Spread Me by Sarah Gailey

Spread Me by Sarah Gailey

Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey. A routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay...

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Kinsey has her dream 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 inside. But the longer it's there, 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....

Also by Sarah Gailey:
Make Me Better
Just Like Home
The Echo Wife
Upright Women Wanted
When We Were Magic
Magic for Liars
American Hippo

Sarah Gailey, a Hugo and Campbell Award finalist, burst onto the scene in 2015 and has since established herself as one of the sharpest and funniest voices in pop culture online. She contributes regularly to a number of websites, including Tor.com, and her fiction has been published all around the world. She is a resident of Oakland, California.