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S.A. Hunt

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Samara Abigail Hunt is the Georgia-born author of the Amazon Top 10 Horror Malus Domestica series, and the Outlaw King fantasy series, winner of Reddit.com's /r/Fantasy "Independent Novel of the Year" 2014 Stabby Award. She is also a "Mentor of Poetry, Prose, & Performance" with the National Creative Society.

In 2005 she joined the Army and after an ill-advised stint in the military police (ACAB), she went back to school to be a transportation coordinator in order to deploy to Afghanistan.

Stationed in Camp Arena, Herat, Samara was promoted to Specialist and placed in a Lieutenant position in a joint Italian-Spanish command room, where she coordinated and recorded hundreds of convoys and outreach missions into far-flung parts of RC West, the ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 2,203 ratings · 508 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Burn the Dark (Malus Domestica, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 849 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree (The Outlaw King, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Law of the Wolf (The Outlaw King, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	I Come with Knives (Malus Domestica #2) 4.07 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Ten Thousand Devils (The Outlaw King #3) 4.29 avg rating — 136 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 Hellion (Malus Domestica #3) 4.03 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2020 — 10 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
	If You Could Read My Mind 3.22 avg rating — 18 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
	The Fear Suit 3.19 avg rating — 16 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
	Talent Show 2.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014	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 Big Crunch 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	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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A Short Story From The World of MALUS DOMESTICA - "The Paper Man"

THE ONLY REASON CIDE PEACE WAS there to see the dark, inky mass gathering at the edge of the ocean at four in the morning was because he happened to be three things: a newly-minted platinum rap star with a face tattoo and enough money to afford the Frank Lloyd Wrong glass-and-steel eyesore perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific; a popular enough rap star that his party had been almost two hun Read more of this blog post »

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“Life is a bumper car arena. Drive the hell out of it until the man at the control panel turns your car off.”
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“he looked like Gandalf Lebowski, ready for entombment in the catacombs of a bowling alley.”
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“The listless hiss and roar of oblivious traffic passing on the street down the hill was soothing in its detachment.”
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“I sighed, glanced at Sawyer, and at Clayton, whose face was beginning to resemble an heirloom tomato.”
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“he looked like Gandalf Lebowski, ready for entombment in the catacombs of a bowling alley.”
― S.A. Hunt, The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree

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“The listless hiss and roar of oblivious traffic passing on the street down the hill was soothing in its detachment.”
― S.A. Hunt, The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree

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“Life is a bumper car arena. Drive the hell out of it until the man at the control panel turns your car off.”
― S.A. Hunt, The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree

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“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There’s plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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message 4: by Dustin

Jan 17, 2015 11:07AM

S.A. wrote: "Dustin wrote: "Greetings, S.A. It's Dustin, from SKDC over at Facebook. How lovely to see you here, as well. I checked out The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree, and it sounds amazing!"

Hi there, Dustin..."

It's a pleasure meeting you, too!

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message 3: by S.A.

Jan 13, 2015 12:24PM

Dustin wrote: "Greetings, S.A. It's Dustin, from SKDC over at Facebook. How lovely to see you here, as well. I checked out The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree, and it sounds amazing!"

Hi there, Dustin! I'm glad you're interested in me. It's nice to meet you.

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message 2: by Dustin

Jan 13, 2015 11:21AM

Greetings, S.A. It's Dustin, from SKDC over at Facebook. How lovely to see you here, as well. I checked out The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree, and it sounds amazing!

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Jan 01, 2013 09:22PM

Sam, thanks for the add!

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