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Caitlin Starling


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Caitlin Starling is a writer and spreadsheet-wrangler who lives near Portland, Oregon. Equipped with an anthropology degree and an unhealthy interest in the dark and macabre, she writes horror-tinged speculative fiction of all flavors. The Luminous Dead is her first novel.
 


Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
October 2025

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The Graceview Patient
 
January 2026

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The Deadlight Motel
 
October 2026

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Milkteeth
 
Novels
   The Luminous Dead (2019)
   The Death of Jane Lawrence (2021)
   Last to Leave the Room (2023)
   The Starving Saints (2025)
   The Graceview Patient (2025)
   The Deadlight Motel (2026)
   Milkteeth (2026)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Yellow Jessamine (2020)
   The Oblivion Bride (2025)
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Books containing stories by Caitlin Starling
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The Crawling Moon (2024)
Queer Tales of Inescapable Dread
edited by
dave ring
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Grimdark Magazine Issue #35 (2023)
(Grimdark Magazine, book 35)
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The Long List Anthology Volume 7 (2022)
(Long List Anthology, book 7)
edited by
David Steffen

Award nominations
2022 Locus Award for Best Horror Novel (nominee) : The Death of Jane Lawrence
2022 Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel (nominee) : The Death of Jane Lawrence
2020 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : The Luminous Dead
2019 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel (nominee) : The Luminous Dead


Caitlin Starling recommends
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Cold Eternity (2025)
S A Barnes
"Cold Eternity is the S.A. Barnes Creature Feature we've all been waiting for! Tense, nasty, and melancholic. The perfect combination of sleep deprivation and a space station monster!"
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A Season of Monstrous Conceptions (2023)
Lina Rather
"An entrancing and transformative queer tale of cosmic horror, unbelonging, and self-definition."
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They Drown Our Daughters (2022)
Katrina Monroe
"A haunting, intimately heartbreaking legacy of trauma and horror, soaked in seaspray and endlessly compelling. Once you hear the ocean's song, you won't be able to leave Cape Disappointment behind!"

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