“A beautifully written nightmare—I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough”
—Zoje Stage, USA Today Bestselling author of Baby Teeth
It's not a sequel. It's next in the sequence...
Kasper is tired of these extended family reunions. No matter what she does, she’s always the odd one out. She’s used to feeling outnumbered, but on this remote camping trip, those numbers keep changing.
“A beautifully written nightmare—I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough”
—Zoje Stage, USA Today Bestselling author of Baby Teeth
Annie Neugebauer is a novelist, blogger, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award®-nominated short story author. She writes horror, literary fiction, thriller, science fiction, fantasy, weird fiction, poetry, and anything sharp, dark, and beautiful that might linger in the mind. She has a penchant for high concept ideas and making readers question her mental health.
The Extra is her debut novella, with two shared-universe sequels forthcoming through Shortwave: The Other (2026) and The Spare (2027). Her debut short story collection, You Have to Let Them Bleed, is through Bad Hand Books.
Visit her at annieneugebauer.com, in most places under @AnnieNeugebauer, or frolicking through the abyss.