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Sam Weiss

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Sam was named after a dog, a fact her mother disputes to this day.

While she’s terrible at writing “About Me”s about her, she’s been told she’s great at writing about what fictional people do. The more miserable she can make them, the better.

Her love of horror films from the 80s, sci-fi shows from the 90s, and alternative music from the 00s have inspired her to write what she’s calling “Weird Sci-fi Horror” although she’s kind of making that up as she goes along.

When she’s not ready to pull her hair out after discovering another plot hole she’s created, she goes camping with her husband as far away from society as possible. So far, this tactic has been mostly successful and she’s only had to physically converse with a grand total of nine peo ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 269 ratings · 179 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Afterlife Experiment (The Afterlife Experiment #1) 4.03 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	In the House of Root and Rot (The Afterlife Experiment, #2) 4.46 avg rating — 81 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
	The Stages of Decay 3.71 avg rating — 7 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

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Sam Weiss made a comment on Sami Thomson ’s review of Dark Sands (Darkworlds #1) " PLEASE I need to know why you rated this one star "
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100 pages of some dude eating, banging, and wandering around.
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I hate how much I loved this book.
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