Feeders: A Novel

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From one of the best new voices in horror fiction (Brian Keene, Bram Stoker Awardwinning author), this darkly satirical supernatural thriller follows a would-be influencer whose dreams of online fame spiral into nightmare territory when she encounters a mysterious and dangerous social media platformperfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and Joe Hill.

When a video depicting the brutal murder of a former classmate leaks online, Kylie Benningtonswhose dreams of becoming a successful influencer remain frustratingly elusivecuriosity gets the better of her, leading to the discovery of an off-the-grid social media app called MonoLife. As it turns out, there are certain cryptic rules in the user agreement that must be adhered to, such as interacting with other users at least twice daily or risk losing it alland never, ever speaking of MonoLifes existence to non-users or risk dire consequences.

For this is a platform that primarily rewards the worst in human behavior, and which begins chipping away at Kylies sanity across post after post for an ever-increasing audience of immoral fans. Now Kylies going to find out just how far shes willing to go on her unyielding rise to the topeven if that means coming face-to-face with the frightening and ruthless forces behind MonoLife, who see all from deep within the shadows

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Feedersis awesome, and the homestretch is as jaw-droppinglyhorrifying as anything I've ever readand I say that from the vantage of one who has journeyed to the lunatic fringes of the horror genre. It takes quite a lot to unseat me, but this novel did just that. Nick Cutter, national bestselling author of The Troopand The Queen
In Feeders, Serafini takes a horror-fueled and satirical look at the desensitization of violence and societys overall obsession with social media and wraps it all up in a headlock of full-on terror. The last third of this novel reads like a fever-dream from which youre powerless to awake. Timely, chilling, and unputdownable, this will be the horror novel everyone will be talkingand postingabout. Ronald Malfi, bestselling author ofSmall Town Horror
"If the alluring and addicting nature of doomscrolling was a novel, Feeders is it. I couldn't look away from the unrelenting, nerve-shredding drama of social media darlings selling their souls for clicks; a troubling cautionary tale. Sadie Hartmann, Bram Stoker Award winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
[An] audacious, compelling story[Serafini] has concocted something special herean allegory of the corrosive influence of social media on individuals as well as societyFeeders[is] one of the best, and I meanverybest, horror novels Ive ever read. Its the kind of book that, when you are finished, you aren't quite the same person you were before you started it.A book for today. Its time isnow. This sprawling, insane, utterly devastating book needs to find the largest audience imaginable. Mark Sieber, Horror Drive-in
Caustic, nerve-shredding...and just so enormously entertainingFeeders isone of the best novels Ive read in a long time, and a beautiful example of the literature of discomfort. Be warned: you will see yourself in these pages. And what you see will startle you. Aaron Dries, author ofDirty HeadsandHouse of Sighs
Serafini takes readers to the limits of the endless scroll in this blackly funny and compulsively readable horror story. Feeders is a twisted journey into the dark heart of the social web, and the darker hearts of the girls who live there. Kat Rosenfield, author ofNo One Will Miss HerandYou Must Remember This

Author Bio

Matt Serafini is the author of ten novels, includingRites of ExtinctionandUnder the Blade. His nonfiction has appeared in the pages ofFangoriaandHorror Hound.He lives with his family in New Hampshire.