COMING SOON: THE HOSTESS BOOK AND AUDIOBOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AND AUDIBLE 9/21/2025.
THE HOSTESS
In a near-future gig economy, her body is not her own. While asleep, strangers rent Michaela’s body to experience life through her senses—virtual tourists who step into her skin from across the world.It’s seamless. Harmless. Voluntary. Until it’s not. When Michaela wakes with unexplained bruises, she and her coworker at the body-hosting agency start asking questions they were never meant to ask.Who’s really using their bodies?And what are they doing while the hosts sleep?When your body is just another platform, what happens when you lose control of it?A taut, thought-provoking novellette for fans of Black Mirror, Klara and the Sun, and Severance.
AUDIBLE LINK COMING SOON
- Narrated by Susan Spano
ABOUT
CAT OYSTER
Cat Oyster regularly teleports to the Shire, Narnia, and the Enterprise, but recommends skipping Gilead and the Costco from Idiocracy. Growing up with various parental figures, siblings, and estrangements - Cat located an escape hatch by writing about complex family dynamics and how they are influenced by science and technology. She lives in Honolulu, Hawai'i with her husband, son, warrior dog, and box turtle. The Hostess is her science fiction debut.
ABOUT
SUSAN SPANO
Susan Spano is a dynamic artist with a rich and varied career as an actress, voice artist, writer, painter, and sculptor. Her voice has been featured in a wide range of projects, from the animated film Doctor Strange starring as Dr. Gina Atwater, to popular video games like Avowed, The Sinking City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. She is also the voice of Songbird in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 and Lady Mayhen in the Audible podcast, In the Ring with Daisy King, a title that made it onto the list of the top 100 kids' podcasts of all time. With a background that includes extensive on-camera work in film and television, she recently recorded The Hostess with her friend Cat Oyster. An avid world traveler, Susan finds inspiration in different cultures and loves to express herself through dance, art, and ocean swims.