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Sam Best

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http://www.goodreads.com/SamBest

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The United States

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male

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http://sam-best.com

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Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction

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Isaac Asimov, Stephen King, Michael Crichton, Steven Spielberg, Michae ...more

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March 2012

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Sam grew up in Merritt Island, FL, one mile from the gates of the Kennedy Space Center. The proximity to such a massive nexus of imagination helped fuel his creative fires and was one of a thousand influences on his becoming a novelist. He likes food and air, as well as looking up at the stars when he thinks no one else on Earth is doing the same thing.

He currently lives near San Diego with his wife.

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Sam Best's Blog

New Ashes Cover

I’ve been wanting to bring a similar theme to the cover for my first novel, Ashes,ever since the release ofHello Darkness, so I finally took a while this morning and came up with something new.

It’s a tricky cover to nail down because the novel itself isn’t rooted firmly in one genre—which is both a good and a bad thing, and totally my fault either way. It has some horror, action, road trip, s...

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Sam Best's Books

Average rating: 4.06 · 64 ratings · 31 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors

	A Dream of Waking 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	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
	Ashes 4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	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
	ALPHASHOCK (Episode 1) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	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
	Hello Darkness 4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	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
	ALPHASHOCK (Episode 3) 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	ALPHASHOCK (Episode 2) 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	Lonely Hair 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	From the Depths 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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
	Capital Heights 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	Shadows at Midnight 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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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