What people are saying.

  • “Incredibly original and seriously scary. In this unsettling and eye-opening tale…Neena Viel addresses the horrors of racism, poverty, abandonment, and substance abuse while making you consider how much of yourself you’d sacrifice to save someone you love.”

    — NICK MEDINA, author Sisters of the Lost Nation

  • “Heartbreaking yet wickedly funny. As creepily atmospheric as a Stephen Graham Jones novel, as knife-sharp in its oberservations about race as the best of Jordan Peele, and gorgeously written, Listen to Your Sister captures the soul-fracturing love of siblings growing up in a world that often feels like a horror show. WHAT A KNOCKOUT DEBUT.”

    — ASHLEY WINSTEAD, author of Midnight Is the Darkest Hour

  • “Wonderfully weird and inventive. Viel’s tale of Siblings‘ love and struggle in modern America is as affecting as it is thought-provoking.”

    — T.L. HUCHU, USA Today bestselling author of The Library of the Dead

  • "Viel brilliantly pulls off both the comic and the terrifying in a skillfully crafted voice that will have you laughing right before it knocks you down with grief. I loved these characters and how Viel examines the real horror that the past can manifest in our present-day lives. This is an amazing debut."

    —Claire Jimenez, author of What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez?

  • "If you're looking for a smart, contemporary take on the classic cabin in the woods horror novel, look no further than Listen To Your Sister." -Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse Listen To Your Sister is a brilliant fever-dream of a novel that effortlessly dances between horror, literary, and family saga—sure to appeal to fans of a diverse mix of authors: Grady Hendrix, Tananarive Due, Mona Awad, and Stephen King. A vivid and lyrical exploration of traumas that are both ghastly and achingly relatable, this debut dives unflinchingly deep into the aching, Sisyphean tragedy of trying to save loved ones from the systems of oppression that bind us all—and cements Viel’s permanent place on my bookshelf. “

    — Maria Dong, author of Liar, Dreamer, Thief

  • "Viel faces the dark side of family head on, a fever dream."

    – Maggie Thrash, author of Rainbow Black