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Kristi DeMeester

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Horror

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Kristi DeMeester is the author of Beneath, published by Word Horde, and Everything That's Underneath by Apex Books. Her short fiction has been included in Ellen Datlow's Year's Best Horror Volumes 9 and 11, Year's Best Weird Fiction Volumes 1, 3, and 5, and Stephen Jone's Best New Horror. Her short fiction has also appeared in publications such as Black Static, The Dark, Pseudopod, as well as several others. In her spare time, she alternates between telling people how to pronounce her last name and how to spell her first. ...more

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Kristi DeMeester’s books

Average rating: 3.6 · 17,796 ratings · 4,185 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dark Sisters 3.82 avg rating — 5,363 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Such a Pretty Smile 3.34 avg rating — 5,757 ratings — published 2022 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Darkest Night by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Darcy Coates (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.62 avg rating — 1,101 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ian Rogers (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Fran Wilde (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 710 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath 3.07 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything That's Underneath 3.45 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Life That Is Not Mine by Kristi DeMeester (Goodreads Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator) 3.33 avg rating — 105 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unmemory by Kristi DeMeester (Goodreads Author), Yves Tourigny (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Split Tongues by Kristi DeMeester (Goodreads Author), Natalia Drepina (Illustrator) 4.51 avg rating — 47 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Sisters: A Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kristi rated a book it was amazing Nightjars by Michael Wehunt (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I blurbed this one! I don’t frequently label things “among the best,” but in the case of Michael Wehunt’s stunning sophomore novel NIGHTJARS, I must make an enthusiastic exception. A terrifying, heartbreaking vampire novel that is as close to perfecti ...more
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I blurbed this one! A twisting, turning saga full of deeply buried secrets, magic born of blood, and the extent we’ll go to in the name of family. I found myself immersed.
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Kristi rated a book it was amazing The House at Hanger Hill by Ashleigh Mounser	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I blurbed this one! Delightfully unsettling. The sort of tale that seeps into your bones and refuses to let go. Mounser excels in creating unease bubbling under the surface of the mundane. I loved every moment.
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Kristi rated a book it was amazing Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The most fun I've had with a horror book in forever. A touching, riotous exploration of what it means to accept your past while keeping it moving into your future. Rachel Harrison proves again and again that her talent is insurmountable. ...more
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Kristi rated a book it was amazing Nothing Tastes as Good by Luke Dumas (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Harrowing, heartbreaking, and reflective in a way I can’t help but feel deeply, this book is a MUST READ for everyone who wears their skin as something that itches rather than anything organically born. I keep hunting for better words to describe my ...more
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Quotes by Kristi DeMeester (?)

“Everything devours itself. Lust. Hate. Love. We burn and burn until there is only ash, and then we eat what remains. Carry it inside of us like a secret. Until it grows into something else.”
― Kristi DeMeester, Everything That's Underneath

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“In the end, we all wear our brutality like beautiful cloth in the name of love.”
― Kristi DeMeester, Dark Sisters

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“At school, there had been a mild panic among the students, and parents kept their girls at home, locked in their proverbial towers as if wood and locks couldn’t be opened. Or broken. Those pure, innocent girls kept from anything that defined them in the name of protection, while their brothers carried on as if there was nothing to fear. But for them, there wasn’t. They would never understand the inherent trepidation that came as a result of being wrapped in girl flesh.”
― Kristi DeMeester, Such a Pretty Smile

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Polls

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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Grady Hendrix

25 votes, 12.0%

The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides

25 votes, 12.0%

Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk

21 votes, 10.0%

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey

18 votes, 8.6%

Ninth House Leigh Bardugo

18 votes, 8.6%

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Vincent Bugliosi

16 votes, 7.7%

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West Cormac McCarthy

14 votes, 6.7%

Metro 2033 Dmitry Glukhovsky

13 votes, 6.2%

I Know What You Did Last Summer Lois Duncan

12 votes, 5.7%

The Girl With All the Gifts M.R. Carey

9 votes, 4.3%

Harlan Coben The Boy from the Woods

8 votes, 3.8%

Camino Winds John Grisham

8 votes, 3.8%

It Calls From The Forest: An Anthology of Terrifying Tales from the Woods Volume 1 Michelle River

6 votes, 2.9%

Children of the Night Dan Simmons

6 votes, 2.9%

Nevernight Jay Kristoff

4 votes, 1.9%

Song of Kali Dan Simmons

2 votes, 1.0%

I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story Anthony Daniels

2 votes, 1.0%

North American Lake Monsters Nathan Ballingrud

1 vote, 0.5%

Beneath Kristi DeMeester

1 vote, 0.5%

Dragonslayer Duncan M. Hamilton

0 votes, 0.0%

Shadows in the Water Kory M. Shrum

0 votes, 0.0%

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