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Susan McAdam

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Susan McAdam is a former librarian and technical writer who traded cataloging other people’s stories for writing her own. She holds an MLS, runs Old Glitch Town Road Press, and illustrates as well as writes, all from the Arizona desert, where the sun is relentless and so is her dark sense of humor.

Her debut novel, Disposable, follows Lilah Black, a young woman raised on shame who decides she’s done shrinking. Readers’ Favorite called its villain one of the most hiss-worthy in fiction, which Susan considers a personal triumph.

She is currently at work on Negotiable, the next chapter of Lilah’s story.

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Lilah Black learned early that some families don’t break you all at once. They do it quietly, one rule, one silence, one shame at a time.

Readers’ Favorite called Grandma Audrey “one of the most hiss-worthy villains in fiction.” Meet the old woman for yourself in the prologue of Disposable, free to read on my website:
https://www.susanmcadam.com/excerpts

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Published on October 15, 2026 11:25 • Tags: coming-of-age, dark-humor, debut-novel, excerpt, family-drama, literary-fiction, prologue, women-s-fiction

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“The game of predator and prey had already begun. I just didn’t know which side I would end up on. Or if I ever had a choice.”
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“After that, the dark damsel wasn’t a fantasy anymore. She was me—this time stitched together from silence and survival, waiting to be rescued… or ruined… or both.”
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“I could smile at the right times, nod in the right places. I could pretend to be normal enough to drive, to date, to have a boyfriend. Maybe that’s all ‘normal’ ever was. Pretense.”
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“I could smile at the right times, nod in the right places. I could pretend to be normal enough to drive, to date, to have a boyfriend. Maybe that’s all ‘normal’ ever was. Pretense.”
― Susan McAdam, Disposable

“The game of predator and prey had already begun. I just didn’t know which side I would end up on. Or if I ever had a choice.”
― Susan McAdam, Disposable

“After that, the dark damsel wasn’t a fantasy anymore. She was me—this time stitched together from silence and survival, waiting to be rescued… or ruined… or both.”
― Susan McAdam, Disposable

“I could smile at the right times, nod in the right places. I could pretend to be normal enough to drive, to date, to have a boyfriend. Maybe that’s all ‘normal’ ever was. Pretense.”
― Susan McAdam, Disposable

“After that, the dark damsel wasn’t a fantasy anymore. She was me—this time stitched together from silence and survival, waiting to be rescued… or ruined… or both.”
― Susan McAdam, Disposable

“The game of predator and prey had already begun. I just didn’t know which side I would end up on. Or if I ever had a choice.”
― Susan McAdam, Disposable

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