Samantha Arthurs
Horror author and podcast host Samantha Arthurs grew up in the hills and hollers of Eastern Kentucky, nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. All her life she was interested in the strange, the unusual, and the macabre and, lucky for her, this area has all three in spades. From Waverly Hills to Point Pleasant, she hasn’t let a Kentucky haunt or Appalachian cryptid go undiscovered.
As a child she loved horror, and dreamed of being an author. As she got older, the marriage of these two things seemed quite obvious. She penned her first true horror novel, Autumn Boys, in 2019 and it went on to be published through Cat & Key Books. It is the first in a series called Dreadful Seasons, with book two due by the end of 2023. She has also published Murder Mittens, My First Exorcism, and Bayou Blue independently.
In addition to Autumn Boys she has written a number of short horror stories, which have been featured in various publications and on her website (sarthurs.com), as well as two stories that were featured on the No Sleep Podcast. When she isn’t penning novels or short stories, she is diligently working on her own podcast, the Appalachian Spooky Hour. New episodes are released every Wednesday, and feature folklore, ghost stories, and other tidbits from the Appalachian region.
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