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Nestlings

After a difficult birth leaves Ana struggling, she and Reid win affordable housing in a Manhattan building. Reid dismisses her unease, but cannot explain needle-like bite marks on their baby.

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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.

Best Adult Books 2023― New York Public Library NPR Books We Love 2023 Best Horror of 2023― Esquire , Den of Geek Best Horror of 2023 (Honorable Mention)― Paste

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.

Other Books by Nat Cassidy: Mary: An Awakening of Terror

First published: 2023
Publisher: Tor Nightfire
Pages: 304
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Content warnings

Body Horror / Body Trauma
Child Harm
Medical Trauma
Pregnancy / Birth Trauma

Missing warnings do not mean other content is absent.

Horror profile

Scary: Not rated
Creepy: Not rated
Gore: Not rated
Disturbing: Not rated
Weird: Not rated

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Each dimension runs from 1 (low) to 5 (exceptionally intense). A 5 is reserved for strongly consistent evidence. People experience horror differently.

Scary: Fear, tension and immediate threat.
Creepy: Unease, dread and an uncanny atmosphere.
Gore: Graphic injury, blood and bodily detail.
Disturbing: Upsetting ideas and lingering psychological impact.
Weird: Surreal, strange and reality-bending elements.

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