharp horror debut.... Cassidy expertly twists the invisibility and disposability of society’s most vulnerable into qualities ideally suited to a terrifying avenging angel. It’s as scary as it is smart.”
― Publishers Weekly
“This tale of horror is a good read-alike for Stephen King’s Carrie and Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full of Ghosts.”
― Booklist
"A serial killer story with a monstrous twist [by an] emerging genre star."
― Library Journal
"Perfect for summer reading"
― USA Today
“[An] outstanding debut horror novel. ... [T]he kind of debut that will surely help establish its author as one of the best new voices in horror. Mary is a fun, creepy, strange read. ... Nat Cassidy has written an impressive debut in which supernatural horror collides with real horrors, and that makes Mary the kind of novel you keep thinking about long after you’ve turned the last page.”
―Locus Magazine
“Cassidy’s character-building is so incredibly complex that I can’t help but . . . make a comparison to Stephen King. . . . An extraordinary metaphor for women’s struggles, Mary is edgy as hell. A chilling compilation of horror with masterful storytelling.”
―Cemetery Dance
“In Nat Cassidy’s debut from Tor Nightfire, middle-aged Mary begins experiencing strange and bloody visions after fleeing New York City for her rural Arizona hometown. The ghostly visions and lore regarding a long-dead serial killer are only one form of horror, the other being aging and financial insecurity, ensuring there’s something here to scare even the most jaded horror lover. Without getting into spoilers, this book also makes a fascinating bookend to Stephen King’s Carrie as a character study of a woman at a very different stage of life, which Cassidy expounds upon in his pre-and-postscripts.”
―The Lineup, The Best Debut Horror Novels of 2022
“Who doesn’t want to read the book equivalent of vampire Kathy Bates killing some hipsters in the fifth season of American Horror Story? Middle-aged women’s rage is in this year, and I couldn’t be happier.”
― CrimeReads, Most Anticpated Crime Books 2022
“One of the scariest, freaky, and mind bending horror novels of 2022 and you should absolutely pick this one up!”
―Horror Reads
“An immersive story with vivid environments and vibrant characters. The imagery his writing evokes still has me obsessed ... All I can say is, it has haunted me since I read it, and I may have to re-read it again soon. ... I would classify this as a serial killer horror with a touch of paranormal, so if you liked The Silence of the Lambs and My Sister, The Serial Killer but also enjoyed The Changeling, you would love this one. 5/5 stars. My favorite so far this year.”
― Horrorble Books
“Aunt Nadine was given some of the best lines I’ve read in a book. In fact, this book was filled with things I wanted to write down to share – author Nat Cassidy is a master of dialogue. ... I LOVE books with depth and Cassidy writes with depth. ... Having grown up as a reader of King, Saul, Koontz, Jackson and having escaped deep into stories my whole life, I hope I live long enough to see where Cassidy’s extraordinary ability to tell a story goes.”
― Eyes and Ears Books
"Cassidy brilliantly taps into the paranoia of his character ... a fascinating persona that reflects the immense talent of Cassidy in bringing Mary to the pages ... A deeply disturbing read that works for both fans of horror and mystery, Mary is a unique exercise in terror where social interactions hold as much weight as a bloodied apparition. A must-read!"
― The Forgotten Fiction
“Searing imagery. Immediate chills. ... Destined to be a classic.”
― Rachel Harrison, author of Cackle and The Return
“[The] prose pops and the hook sinks in right from the first page.”
― Chuck Wendig, author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents
“[T]ruly dark and creepy, and a novel that clearly and unequivocally announce[s] the arrival of a superb new voice in horror.”
― Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You Home and Coyote Songs
“Genius... Intense... No two readers will experience [Mary] quite the same. The reading discoveries are exciting and thrilling. Cassidy has a skilled storytelling voice capable of intense, graphic imagery and scary scenes as well as laugh-out-loud humor.”
―Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann, author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
“Gripping from the start. What begins in a bloodbath leads us through decades into a nightmare of cults, ghosts, and self-hatred, where great and terrible expectations await. Mary is a devastating threat made manifest.”
― Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth
“Genuinely scary, and at times both heartfelt and heartbreaking, Mary is a powerhouse of a horror novel, with something important to say. We need more like this. Standing ovation!”
― Brian Keene, World Horror Convention Grand Master and two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rising and Terminal
“Nat Cassidy’s Mary is a bravura journey into horror, cults, and the estrangement of middle age. It’s one BANANAS ride, by a very talented writer.”
― Sarah Langan, three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Good Neighbors, and The Missing
“Every bit as brilliant as everyone's saying: a gory, body horror-soaked exploration of menopause, cults, self-worth, & true crime junkies. I can't recommend this book enough - even the afterword is revelatory.”
― Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces
“Congrats on a loud and bloody Mary. She's going to make herself heard and then some.”
― Kathe Koja, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Cipher and Velocities
"Operatic and tremendously unsettling, there's a dangerous current churning beneath the pages . . . a current that will carry you far away and forever change you the way all excellent books do. This is first class horror."
― Eric LaRocca, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
"Cassidy has given us a classic horror novel of a middle-aged woman tormented by all the little-town horrors of her past―those she can remember and those she is forced to remember. Who is Mary, or better yet, what is Mary? She has been called home to find out."
― Elizabeth Engstrom, author of When Darkness Loves Us
"A collision of supernatural and real-life horrors, Nat Cassidy's Mary throbs with a relentlessly sinister energy. Packed with visceral shocks and quiet menace, breakneck storytelling and profound character work, Mary is absolutely riveting. I can't recommend it highly enough."
― Jonathan Janz, author of The Siren and the Specter and The Raven
“Mary, Mary, quite extraordinary… How does your novel grow? With pillow cases hiding sliced off faces, and porcelain dolls all in a row. With an acidic sense of humor more barbed than any cactus, Nat Cassidy’s fast-paced Mary is a perfect blend of Stephen King’s Dolores Claiborne and Frank De Filitta’s Audrey Rose. This book goes out to all those bad seeds who have gone beyond their bloom and entered the twilight of their murderous lives.”
― Clay McLeod Chapman, author of The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane
“Just finished Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy & WOW! The horror arrives like a monsoon thunderstorm: ominous page 1 rumbles that build to a frenzied, spectacular conclusion that'll leave you awestruck & trembling. Smart, scary & full of heart, Mary is a force of nature!”
― KC Jones, author of Black Tide
“Oh my god so Nat Cassidy’s Mary is one of the most engaging, most cathartic, and above all most fundamentally *satisfying* books I’ve read in a while. If you like scary stories you really really really need to read this one. [T]his is up there with Dolores Claiborne for me and that’s really saying something. Many cis men suck at writing women. Nat does not. Nat does NOT.”
― Sunny Moraine, author of Singing with All My Skin and Bone
STEAL THE STARS
based on the hit podcast
Adapted and expanded from Mac Rogers’ podcast script by author Nat Cassidy, the Steal the Stars novelization—available November 7th—offers new insight into the world you’ve come to know and love.
FORBIDDEN LOVE.
A CRASHED UFO.
AN ALIEN BODY.
AN IMPOSSIBLE HEIST.
Dakota “Dak” Prentiss guards the biggest secret in the world.
“Moss” is your standard gray alien from innumerable abduction stories. It still sits at the controls of the spaceship it crash-landed eleven years ago. A secret military base was built to study both Moss and the dangerous technology it brought to Earth.
The day Matt Salem joins her security team, Dak’s whole world changes.
It’s love at first sight—which is a problem, since they both signed ironclad contracts forbidding fraternization with other military personnel. If they run, they’ll be hunted for what they know. Dak and Matt have only one way to be together: do the impossible. Steal Moss and sell the secret of its existence.
And they can’t afford a single mistake.
PRESS:
Named one of the Best New Books of November 2017 by the Chicago Review of Books!
Named one of NPR Books' Great Reads of 2017!
Named one of Kirkus Reviews' New and Notable Books in Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror!
Named one of The Verge's 16 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read this November!
CHECK OUT MORE OF STEAL THE STARS' PRESS HERE!
Named one of the Best New Books of November 2017 by the Chicago Review of Books!
Named one of NPR Books' Great Reads of 2017!
Named one of Kirkus Reviews' New and Notable Books in Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror!
Named one of The Verge's 16 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read this November!
CHECK OUT MORE OF STEAL THE STARS' PRESS HERE!
And check out these great interviews about Steal the Stars:
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ALSO AVAILABLE
You can now buy a copy of one of Nat's newest (and most deliciously terrifying) plays, Tenants, or, When the Hornet Arrives, thanks to the wonderful people at Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.
Check it out now! Any and all nightmares are absolutely intended.
TENANTS
or
WHEN THE HORNET ARRIVES
By Nat Cassidy
M and G's new apartment is nothing special — it really could be any generic New York City apartment — but they're hoping it's a place of healing, a new beginning after a traumatic encounter with a former friend. Unfortunately, the previous tenant of this apartment isn't a man who likes to let go … and he wasn't ready to move out. First, it's little things: their mail disappears, it feels like someone's watching them, he stops by occasionally just to say hi and see what they've done with the place. But soon, when G is called out of town for business, M is left alone, and before they know it, they wake up to find themselves immobilized and watching as the previous tenant begins to make the apartment his own again.
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WHEN THE HORNET ARRIVES
By Nat Cassidy
M and G's new apartment is nothing special — it really could be any generic New York City apartment — but they're hoping it's a place of healing, a new beginning after a traumatic encounter with a former friend. Unfortunately, the previous tenant of this apartment isn't a man who likes to let go … and he wasn't ready to move out. First, it's little things: their mail disappears, it feels like someone's watching them, he stops by occasionally just to say hi and see what they've done with the place. But soon, when G is called out of town for business, M is left alone, and before they know it, they wake up to find themselves immobilized and watching as the previous tenant begins to make the apartment his own again.
Photo by Alex Tursh, Prospect Photography
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