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L.B. Shimaira

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Horror, Suspense, Dark Fiction

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L.B. Shimaira is from the Netherlands, born in 1989, married and a mother. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree and currently works as a research technician, where she helps develop vaccines.
She considers herself a horror addict, having been into the genre since she was a little kid. As she often finds horror too predictable, she enjoys trying to make her works full of surprises.
The majority of her works are inspired by her own dreams and nightmares, giving them a vivid sense of realism. She's autistic, struggled with depression as a teen, and received therapy for PTSD in 2019.
She is polyamorous and currently identifies as pan grey-asexual idemromantic. She uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. Thinking about her own gender too ...more

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Average rating: 4.51 · 129 ratings · 52 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Lord 4.39 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Mirrormaze: A Dreampunk Anthology by Cliff Jones Jr. (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tessa B. Dick, Elizabeth Roderick (Goodreads Author) 4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2020 — 4 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
	Bad Neighborhood (Misfit Horror Anthologies #1) by Fox Emm (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Richard Ayre (Goodreads Author), Louisa Bacio (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	They Call Him Lucius 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings	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
	Folk Tales From The Hinterland by April-Jane Rowan (Goodreads Author), L.B. Shimaira (Goodreads Author), Jamie Rose (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2021	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
	Somniscope: A Dreampunk Convergence by Cliff Jones Jr. (Goodreads Author), Jeff Noon, Kristin Jacques (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 8 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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L.B. Shimaira and 1 other person liked Elise Carlson's review of My Lord: "This is the furthest I've ventured outside my wheelhouse as a reader, wading into both horror and erotic territory, and a story with more tension than I normally read. But from the earliest pages, Meya's plight and the story's pacing had me gripped, " Read more of this review »
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L.B. Shimaira liked Delphine Vanlanduyt's review of My Lord: "I really enjoyed this book. I went in completely blind not knowing what is was about and it surprised me. The characters were easy to come to love, mysterious but also kind of familiar. The author also pointed out some subjects that are not always we" Read more of this review »
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L.B. Shimaira liked Claire's review of Canvas of Scars: "A courageous and unflinching exploration of the darkest places our minds can take us, CANVAS OF SCARS by Shane Blackheart is this author’s best work yet. I appreciated the brutal honesty with which they share their story through the twisting metaphor" Read more of this review »
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L.B. Shimaira rated a book it was amazing How We Began by L.M. Juniper (Goodreads Author)	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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With THE CROWS being one of my all-time fav reads, I naturally had to also get this book (as it's an alternative universe version of THE CROWS). Because of that, this book was extra fun, as I was able to clock the many little refs and hints to certain ...more
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I'm an absolute sucker for B&tB stories, and this one was just {chef's kiss} Beast that doesn't change back? Check. Horror? Check. Queer? CHECK 🙌 Spicy? Oh hell yeah, check 😏 The horror is very well done in the way that the unbroken curse festers and spre ...more
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L.B. Shimaira liked Freddy's review of My Lord (The Transcended, #1): "I really enjoyed this book, the title made me expect a F/M romance but the F/F was more fun for me. Not really referring to the spicy stuff, but just the way the two women interact with eachother, it's really cute. The characters in general are fun t" Read more of this review »
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“I want to be the one to tame you, but without breaking you. I wish for you to entrust your soul to me.”
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“You try to comfort yourself with visions of events that didn’t happen, but that doesn’t mean that what did happen left no scars.”
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