Sam's Story

The Morganville Vampires: Extras #3

by Rachel Caine

I know what you’re thinking. I KNOW! Why? Why did I do … okay, I’ll avoid spoilers, but I hear the question a lot. Well, this story doesn’t answer that, unfortunately, but it does show a little bit of Sam’s history and character. I do plan to write, in detail, a story of Sam and Amelie, and how their romance came to be … but I’m not quite ready yet. This is a little piece of character study that I did to help understand Sam in my mind – who he was, what he felt, how he related to the other characters around him.
And if you’re asking WHYYYYY … I can only say that Sam told me it was the right thing to do. Would I do it again? Probably not, because at the time, I didn’t know that we’d continue Morganville for so many more books, and reach so many more readers. But choices get made, and there’s no going back. I think Sam would say that, too.

Genres: Vampires, Short Stories, Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance, Novella

20 pages, ebook

First published December 18, 2010

About the author

Rachel Caine was a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad.

She has also published as:
Roxanne Longstreet
Roxanne Conrad
Julie Fortune
Ian Hammell

Her Facebook page:
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Her Instagram page:
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Reviews

[Siobhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Myrnin is without a doubt my favourite character in the series, yet it is safe to say that Sam is my second favourite.

As with the short story with Myrnin I felt somewhat cheated by what we’re given. Whilst it is nice to know more about Sam this seems to be nothing more than a list of how his life played out: event one, followed by event two, and so on.

Again, there could have been more but it was still nice to get some details.

[Brandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rachel wishes she hadn’t killed Sam off; she didn’t know how many books she’d end up writing. I also wish she hadn’t killed Sam off. Probably one of the most normal and well rounded beings in M-Ville.

[Resident Optimist · Rating 3 out of 5]

First of all, in my opinion the guy in that picture shouldn't be Sam. To me, he looks like Myrnin, I imagine Sam to have reddish, slightly cropped hair. But the guy in that picture IS Myrnin - exactly how I imagined him.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...

^ That's how I imagine Sam and I imagine Michael to look a little similar to him.

It was a nice read, not as interesting as Myrnin's but it was an expansion on Sam's personality and his character.

[Yolanda Sfetsos · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this short story!

It's in the POV of Sam Glass, Michael's grandfather. It might be a brief glimpse into his (somewhat sad) life and death in Morganville, but it packs his history into a very precise story.

I also liked seeing a different side of Amelie. It seems that she's in total control of her emotions--even when in love.

Great addition to the series.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought Amelie and Sam's story would have been more then what this story tells. But nevertheless it was a really good short story about them. It was good to know more about Sam and how he was before he changed. And it was good to know about the back story of him and his family.

[Xyra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is very interesting.

While there isn't a lot of depth to this extra (it kind of reads like a time line), Sam Glass's "memoir" adds depth to his character and provides a glimpse into another facet of Amelie.

A must read for all who love the character Sam Glass. :)

[Sonia Hardy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sam was talked alot about in the series but you didn't know much about his story. This short story helped you to know more about him and how he come to love Amelie and plus you get introduced to Michael.

[Lindsey Greer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sam is one of my favorite characters other than The Glass House Crew... I knew he was close to Michael,b ut it was never said how close. I loved this glimpse!

[Tina Allen Mitchem · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought Amelia and Sam's story would have been more than this....

[Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sam has always been one of my favorite secondary characters so I absolutely loved his story. Makes me sad to think we won't get anymore from him though.

[Joanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Actually read in 2012, but I don't want it to count towards my Goodreads Reading Challenge.

[Deanna VanSciver · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting to read more about Sam.

[Katy Saxby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it !!
Who doesn't love Sam Glass,so pleased he got his own story. It was a fitting way after his tragic ending in carpe corpus.

[Linnette Hutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's really good as it shows the love between Sam and Amelie and overall it's a good book.

[Dorothy · Rating 5 out of 5]

book review on blog link below:
http://thedairyofabookholic.blogspot....

[Jenni · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a short story about Michael Glass's grandfather, Sam. I loved this! I wish that Sam never died TT.TT

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

There has yet to be a Morganville installment that I haven't liked.

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for free here - http://morganvilletexas.com/index/sam...

This was a bit of an inof-dump to be honest. Not really anything more to it than that.

[Penelope · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very bittersweet short story from Sam's point of view. Sam, Michael's grandfather, is a fantastic character and this was a good read.

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is one of my favourite from these short stories, probably my favourite actually.

It show's Sam Glass's life, his pain, his beginning, why he was turned.

Loved it!

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sam’s Story

This should be a good one, to see a little more of the history of Morganville.

Interesting to think that even in the 40’s and 50’s they had ”Protectors”

Poor Sam, widower with a newborn at 21. I couldn’t even imagine. Then we have Steven about to have a baby too….cute little Michael…

I really liked reading Sam’s short story. Gave us a little more background of Sam and also of Amelie. She is such a hard one to read and understand. Also the little fact that Michael is on the way :)

[Amanda Weidensjö · Rating 1 out of 5]

I understand we're not getting a full on novel but damn! She couldn't give us a scene where we read Sam and Amelie interacting with each other? I feel like this short story only gave us cliff notes on their relationship. And a short run down on Sam's life. I was expecting more and am disappointed we didn't get to see what made them fall in love with each other.

Full review:
https://amandaweidensjo.blogspot.com/...

[Jassicca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short story provided us with some information on Michael's grandfather, Sam in his human life and how or why he was turned to be a vampire. If it weren't because of this book, I wouldn't know about Michael's grandma died giving birth to his dad, and how Sam and Amelia first met.

[Darinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in Midnight Bites.

Sam Glass's backstory - his history and how he became a vampire.

A good read that gives some wanted information about a favorite character.

[Lizard And Wombat Romance Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lizard: 3⋆.
Wombat: 3⋆.
Overall: 3⋆.

[Tabea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved Sam from the first moment and never got over the sad story of him... it made me cry so much. I'm happy here is a little "happy story" about him

[Louisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved that we got Sam's story, even though it hurt a little bit! I was dreading this story from the time I read the synopsis, because yeah, it didn't sound good for Sam!

[Bailey · Rating 2 out of 5]

As much as I loved Sam, this didn’t add anything either.

[Corn Hall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sam 8^8

[Kristián]

Nečetl jsem, potřebuju knihu do Reading challenge, protože můj kamarád nemá knihu vydanou, tak si jí tam nemůžu uložit. :)