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She Isn't Herself Tonight
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Expected 27 Oct 26From the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Queen of Teeth and A Game in Yellow, a “blissfully twisted and genuinely heartfelt” (Rachel Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice) literary horror novel following a young woman on the heels of a traumatic break-up as she anxiously awaits an impending alien abduction.
When Rabbit was ten years old, she was abducted by aliens. Then, it happened again when she was twenty. Now thirty, she’s ready for their next visit. What she isn’t prepared for is her boyfriend callously ending their long-term relationship and ejecting her from their shared home.
As her birthday approaches, the aliens still haven’t arrived. Rabbit descends into a spiral of growing paranoia and bizarre bodily transformations, until soon it seems that even her reflection has a mind of its own. With her only refuge being the chaos of strangers who might not have her best interests at heart, Rabbit worries that her ex’s abandonment not only severed her from his life, but also from her own. Struggling to orient herself within a world growing more topsy-turvy by the day, Rabbit must regain control before her aliens at last return.
When Rabbit was ten years old, she was abducted by aliens. Then, it happened again when she was twenty. Now thirty, she’s ready for their next visit. What she isn’t prepared for is her boyfriend callously ending their long-term relationship and ejecting her from their shared home.
As her birthday approaches, the aliens still haven’t arrived. Rabbit descends into a spiral of growing paranoia and bizarre bodily transformations, until soon it seems that even her reflection has a mind of its own. With her only refuge being the chaos of strangers who might not have her best interests at heart, Rabbit worries that her ex’s abandonment not only severed her from his life, but also from her own. Struggling to orient herself within a world growing more topsy-turvy by the day, Rabbit must regain control before her aliens at last return.
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Expected publication October 27, 2026
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Hailey Piper
108 books1,051 followersHailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, A Game in Yellow, A Light Most Hateful, The Worm and His Kings, No Gods for Drowning, Cranberry Cove, and other books of dark fiction.
She is also the author of over 100 short stories appearing in Weird Tales, Pseudopod, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and various other publications, and of articles appearing in Writer's Digest, Tor Nightfire, CrimeReads, and Library Journal. Find her at www.haileypiper.com.
She is also the author of over 100 short stories appearing in Weird Tales, Pseudopod, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and various other publications, and of articles appearing in Writer's Digest, Tor Nightfire, CrimeReads, and Library Journal. Find her at www.haileypiper.com.
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April 11, 2026
Unsurprisingly loved this.
I think this was a great example of how you can mix horror and real-life situations so well, either using the horror to be there metaphorically or as a literal representation. My heart truly broke for our FMC, Rabbit. Her inner thoughts, abandonment wounds, mental health, fears, and self-hatred were so vulnerable and relatable. I love how Piper uses this deep sadness of Rabbits mind and mixed it with the extraterrestrial and body horror elements, like how her self-hatred ran so deep her identity split within the mirrors, or feeling so alienated by others she starts literally morphing into one.
Overall, the story was gripping, the meaning behind it felt deep, the horror was eerie, the characters all felt fully explored (even within a 220 page book!), and the writing was great - highly recommend for lovers of literary horror or alien stuff. ☝🏻🙂↕️
I think this was a great example of how you can mix horror and real-life situations so well, either using the horror to be there metaphorically or as a literal representation. My heart truly broke for our FMC, Rabbit. Her inner thoughts, abandonment wounds, mental health, fears, and self-hatred were so vulnerable and relatable. I love how Piper uses this deep sadness of Rabbits mind and mixed it with the extraterrestrial and body horror elements, like how her self-hatred ran so deep her identity split within the mirrors, or feeling so alienated by others she starts literally morphing into one.
Overall, the story was gripping, the meaning behind it felt deep, the horror was eerie, the characters all felt fully explored (even within a 220 page book!), and the writing was great - highly recommend for lovers of literary horror or alien stuff. ☝🏻🙂↕️
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