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Samuel Best
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Spooky teacher by day, spookier writer by night.
‘Hunger’, ‘Shop Front’, and lots of frightening short stories.
Founded Octavius Magazine and lockdown-litmag Aloe.
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Well this is exciting! I don’t think I’ve sold books in Italy before.
Screenshot of KDP Top Marketplaces pie chart with 53% of sales in Italy, 31% in the United States, and 16% in the UK.
October 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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What an email to start the day with. Congratulations @talkscaredpod.bsky.social!
Thank you @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social!
Screenshot of an email inbox, with an email from Wild Hunt Books saying ‘Your copy of GOOD BOY is here!’
October 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Thanks to everyone downloading Hunger while it’s on offer - it’s creeping up the Amazon charts once again!

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Amazon Sales Rank showing Hunger by Samuel Best at #7 in the British Short Stories Best Sellers Chart.
October 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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From me to you for Hallowe’en - a free novella.

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Cover of Hunger by Samuel Best. An old house which turns into a despairing man.
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Spotted today in the library.
A copy of Hunger by Samuel Best on a bookshelf surrounded by other horror stories in a library.
August 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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If you fancy a short burst of fatherhood-horror to liven up your June, HUNGER is free to download this week!

Get yours here:

amzn.eu/d/9bKu7zK
Front cover of Hunger by Samuel Best, featuring a despairing man and ramshackle house.
June 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Thank goodness for @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social delivering good news on this dark and rainy Sunday.

I can’t wait to get started on The Off-Season by @jodierobins.bsky.social!
Screenshot of an email from Wild Hunt Books with a copy of The Off-Season by Jodie Robins attached.
June 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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I wrote HUNGER after my daughter was born. It’s all about change, and fatherhood, and fear.

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Front cover for Hunger by Samuel Best shows a ramshackle house bleeding into the image of a despairing man.
May 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Thanks Gabino!

My short horror HUNGER is about an old house, a young family, and a dangerous wooden box found under the floorboards.

“A spine-tingling story where the supernatural and parenthood collide” - A Douglas, Divinations Magazine

Download for 0.99:

£ amzn.eu/d/iLTW6I9

$ a.co/d/gyVWKSc
Front cover of Hunger by Samuel Best features a run-down, bleeding house merging with the image of a man with his head in his hands.
April 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Happy World Book Day!

If you fancy treating yourself, you can grab one of mine for less than a dollar/pound:

💵 a.co/d/dbuyOHn

💷 amzn.eu/d/18Av2f6

#worldbookday
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Hunger by Samuel Best, featuring a ruined house and despairing man.
March 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I’m nearing the end of @sarahgailey.bsky.social’s Just Like Home and things just got cranked up to 11. It was brilliant and haunting and uncomfortable and now it’s become unspeakably frightening.
Cover to Sarah Gailey’s Just Like Home, featuring bleeding house and tagline ‘Home is where the heart bleeds’.
February 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Thanks Gabino!
Hunger is a story about a man who loves his family and tries to protect them from a dark entity he awakens in the woods beyond their garden.
Less than a dollar for the ebook: a.co/d/6SncLHi
#FridayReads
Hunger front cover, with a despairing man and a bleeding house.
February 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Cool, I’ll take your word for it.
Google result for the question ‘Who was president before Kennedy?’ with the incorrect AI answer of Lyndon B. Johnson.
February 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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HUNGER is a short, sharp, horror story about being a parent struggling to do the right thing.

“I devoured this story in one sitting. A wonderfully dark, gothic story” - Amazon review.

Just 99p/$0.99 for the ebook!

🇬🇧: amzn.eu/d/0xhWc0O
🇺🇸: a.co/d/b6BbLDp
Front cover of HUNGER, which shows a dilapidated, bleeding house blending into a man with his head in his hands.
February 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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If, like me, you’re housebound due to #StormÉowyn, why not stay safe and curl up with a book while the weather rages outside?

Both my novel Shop Front and novelette Hunger are less than a fiver each right now:

www.amazon.com/stores/autho...
Cover of Shop Front, showing the kind of things you’d find in a twenty-something’s pockets. Cover of Hunger, showing a man losing his house and sense of self.
January 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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If, like me, you’re housebound due to #StormEowyn tomorrow, why not stay safe and curl up with a book while the weather rages outside?

Both my novel Shop Front and novelette Hunger are less than a fiver each right now:

www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...
Front cover of Shop Front, which shows coins, a pint of lager, a cigarette lighter, receipt, and rail ticket. Front cover of Hunger, which shows a house merging into a man with his head in his hands.
January 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Merry Christmas everyone! If Santa brought you an eReader/Kindle yesterday you can add HUNGER to it for less than £1/$1:

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Front cover for Hunger by Samuel Best. Image shows a blood-soaked house rotting into the image of a man with his head in his hands.
December 26, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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There was never any doubt, really.
Spotify Wrapped podcast chart, showing Talking Scared at number 1 and then the extent of my addiction to The Last of Us.
December 4, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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HUNGER is a short, sharp, horror story about being a parent struggling to do the right thing

“I devoured this story in one sitting. A wonderfully dark, gothic story and the perfect read as the nights draw in…” - Amazon review.

Just 99p/$0.99 for the ebook!

🇬🇧: amzn.eu/d/0xhWc0O
🇺🇸: a.co/d/b6BbLDp
Front cover for Hunger by Samuel Best. It shows a dilapidated house blending in with the image of a man with his head in his hands. Original artwork and design by Kristina at Truborn.
November 29, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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Thanks @gabino.bsky.social!

When Steven finds a wooden box under a floorboard, he awakens something ancient and starving.

Something which threatens everything he holds dear.

Something which won't rest until it's fed.

🇺🇸: a.co/d/j61tN52
🇬🇧: amzn.eu/d/fQK1XUF
Cover of Hunger novelette by Samuel Best, which features a decaying house giving way to a man with his head in his hands.
November 15, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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Who’s that knocking at your door?

Guisers? Trick or treaters?
Or something more sinister?

Open up and let HUNGER in this Hallowe’en.

Free on Kindle until the spell wears off.

UK: amzn.eu/d/fIYGGaM

USA: a.co/d/1zSUsNx
Front cover for Hunger, a novelette, features a crooked house and a man with his head in his hands.
October 31, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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Up in the charts already!
Amazon sales ranking for Hunger, show it at number 7 in the British & Irish Short Stories chart, 10 in British Horror Fiction, and 15 in Horror Short Stories (Kindle Store)
October 30, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Oh look, just in time for Hallowe’en, HUNGER is free to download! 🎃

Grab a copy of my spooky short read if you like indie books, folklore monsters, and vulnerable men.

🇺🇸: a.co/d/2CTxjSz

🇬🇧: amzn.eu/d/eqqFAiO
Front cover of Hunger shows the title in blood-spattered red font with an image below of a rundown house melting into the image of a man with his head in his hands.
October 30, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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HUNGER has hit the library shelves at Cumbernauld @librariesnl.bsky.social!

Head to the Hallowe’en section for spooky short read! 🎃
A copy of Hunger by Samuel Best on a stand in front of a colourful monster display in Cumbernauld Library.
October 28, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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This sounds like the stuff of absolute nightmares.
Screenshot of a Sky News article with the headline about robots sitting in the seats of absent school pupils. The image of of two pupils and a white robot in a classroom.
October 25, 2024 at 12:08 PM