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Sandy Benitez

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in Selma, AL, The United States

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https://herhaeven.blogspot.com

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Poetry, Paranormal, Gothic

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April 2022

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Sandy writes poetry and fiction in the genres of dark fantasy, fairytale, and the paranormal. Her recent works include the Night Garden, Autumn Wonders, Winter in the Bones, The Rosegiver, and The Haunting of Meredith. Sandy is the founding editor of the popular dark literary journal, Poppy Road Review.

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Average rating: 4.37 · 125 ratings · 61 reviews · 20 distinct works

	The Rosegiver by Sandy Benitez (Goodreads Author), Sandy Hiss 3.80 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Poppy Road Review (Annual Edition 2012) by Sandy Benitez (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lindsey Bellosa (Contributor), Nina Bennett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Haunting of Meredith by Sandy Benitez (Goodreads Author), Sandy Hiss 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — 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
	Angel by Sandy Benitez (Goodreads Author), Sandy Sue Benitez it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 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
	The Night Garden: Poems by Sandy Benitez (Goodreads Author), Sandy Hiss 4.75 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
	Cherry Blossom Days it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Lilith by Sandy Benitez (Goodreads Author), Margot Brown, Debbie Julianne Calverley 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
	Petal Storm by Sandy Benitez (Goodreads Author), Sandy Hiss 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Flutter Poetry Journal: March 2011 Absinthe Issue it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	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
	Poppy Road Review Annual Edition 2011 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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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Poem: In the Butterfly Room

I pay $5 to watch hundreds ofshape shifting wings flutter and soar towards the sky. A ceiling painted pale blue with a crooked yellow circle lurks in the distance like a sunflower birthing deformed seeds.A stray moth searches for the light, while life glows inside paper lanterns surrounded by purple ivy. The roomis uncomfortably humid, a small pupa with no

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Sandy Benitez and 8 other people liked Joseph Spuckler's review of Kolchak: The Night Stalker: A Black and Evil Truth: "Same old Kolchak, hasn’t changed from the 1970s, but new author who does a favorable job of sticking with the lore. There are a few,easily missed “your welcomes” to those projects that were inspired by Karl. Sadly the reader isn’t Darren McGaven (RIP)" Read more of this review »
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Sandy Benitez and 1 other person liked Joseph Spuckler's review of The Servants of Twilight / Darkfall / Phantoms: "Good story but I listened to the Audible edition The narrator did a great job sweating the voices . Unfortunately, the rugged hero, Charley, sounded much like a stereotypical middle aged accountant. Charlie, may have been her voice range. "
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Sandy Benitez rated a book really liked it The Dark Hour by K.J. Young	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
Thanks to the author and publisher, I won this book through the Goodreads Giveaway. I was really intrigued when I read the description for this book. It had the eerie rundown manor, the forbidden ballroom, and the vintage victrola that played weird c ...more
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Sandy Benitez rated a book it was amazing Hunted by Darcy Coates (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
Another thrilling read from Darcy Coates. She is one of my favorite authors and this is a book that's been on my to-read list for a while. I love the forest setting and the situations that various characters find themselves in, trying to survive in t ...more
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Making Connections: 4557. - THE ROSEGIVER by Sandy Benitez	2	15	Sep 14, 2016 06:34PM
Making Connections: 4769. - PETAL STORM by Sandy Benitez	5	15	Jan 21, 2017 02:09PM
Making Connections: 6097. Winter in the Bones by Sandy Benitez	2	34	Jul 09, 2021 08:03AM
Making Connections: The Night Garden: Poems by Sandy Benitez	9	30	May 18, 2023 10:36AM

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Sandy’s Quotes

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”
― Hans Christian Andersen

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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver

tags: poetry

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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
― Cicero

tags: books

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“Everyone is haunted by something. A road not taken. A hurt, carried deep inside. Harsh words that echo long after the sting of them is carried away on the wind.”
― Wendy Webb, The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

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“My brain hums with scraps of poetry and madness.”
― Virginia Woolf, Selected Letters

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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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