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Sam Stone

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Born

in Manchester, The United Kingdom

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Horror, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Tanith Lee, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, Laurell K. Hamilton, ...more

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September 2008

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'Mistress of the grisly and the glutinous' - GRAHAM MASTERTON

'A deceptively readable date with darkness – watch your step! This book is lit for the much more discerning chick (and cock) who likes to walk in the shadows. Relax with it, but be prepared for sudden jewels and little masterpieces – and the rug to be pulled from under your feet.’ - TANITH LEE on Killing Kiss.

GENRE AUTHOR.

Award winning genre writer Sam Stone began writing aged 11 after reading her first adult fiction book, The Collector by John Fowles.

Sam's writing has appeared in many anthologies for poetry and prose. Like all good authors she drew on her own knowledge and passions to write her first novel which the Silver Award for Best Horror Novel in ForeWord Magazine's book 'Mistress of the grisly and the glutinous' - GRAHAM MASTERTON

'A deceptively readable date with darkness – watch your step! This book is lit for the much more discerning chick (and cock) who likes to walk in the shadows. Relax with it, but be prepared for sudden jewels and little masterpieces – and the rug to be pulled from under your feet.’ - TANITH LEE on Killing Kiss.

GENRE AUTHOR.

Award winning genre writer Sam Stone began writing aged 11 after reading her first adult fiction book, The Collector by John Fowles.

Sam's writing has appeared in many anthologies for poetry and prose. Like all good authors she drew on her own knowledge and passions to write her first novel which the Silver Award for Best Horror Novel in ForeWord Magazine's book of the year awards in 2007.

In September 2008 the novel was re-edited and republished by The House of Murky Depths as KILLING KISS. Sequels, FUTILE FLAME and DEMON DANCE went on to become finalists in the same awards for 2009/2010. Both novels were later Shortlisted for The British Fantasy Society Awards for Best Novel and DEMON DANCE won the award for Best Novel in 2011. Sam also won Best Short Fiction for her story FOOL'S GOLD which first appeared in the NewCon Press Anthology THE BITTEN WORD.

In 2011 Sam was commissioned by Reeltime Pictures to write a monologue for their talking heads style DOCTOR WHO spin-off, WHITE WITCH OF DEVIL'S END. She was also co-script editor with David J Howe. The six part drama, starring Damaris Hayman, was released on DVD to much critical acclaim in Nov 2017 by Koch Media as part of boxset called THE DAEMONS OF DEVIL'S END. Sam also edited and wrote a story in the novelisation inspired by the drama for Telos Publishing also called THE DAEMONS OF DEVIL'S END.

Other works include official Sherlock Holmes stories for Constable and Robinson and Titan. Sam also wrote a Dorian Gray story for Big Finish’s successful series THE CONFESSIONS OF DORIAN GRAY.

Sam was commissioned by Telos to write several sequels to her hugely successful Steampunk Novella ZOMBIE'S AT TIFFANY'S. The audio rights were subsequently bought by Spokenworld Audio and were made available for download in Halloween 2013. In January 2015 the first novel of her new post-apocalyptic trilogy, JINX TOWN - Book 1˗ THE JINX CHRONICLES, was published by Telos and was been followed by Book 2: JINX MAGIC in 2016. The final part JINX BOUND was published in July 2018.

The rights for Sam’s supernatural thriller, POSING FOR PICASSO were acquired by Kevin J Anderson and Rebecca Moesta’s publishing house, Wordfire Press, in 2016. Peter James said that it was ‘A powerful mix of the supernatural and police investigation’.

An eclectic and skilled writer Sam also has a BA (Hons) in English and Writing for Performance and an MA in Creative Writing, which means that she is often invited to talk about writing in schools, colleges and universities in the UK. Sam is also frequently invited to appear as a guest at literary events, conventions and Comic Cons in the UK, USA and Canada.
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Average rating: 3.9 · 1,090 ratings · 207 reviews · 57 distinct works

	Killing Kiss (Vampire Gene, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2008 — 9 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
	Zombies at Tiffany's 3.65 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Futile Flame (Vampire Gene, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2009 — 6 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
	Ring A Ding 3.28 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2011 — 9 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
	Demon Dance (Vampire Gene, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings by Sam Stone (Goodreads Author), Russell Morgan (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 9 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
	Posing for Picasso 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Hateful Heart (Vampire Gene, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Kat on a Hot Tin Airship 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Daemons of Devil’s End by Sam Stone (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Suzanne Barbieri, Debbie Bennett (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 17 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

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It's been a very busy year and I've been a little lapse at keeping in touch on this blog - for this I apologise!

But to update you a little on my exploits and forthcoming titles, the second book in THE HOUSE OF KILLERS trilogy, KILL OR DIE, came out in May in ebook and will be available in paperback on 5th August 2021. If you have been reading the ebooks then there isn't very long to wait now for t

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message 17: by Andy

Sep 12, 2011 07:40AM

thank you for accepting me Sam:)

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message 16: by Sam

Sep 12, 2011 07:20AM

Ruby wrote: "I congratulate you for your amazing success with your books, and thanks for adding me to your list of friends."

You are very welcome Ruby :)

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message 15: by Essi

Jun 29, 2010 02:28PM

Hello my dear sam
I am very proud
This is my pleasure
Thank you for add me as your friends.
It`s my honor to be in your friends list.
Best regard

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message 14: by Ruby

Jul 01, 2009 06:39PM

I congratulate you for your amazing success with your books, and thanks for adding me to your list of friends.

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message 13: by Debbie

May 29, 2009 07:47AM

Thanks Sam for adding me as a friend. Congrats on the new book coming out. I hope it does well!!

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message 12: by Sam

May 09, 2009 08:35AM

Amber wrote: "Thanks for being my friend! I think your page is pretty cool, and your story seems almost as interesting as your book. Did you know it is around 50 bucks to get "Killing Kiss" from amazon? "

Hi Amber! Please ignore the bookseller that has it on Amazon.com - that is a ridiculously inflated price. Your best bet is to go directly to

www.murkydepths.com and they will ship it to you for a lot less than that - I think they have a few signed copies left so ask for one of those when you order.

Hope this helps,

All the best

Sam x

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message 11: by Amber

May 09, 2009 08:06AM

Thanks for being my friend! I think your page is pretty cool, and your story seems almost as interesting as your book. Did you know it is around 50 bucks to get "Killing Kiss" from amazon?

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message 10: by Sam

May 09, 2009 08:04AM

A.F. wrote: "Thanks for inviting me, Sam! And congrats on the new book.
-Ari"
Hi Ari - thanks for accepting. Glad to have you as a new friend. x

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message 9: by Sam

May 08, 2009 12:06PM

Ellen wrote: "Hi Sam,
Great to meet you. Many thanks for sending me a friend invitation :)" Hi Ellen! Thanks for accepting. Great to meet you too x

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message 8: by Ellen

May 08, 2009 12:03PM

Hi Sam,
Great to meet you. Many thanks for sending me a friend invitation :)

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Dec 21, 2008 07:36AM

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message 6: by Jalil

Oct 01, 2008 08:36AM

thanks for adding me..

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message 5: by Karen

Sep 23, 2008 06:12AM

Thanks for befriending me!

Cheers,

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author, Janeology
www.karenharringtonbooks.com

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message 4: by Sharna

Sep 13, 2008 02:47PM

Hi Sam, thanks for invite darling xxxx

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message 3: by Holly

Sep 13, 2008 02:45AM

Hi, Sam!

Thanks so much for the invite!

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message 2: by Jana

Sep 12, 2008 02:11PM

Hi Sam,
Thanks for the friends request. I watched your video and really enjoyed it. Sounds like a lot of wonderful things are happening for you. I wish you continued success and joy. Take care.
Cheers, Jana

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