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Louise Zedda-Sampson

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The Dreams That Shape Us and Other Stories

The Dreams That Shape Us and Other Stories is a collection of dark speculative fiction and poetry exploring life, death, and the places in between. Ghosts who don’t know they’re dead, a vampire coming of age, a tree who wants to live a different life, and people – or other things – who yearn for more than they have, unaware life often falls short in its delivery.

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Average rating: 4.31 · 193 ratings · 74 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Infected 2: Tales to Read Alone by Steve Dillon (Editor), John Palisano (Goodreads Author), Mark Towse (Goodreads Author) 4.81 avg rating — 26 ratings — 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
	Stories of Survival by Austin P. Sheehan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lisa Rodrigues (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), S.M. Isaac (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — 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
	Hell's Bells: Stories of Festive Fear by members of the Australian Horror Writers Association by Martin Livings (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Keith Williams (Contributor), Deborah Sheldon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	666 (Dark Drabbles, #11) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kurt Adam, Rotten Akers 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Extreme Drabbles of Dread by Eleanor Merry (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cassandra Angler (Editor), Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Bowl the Maidens Over: Our First Women Cricketers 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — 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
	Burning Love and Bleeding Hearts by Louise Zedda-Sampson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Mason (Editor), Erik Hofstatter (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Trickster's Treats #4: Coming, Buried or Not! by Louise Zedda-Sampson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Geneve Flynn (Editor), Edward Ahern (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
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