Feeders
A Novel
Published on 19. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-6680-6097-1 (ISBN)
Description
From "one of the best new voices in horror fiction" (Brian Keene, Bram Stoker Award-winning 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 platform-perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and Joe Hill.
When a video depicting the brutal murder of a former classmate leaks online, Kylie Bennington's-whose dreams of becoming a successful influencer remain frustratingly elusive-curiosity 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 all...and never, ever speaking of MonoLife's 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 Kylie's sanity across post after post for an ever-increasing audience of immoral fans. Now Kylie's going to find out just how far she's willing to go on her unyielding rise to the top-even if that means coming face-to-face with the frightening and ruthless forces behind MonoLife, who see all from deep within the shadows...
When a video depicting the brutal murder of a former classmate leaks online, Kylie Bennington's-whose dreams of becoming a successful influencer remain frustratingly elusive-curiosity 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 all...and never, ever speaking of MonoLife's 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 Kylie's sanity across post after post for an ever-increasing audience of immoral fans. Now Kylie's going to find out just how far she's willing to go on her unyielding rise to the top-even if that means coming face-to-face with the frightening and ruthless forces behind MonoLife, who see all from deep within the shadows...
Reviews / Votes
"Feeders is awesome, and the homestretch is as jaw-droppingly horrifying as anything I've ever read-and 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 Troop and The Queen "In Feeders, Serafini takes a horror-fueled and satirical look at the desensitization of violence and society's 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 you're powerless to awake. Timely, chilling, and unputdownable, this will be the horror novel everyone will be talking-and posting-about." -Ronald Malfi, bestselling author of Small 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 here...an allegory of the corrosive influence of social media on individuals as well as society...Feeders [is] one of the best, and I mean very best, horror novels I've ever read. It's 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 is now. 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 entertaining-Feeders is one of the best novels I've 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 of Dirty Heads and House 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 of No One Will Miss Her and You Must Remember This "Serafini takes a fresh look at the motivations behind our relationship with social media...[Feeders is] a strong statement about a current trend that showcases horror at its best." -Booklist "Disturbing...Truly vicious and not for the faint of heart-just like the social media metrics that inspired it." -CrimeReadsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
306 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6680-6097-1 (9781668060971)
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Matt Serafini is the author of ten novels, including Rites of Extinction and Under the Blade. His nonfiction has appeared in the pages of Fangoria and Horror Hound. He lives with his family in New Hampshire.