Sam H Arnold
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Fiction and parenting writer exploring the dynamics of family life, supporting children with additional needs. I also delve into the darker narratives that shape our world, specialising in history and crime.
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The Keyhole Marriage. Top Story - October 2025.
I was that kid who used to sneak glimpses of her friends and family through the keyhole, to see what they were up to. I would put my eye against the hole and catch a glimpse of their world, like a tiny television that never revealed the complete story.
By Sam H Arnold4 months ago in Fiction
The Blinking Reality. Top Story - October 2025.
The beeping invades my mind like a probe, a thin, needle-sharp sound boring into my skull. I try to open my eyes but they are taped shut, and the thin adhesive pulls uncomfortably at my skin. Then I hear the nurse say, ‘You are safe; you are in the hospital. Please try to relax.’
By Sam H Arnold4 months ago in Fiction
From Heiress to IRA Revolutionary
Rose Dugdale was born into a life of privilege. She was a British heiress who was due to inherit a large fortune. However, this was not the life Dugdale dreamed for herself. She would give it all up to become a militant freedom fighter.
By Sam H Arnold4 months ago in Criminal
Parenting on the Spectrum
If you’ve met one person with Autism, you’ve met one person with Autism — Dr Stephen Shore Autism is a spectrum, and every person is different. All sit on a different part of the curve, and for this reason, not everything that works for one parent will work for another.
By Sam H Arnold5 months ago in Families
Challenging the Facts About the Lost City of Pompeii
When Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August 79 AD, it created one of the most unique and remarkable historical and archaeological sites in the world. The desolation of Pompeii was one of the most devastating natural disasters in ancient history, with a huge death toll. However, few people know that out of the inhabitants, twelve thousand escaped. This still left nearly two thousand people dead.
By Sam H Arnold7 months ago in History
The Innocence of Lucy Letby
It has been seven years since I first heard the name Lucy Letby. I was told that a killer nurse case was about to erupt in the UK, one the media wasn’t reporting on yet. My informant told me it was bigger than Beverley Allitt from the 1990s.
By Sam H Arnold7 months ago in Criminal
The Brotherhood of Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens
There’s something electric about a good partnership. I have it with my crime partner Edward Anderson. Two creative minds crash into each other and something bigger than them comes out of the wreckage. It’s rare. But when it happens, you get revolutions, not just stories. Think Lennon and McCartney, Hitchcock and Herrmann, and Dickens and Collins in Victorian literature.
By Sam H Arnold8 months ago in BookClub
The Night Coventry Burned During World War II
Jean Taylor had spent eleven hours crouching in the corner of a bomb shelter on Masser Road, surrounded by arguing adults and crying children. The air grew heavier with each passing minute, damp and suffocating, thick with fear. When Jean finally stepped out, the city she knew was gone.
By Sam H Arnold8 months ago in History
Hiroshima
As World War II erupted in 1939, a group of American scientists became concerned about nuclear weapon research that Nazi Germany was conducting. The group of scientists had been amassed from many countries, some of them refugees from fascist regimes in Europe.
By Sam H Arnold10 months ago in History
