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Samantha Lienhard

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The United States

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Horror, Fantasy, Humor and Comedy

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March 2013

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Samantha's publications include a comedy novella called The Zombie Mishap from Griffin Publishers, a Lovecraftian horror novella called The Book at Dernier from The Red Penny Papers with a self-published reprint, a horror story about Japanese folklore called "Rokurokubi" in Wicked Words Quarterly, a horror novelette called It Came Back from The Book Smugglers, and a pulp fiction story called "The Domino Lady Takes the Case" from Airship 27.

Samantha has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and is an affiliate member of the Horror Writers Association.

She also writes scripts for indie video games, including the visual novel Ascendant Hearts and the upcoming RPG Eternal Radiance.

When she isn’t writing, she can usually be ...more

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	It Came Back 3.29 avg rating — 21 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
	The Book at Dernier 4.22 avg rating — 9 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
	Final Masquerade by Stacey Turner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniel I. Russell (Goodreads Author), Axel Kohagen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Adventures of Radio Rita by Mel Odom, Gene Moyers (Goodreads Author), Teel James Glenn (Goodreads Author) 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
	Domino Lady Volume 3 by Gene Moyers (Goodreads Author), Adam Bezecny, Brad Mengel 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019 — 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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	Domino Lady Volume Four by Gene Moyers (Goodreads Author), Kevin Findley (Goodreads Author), Samantha Lienhard (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Mad Scientist Journal: Autumn 2014 by Dawn Vogel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeremy Zimmerman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nick Nafpliotis (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	The Zombie Mishap: previously called The Accidental Zombie it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	The Accidental Zombie 4.50 avg rating — 2 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

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Celebrating All Things Spooky: The Children of Clay

Today we’re going to talk about The Children of Clay, a very short horror adventure game that came out earlier this year.

You play an archaeologist studying a strange artifact. After a brief bit of text to set up the premise, you’re given control to start investigating.

You have a magnifying glass, a collection of reference books, and a few other tools. With only a bit of guidance, it does a good jo

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“Yes, I know,' interrupted Puddleglum. 'And few return to the sunlit lands. You needn't say it again. You are a chap of one idea, aren't you?”
― C.S. Lewis, La silla de plata

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“Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think ...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and check.”
― M.C. Escher

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“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: short-stories, writing

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“The 3 types of terror: The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it's when the lights go out and something green and slimy splatters against your arm. The Horror: the unnatural, spiders the size of bears, the dead waking up and walking around, it's when the lights go out and something with claws grabs you by the arm. And the last and worse one: Terror, when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute. It's when the lights go out and you feel something behind you, you hear it, you feel its breath against your ear, but when you turn around, there's nothing there...”
― Stephen King

tags: fear, horror, storytelling

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