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Sarah Zimm

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Sarah Zimm learned at six years old she could climb the highest of the high Wisconsin maples and imagine other worlds beyond her little city. She's been lost in daydreams and telling stories ever since. Sarah Zimm lives in Wisconsin with her husband and son and quirky mutt. She has a BA in journalism and mentors young authors. By the glow of the moon, she pens YA and adult fantasy adventures dusted with parallel worlds and slow-burn romance. When she's not writing, she's ever consumed with a good book, reheating tea, watching her husband jump around on stage with his guitar, and scrutinizing the shadows that lurk in the woods. ...more

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Average rating: 4.28 · 569 ratings · 313 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Every Dark Shadow 4.17 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Every Thread of Light (Whispers of Dust and Darkness, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 130 ratings — 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
	Darkwielder: A Whispers of Dust & Darkness Prequel Novella 4.47 avg rating — 102 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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Every Dark Shadow Audiobook

Dear Readers,

One of the most-asked questions I get about book one in the Whispers of Dust & Darkness series always surprises (and encourages) me.

"When will we get an audiobook of Every Dark Shadow?"

For the past year, an audiobook of my dark fantasy debut has been at the back of my mind, behind a mile of to-do's, writing the novella Darkwielder, then writing the sequel Every Thread of Lig

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The Bargain of Dragons (The Aelfyn Archives, #4)

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Forged in Blood (Broken Bloodlines, #1)

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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)

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“To love takes a strenght like nothing else in the world. Courage and patience and trust and putting someone first - and sometimes sacrificing yourself. Love, [...] doesn't make one weak. My friends give me something to live and die for, and that is more powerful than anything fed by hatred or fear.”
― Sarah Zimm, Every Thread of Light

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“There's no room for doubt on the wings of birds, let alone on the mane of moon dust.”
― Sarah Zimm, Every Dark Shadow

tags: dark-fantasy, fantasy, fantasy-romance, na-fantasy, ya-fantasy

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“When you're with me, you're not someone else. You're not a girl who needs coddling or saving, you hear me?”
― Sarah Zimm, Every Dark Shadow

tags: dark-fantasy, fantasy, fantasy-fiction, fantasy-romance-books

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