Samantha Bryant

Author
Going Through the Change
Stories from Shadow Hill: 13 Weird Suburban Tales
Not Too Late: A GenX Romance
Beware Cheap Houses: A Shadow Hill Story
Acid Reign: A GenX Romance
Ready or Not: A GenX Romance
Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Horror Anthology
Behind the Shadows III: Dark Secrets
Friend of Foe: A Menopausal Superheroes Novella
Dark Spores: Stories We Tell After Midnight Volume 4
SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire
Change of Life (Menopausal Superheroes Book 2)
A Woman Unbecoming
CORVID-19: A RavenCon Anthology
Face the Change (Menopausal Superheroes Book 3)
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Going Through the Change
Stories from Shadow Hill: 13 Weird Suburban Tales
Not Too Late: A GenX Romance
Beware Cheap Houses: A Shadow Hill Story
Acid Reign: A GenX Romance
Ready or Not: A GenX Romance
Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Horror Anthology
Behind the Shadows III: Dark Secrets
Friend of Foe: A Menopausal Superheroes Novella
Dark Spores: Stories We Tell After Midnight Volume 4
SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire
Change of Life (Menopausal Superheroes Book 2)
A Woman Unbecoming
CORVID-19: A RavenCon Anthology
Face the Change (Menopausal Superheroes Book 3)
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Latest Updates

Book event in my "stomping grounds" I'll be a part of the Book Block Party
April 15, 2026
Book event in my "stomping grounds"

I'll be a part of the Book Block Party hosted by Roebling Books in Newport, KY on April 25th from 10:00-4:00. My "table time" is 10:00-12:00, so if you're in the area, I hope...

New article up on Hook of a Book! I wrote an article for Hook of a Book! in
March 28, 2026
New article up on Hook of a Book!

I wrote an article for Hook of a Book! in celebration of Women in Horror Month. "Better Out Than In, the Catharsis of Writing Horror." Check it out here: ...

Ready or Not available on NetGalley If you're a NetGalley reader, you can
March 4, 2026
Ready or Not available on NetGalley

If you're a NetGalley reader, you can get an ARC there now! Book releases June 28, 2026.

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Series

Going Through the Change
Friend of Foe: A Menopausal Superheroes Novella
Change of Life (Menopausal Superheroes Book 2)
Face the Change (Menopausal Superheroes Book 3)
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Menopausal Superheroes

It began with soap, tea, skin cream, and supplements. No one predicted the side effects would include super-strength, flight, bulletproof skin, and the ability to wield fire, not even the mad scientist who created the products.

The Menopausal Superhero series by Samantha...

Going Through the Change, Friend of Foe: A Menopausal Superheroes Novella, Change of Life (Menopausal Superheroes Book 2), Face the Change (Menopausal Superheroes Book 3), and 5 more
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Not Too Late: A GenX Romance
Acid Reign: A GenX Romance
Ready or Not: A GenX Romance

Gen X romances

These low-tension GenX romances spotlight love in the third act of life, with characters in their 50s and 60s finding new partners. These sandwich generation characters have a lot going on in their lives, but there's still room for love!

Not Too Late: A GenX Romance, Acid Reign: A GenX Romance, and Ready or Not: A GenX Romance
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Horror Stories

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Stories from Shadow Hill: 13 Weird Suburban Tales
Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Horror Anthology
Dark Spores: Stories We Tell After Midnight Volume 4
Behind the Shadows III: Dark Secrets
SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire
A Woman Unbecoming
Tangle & Fen: A Dark Fiction Anthology
Stories We Tell After Midnight Volume 2
Deadman Humour: Thirteen Fears of a Clown
Outsiders Within
CORVID-19: A RavenCon Anthology
Hindsight’s 2020
Off the Beaten Path 3: Eight More Tales of the Paranormal
Beware Cheap Houses: A Shadow Hill Story

Short Fiction and Nonfiction

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The Clock is Ticking
POST ROE Alternatives: Fighting Back
Breaking Free: Stories of Escape and Survival
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Writing for Profit
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Guide to Publishing and Beyond

Books

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Going Through the Change

Going Through the Change

A Menopausal Superhero Novel: Book One
From the series: Menopausal Superheroes

The first book in the Menopausal Superheroes series is the origin story! Find out where it all began:

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Back of book blurb: Going through “the change” isn’t easy on any woman. Mood swings, hot flashes, hormonal imbalances, and itchy skin are par for the course. But for these four seemingly unrelated women, menopause brought...

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Stories from Shadow Hill: 13 Weird Suburban Tales

Stories from Shadow Hill: 13 Weird Suburban Tales

For fans of programs like Twilight Zone and Tales from the Darkside,13 weird tales set in a seemingly normal suburban neighborhood, with a hidden underbelly of supernatural happenings.

  • Why is the guy across the street always mowing his lawn? (“Lawn Wars”)
  • How about the house that always seems to be for sale again? (“The Bad Luck House”)
  • What’s...
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Not Too Late: A GenX Romance

Not Too Late: A GenX Romance

From the series: Gen X romances

AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW, RELEASING APRIL 28, 2026.

Amanda Deaton left her hometown right after high school, looking for adventure. But now, thirty-five years later, her mom needs her, and this GenX nomad has come home. Bellevue, Kentucky has changed--they even have a Thai restaurant! And here where Amanda least expected it, a new kind of...

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Other Writing

Patricia Saves the Beauty Queen A short story that eventually became a
Patricia Saves the Beauty Queen

A short story that eventually became a chapter in Going Through the Change, the first of the Menopausal Superheroes series.

Rorscharch's Ceiling A little domestic slice of life story. 
Rorscharch's Ceiling

A little domestic slice of life story.

Wonderboy's Last Flight A heroic ending. 
Wonderboy's Last Flight

A heroic ending.

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Blog

Going Indie: Month Three Over on Substack, I'm talking about Going Indie
April 5, 2026
Going Indie: Month Three

Over on Substack, I'm talking about Going Indie and how that journey is going for me. Month 3 is up now!

April 2, 2026
AtoZ and IWSG (dual post)

A to Z and IWSG: Going Indie: A is for Anticipation


I'm such a popular girl today, that I'm invited to TWO parties today: Blogging A to Z and The Insecure Writer's Support Group.

Luckily for me, my theme for A to Z is writing related (Going Indie!), so I'm going to try to put these together.

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Celebrating My Releases: Not Always a Party, an IWSG post There's been
March 4, 2026
Celebrating My Releases: Not Always a Party, an IWSG post

There's been quite a variety of types of book launches in my writing life so far. Some were polished, some fell apart, and some just kind of happened when I wasn't looking.

When my first book, Going Through the Change, was published the first time in 2015, I arranged for a book launch party at a local indie book store and it was FABULOUS! Lots of family came in from out of town, everyone local in my writing life showed up, and I really felt like a feted celebrity.


A favorite photo from that...

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Events

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April
Upcoming Event
SAVE THE DATE! Indie Book Fair

I don't have the full details yet, but I'm planning on being part of an author event at Roebling Books and Coffee in the northern Kentucky area on April 25, 2026. I'll post more details when I have them!

16
May
Upcoming Event
Ink&Drink, Broadsides Wake Forest, NC

Save the date! Details to follow soon.

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May
Upcoming Event
Returning to ConCarolinas

I'll be a guest and panelist at ConCarolinas in Charlotte, NC again this year. One of my favorites conventions where all the threads of my writing life come together.

May 29-31

8629 J M Keynes Dr., Charlotte, North Carolina 28262, United States

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