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L.B. Shimaira is from the Netherlands, born in 1989, married and a mother. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree and currently works as a research technician, where she helps develop vaccines.
She considers herself a horror addict, having been into the genre since she was a little kid. As she often finds horror too predictable, she enjoys trying to make her works full of surprises.
The majority of her works are inspired by her own dreams and nightmares, giving them a vivid sense of realism. She's autistic, struggled with depression as a teen, and received therapy for PTSD in 2019.
She is polyamorous and currently identifies as pan grey-asexual idemromantic. She uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. Thinking about her own gender too ...more

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	My Lord 4.45 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Mirrormaze: A Dreampunk Anthology by Cliff Jones Jr. (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tessa B. Dick, Elizabeth Roderick (Goodreads Author) 4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2020 — 4 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
	Bad Neighborhood (Misfit Horror Anthologies #1) by Fox Emm (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Richard Ayre (Goodreads Author), Louisa Bacio (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	They Call Him Lucius 4.64 avg rating — 11 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
	Folk Tales From The Hinterland by April-Jane Rowan (Goodreads Author), L.B. Shimaira (Goodreads Author), Jamie Rose (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2021	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
	Somniscope: A Dreampunk Convergence by Cliff Jones Jr. (Goodreads Author), Jeff Noon, Kristin Jacques (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 8 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

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With THE CROWS being one of my all-time fav reads, I naturally had to also get this book (as it's an alternative universe version of THE CROWS). Because of that, this book was extra fun, as I was able to clock the many little refs and hints to certain ...more
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I'm an absolute sucker for B&tB stories, and this one was just {chef's kiss} Beast that doesn't change back? Check. Horror? Check. Queer? CHECK 🙌 Spicy? Oh hell yeah, check 😏 The horror is very well done in the way that the unbroken curse festers and spre ...more
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L.B. Shimaira liked Freddy's review of My Lord (The Transcended, #1): "I really enjoyed this book, the title made me expect a F/M romance but the F/F was more fun for me. Not really referring to the spicy stuff, but just the way the two women interact with eachother, it's really cute. The characters in general are fun t" Read more of this review »
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I had the pleasure of reading this book early and it was such a fun ride! It has a setting that reminded me of Beetlejuice's afterlife/underworld, with some very fun sex scenes with quite the more...unusual partners 😏🕸️ But this book isn't "just fun s ...more
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