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Dean Wesley Smith


Biography

Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than ninety popular novels and well over 100 published short stories. His novels include the science fiction novel Laying the Music to Rest and the thriller The Hunted as D.W. Smith. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He writes under many pen names and has also ghosted for a number of top bestselling writers.

Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.

Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books.

Currently, he is writing thrillers and mystery novels under another name.

Where to find Dean Wesley Smith online

Website: http://www.deanwesleysmith.com
Blog: http://www.deanwesleysmith.com

Where to buy in print

http://www.deanwesleysmith.com

Books

Call Me Unfixable: A Bryant Street Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 5230 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on August 23, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A perfect wife. A perfect home. A not-so-perfect husband. What possibly could go wrong? As a trial lawyer, Craig could face any situation and make it work. But facing his controlling wife and her lover (while they drank wine in his bed) turned out to need more than just a good plan. Craig needed to believe in his actions, every action, no matter how small. Or large.
For the Balance of a Heart: A Poker Boy Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $3.99 USD. 12600 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on August 17, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
As a superhero in the gambling universe, Poker Boy works directly for Stan, the God of Poker. Poker Boy’s job? To save those who need saving and take money at the poker tables from those who need it taken. But when Lady Luck herself comes calling and asks for a personal favor, Poker Boy and his team must travel far beyond the edges of Las Vegas to find the Queen of Hearts.
The New World of Publishing: Investing In Your Own Future    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 4260 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 31, 2012. Nonfiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Everything has changed in the publishing industry. Opportunities for writers that didn’t exist two years ago explode everywhere. But how do you get control of the future of your writing in these uncertain times? In this short book, bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith gives some guidelines and suggestions on how to invest in your writing future.
The New World of Publishing: Pen Names    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 4310 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 30, 2012. Nonfiction.
Why write under a pen name? If you have ever asked that question or wondered why writers decide to write under pen names, you need to read this short book by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith, who has published traditionally over one hundred novels, over half of them under varied pen names.
Poker Boy vs. The Silicon Suckers    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 25090 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 27, 2012. Fiction.
USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith occasionally commits Poker Boy stories. In this collection are five. “The Old Girlfriend of Doom,” “Pink Shoes and Hot Chocolate,” “Not Salable For Sale,” “Dried Up,” and “Mummy Murders.” In each of these stories Poker Boy deals with the dreaded Silicon Suckers, a race that lives in the sand outside of Las Vegas.
Just Shoot Me Now!: A Poker Boy Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 3260 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 29, 2011. Fiction.
Poker Boy wants nothing more then to be left alone in a good game of poker. But a cherub circles overhead in the poker room wanting to talk. And Poker Boy knows this cherub and knows the little guy represents trouble. Even worse, the question the cherub asks Poker Boy could change a lot of futures. How really, really annoying.
The War of Poker: A Poker Boy story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 3620 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 18, 2011. Fiction.
Poker Boy somehow finds himself facing an imitation of his girlfriend, Patty Ledgerwood. Within a fraction of a second he somehow saves himself and maybe the world from another war. Or maybe he helps set up a new war.
Think Like a Publisher    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $5.99 USD. 27990 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on August 8, 2011. Nonfiction.
(5.00 from 5 reviews)
2012 Updated Version. A Step-By-Step Guide to Being an Indie Publisher. Written by Dean Wesley Smith, USA Today Bestselling writer and former publisher of Pulphouse Publishing. Point-by-point, Dean tells you what is needed to start up a publishing house and sell your books both electronically but also to bookstores.
The Wages of the Moment: A Jukebox Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 3260 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 27, 2011. Fiction.
When Stout watches himself appear and dissappear a bunch of times right in front of his own jukebox, he knows his time machine needs some repairs. And in doing so, he finally gets to meet the inventors of the jukebox. But first he must deal with himself, in more ways than one.
Five From the End of the World: A Short Story Collection    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 38100 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 5, 2011. Fiction.
USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written many end-of-the-world stories. This book contains five of the strangest. “Playing in the Street,” “On Top of the Dead,” “Peter the Hermit,” “Luck Be A Lady,” and “Shadow in the City.” From superheroes to buried spaceships, the end of the world just doesn’t get stranger.
The Empty Mummy Murders: A Poker Boy Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 5960 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 4, 2011. Fiction.
For the second time in his life, Poker Boy finds himself trying to help a woman stalked by the alien-looking Silicon Suckers. He failed the first time and they killed an old girlfriend of his. This time the Silicon Suckers have killed three other women. Can Poker Boy save her and more importantly help her save herself?
The Challenge: Volume #3. A Five Story Collection    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 17710 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 28, 2011. Fiction.
Five original short stories in this volume, all written from February through April 2011. None were published anywhere else but electronically through WMG Publishing. I plan on doing one hundred stories like this before the end of the year. That’s a crazy challenge, I know. But honestly, I’m having a blast.
For Your Consideration: A Bryant Street Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 6260 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 23, 2011. Fiction.
Sometimes, what we all wish for can happen in the Twilight Zone. Other times, our wishes come true on just a simple suburban street. Caro Rosefield must investigate a very strange foreclosed home. A nightmare or maybe a new future? On Bryant Street, anything seems possible. And anything can happen.
Shopping Cart Lover    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 2660 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 22, 2011. Fiction.
They met on a Tuesday, a hot Tuesday in Southern California, and filled up an entire shopping cart with groceries and conversation and dreams. Sometimes not having a shopping cart available can lead to a lot more than just having to carry your food to the checkout counter under your arm.
Living Time: A Poker Boy story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 4290 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 21, 2011. Fiction.
In a casino in Oregon, Poker Boy beats a man fair-and-square at the poker table while a stranger watches, a stranger who knows too much about Poker Boy and his job. It turns out that much of Poker Boy’s future rested on that one hand of cards. A classic Poker Boy story with true heart and a promise for more fun stories coming.
Long Dead New Love: A Buckey the Space Pirate story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3900 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 21, 2011. Fiction.
Sometimes you have to go back to find the future. Buckey the Space Pirate must travel back in time with his friend Fred, the talking oak tree, to learn why Fred refuses to recite his new limerick, the last limerick in Fred’s first poetry book. Over a hundred years in the past, in a forest of oak trees, Buckey finds more than just the reason for the rhyme.
Last Car For This Time    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 6050 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 19, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
When men start getting run over by slow-moving train cars in a gold rush town in the mountains of Idaho, Marshal Duster Kendal must solve the murders. But there might not be a motive besides the fact that Duster Kendal lives. Duster knows exactly what to do about that. And he needs to do it fast before things get much, much worse.
Cheerleader Revelation    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 3920 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 19, 2011. Fiction.
Sometimes, to save the world, a guy must take on the cheerleaders. John Divine lived through a vision of the end of the world, a world ruled by cheerleaders, a world he refused to live in. His choice obvious.... He must stop them. A humor story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Dried Up: A Poker Boy Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 5600 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 16, 2011. Fiction.
Asked in the middle of the night to help the dangerous race called Silicon Suckers, Poker Boy faces a challenge like none other. He and Front Desk Girl risk their lives to help the alien-looking creatures, but then come face-to-face with what their bargain just might mean in the future.
It's a Story About a Guy Who...    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 1820 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 3, 2011. Fiction.
Danny Evans needs a good grade in creative writing. His assignment? He must write about any person he sees in a public place, and really get inside that person’s head. He must make up a character. It seems like such a simple assignment. Bestseller Dean Wesley Smith takes a twisted look at how some stories don't end well.
Not Saleable For Sale: A Poker Boy story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 4400 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 1, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Lenny the Leprechaun’s wife went missing and now he wants Poker Boy to find her. Not known for finding people, Poker Boy only rescues people and dogs and the world in the process. Mrs. Lenny’s vanishing act seems to have no connection to Poker Boy. Until Poker Boy looks deeper. Then Poker Boy knows he might be able to save her, if she still lives. Which he doubts.
The Women of the Felt: Five Poker Boy Adventures    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 28340 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 28, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written a dozen Poker Boy stories. In this collection are five stories. “Luck be a Lady,” “Pink Shoes and Hot Chocolate,” “Nonexistent No More,” “The Old Girlfriend of Doom,” and “Daddy is an Undertaker.” Poker Boy and his team just keep saving the world, sometimes one person at a time.
Five From the Felt: Five Poker Boy Adventures    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $4.99 USD. 29990 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 27, 2011. Fiction.
USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written over a dozen Poker Boy stories. In this collection are five stories. “Fighting the Fuzzy-Wuzzy,” “Sighed the Snake,” “Dead Even,” “The Smoke that Doesn’t Bark,” and “Shootout in the Okey-Doke Casino.” Poker Boy and his team just keep saving the world, sometimes one person at a time.
When Ghosts Have Stories: A Collection    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 17510 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 24, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
USA Today bestseller Dean Wesley Smith has written some of the strangest ghost stories ever published. This book contains five of them. “A Vanilla Three-Way with a Cherry,” “The Last Burp of a Very Good Woman,” “Growing Pains of the Dead,” “The Yellow of the Flickering Past,” and “Our Slaying Song Tonight.”
Love and the Proper Fantasy: A five story collection    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 23430 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 9, 2011. Fiction.
Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written some of the strangest love stories ever published. This book contains five of the strangest. “The Call of the Track Ahead,” “The Keeper of the Morals,” “Santa’s Snack,” “In the Shade of the Slowboat Man,” and “The Ghosts of the Garden Lounge.” Vampires to time traveling jukeboxes. Love doesn’t get stranger.
Five Weird Crimes: A short story collection    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 18390 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 9, 2011. Fiction.
USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written some of the strangest crime stories ever published. This book contains five of the strangest. “The Old Girlfriend of Doom,” “Husband Dummies,” “The Yellow of the Flickering Past,” “Sprinkle on a Memory,” and “The Ghosts of the Garden Lounge.”
Pink Shoes and Hot Chocolate: A Poker Boy story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 4390 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on May 9, 2011. Fiction.
When you’re a superhero, you don’t often notice pink shoes. Poker Boy is usually far too busy saving the world from evil, saving dogs from sure death, or playing professional poker, his day job that pays the bills of being a superhero. But when Poker Boy sees the pink shoes at the entrance to the Silicon Suckers city, he knows Super Keno is in deep trouble.
The Challenge: Volume #2. A Five Story Collection    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 28110 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on April 10, 2011. Fiction.
Five original short stories in this volume, all written in January and February 2011, None were published anywhere else but electronically through WMG Publishing. I plan on doing one hundred stories like this before the end of the year. That’s a crazy challenge, I know. But honestly, I’m having a blast. Stories #6-10 are included in this collection.
Five From the Aliens    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 26060 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on April 8, 2011. Fiction.
Bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith wrote about aliens in many of his ninety-plus novels and hundreds of short stories. Some goofy, some dangerous, some just flat strange. “Dinner on a Flying Saucer,” “Cold Comfort,” “The Old Girlfriend of Doom,” “In Search of the Perfect Orgasm,” and “Playing in the Street.” Five of the strangest alien stories you will ever read.
I Killed the Clockwork Key: A Bryant Street story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 2460 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on March 15, 2011. Fiction.
We are all born and raised with an image of a perfect life, an American Dream illustrated by a simple subdivision street called Bryant Street. But in chasing and holding the American Dream, we often forget why we are in the race. For those of us living on Bryant Street, USA Today Bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith just might get you wondering why.
She Arrived Without A Song: A Jukebox Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3170 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on March 12, 2011. Fiction.
Stout, the owner of the Garden Lounge always thought he could control the time machine disguised as a jukebox by keeping it unplugged. Then one day the jukebox started up without power and a visitor from the future asked a very important favor. A favor that would not only save lives, but maybe everyone.
The Challenge: Volume #1. A Five Story Collection    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 25820 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on March 6, 2011. Fiction.
Five original short stories are in this volume, all written in January, 2011, none published anywhere else but electronically and in this collection through WMG Publishing. These are the first five stories written in a year-long challenge by USA Today Bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. Five great stories as only the wild imagination of bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith can write them.
Shootout in the Okey-Doke Casino: A Poker Boy story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 5030 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on February 28, 2011. Fiction.
Poker Boy and his team must stop a possible war between fairies and trolls, a war guaranteed to start at a poker table in the hidden Okey-Doke Casino.
Hand and Space: A Captain Brian Saber story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 6420 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on February 16, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Sometimes the elderly can make a real difference when given a chance. Captain Brian Saber must recruit a ninety-one-year-old discredited scientist to help save all of humanity from a deadly attack by aliens deep in space. Science fiction with a human touch.
Nonexistent No More: A Poker Boy story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 3500 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on February 7, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
When the wife of one the guardians of humanity, herself one of the most powerful beings in the universe, comes looking for help, a superhero does what he can. Poker Boy and his sidekick (and girlfriend), Front Desk Girl, must help with no idea why.
On Top of the Dead    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $3.99 USD. 9110 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on February 2, 2011. Fiction.
0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Benny Slade came out of his vault one December afternoon to find the world changed. Something had instantly killed almost everyone in the city, including his two employees. The death wasn’t limited to just the city. The event had killed almost all the humans on the planet. Benny had to figure out how to survive in a city full of dead bodies. And maybe help build a new future for humanity.
The Waiting of the Wind: A Buckey the Space Pirate story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 2290 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 28, 2011. Fiction.
When Buckey the Space Pirate decides to take a creative writing course, of course he turns for help to his best friend, Fred the talking oak tree. Fred knows the English language better than any human alive. But Fred is still an oak tree, and oak trees do have their quirks when it comes to writing.
Fighting the Fuzzy-Wuzzy: A Poker Boy story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 6960 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 26, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
When the world is threatened, what's a poker player to do? When a blue Searchlight appears and tells you the world is about to be destroyed, it's hard to keep a straight face. Until you discover how really, really serious the threat is. Can a simple superhero save the world? Sometimes playing poker is the answer for just about everything.
The Songs of Memory: A Jukebox Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 5030 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 21, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
As the owner of the Garden Lounge and the time-traveling jukebox, Stout faces a critical decision when the love of his life comes to visit him and the regulars of the Garden. Many lives hang in the balance, including his and the future of the Garden Lounge. And only a trip through the jukebox might save everything.
My Socks Rolled Down    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 3240 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 14, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
When a fella wins the lottery, he learns all sorts of things, including how his magic socks really feel and how much they want some companion magic socks. But sometimes, even after winning the lottery, magic socks don't always get what they want. A humor story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith
Daddy is an Undertaker: A Poker Boy story.    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 6840 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 12, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
What’s a girl to do when Daddy wants her dead? Especially when Daddy is Mortuary Dan, otherwise known as Death himself. Poker Boy and his team must help the only daughter of Death understand that she’s really not going to die as she turns twenty-one. Even though she is. Sort of.
Five From the Jukebox: A Collection    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $4.99 USD. 29410 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 10, 2011. Fiction.
When you listen to a song, you often remember an event or person in your past. The special jukebox in the Garden Lounge actually takes a person through time back to the memory, but only for the length of the song. Included are five jukebox stories. "Jukebox Gifts," "Golden Dream," "Black Betsy," "Our Slaying Song Tonight," and "Ghosts of the Garden Lounge."
The Smoke That Doesn't Bark: A Poker Boy Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 8030 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on January 5, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Gambling universe superhero Poker Boys loves saving dogs, even though that's not part of his duty in the gambling universe. He sometimes thinks he saves more dogs than he does people. Now he and his team must use every skill they have to save not just one dog, but all dogs from a force that can't be stopped. Or can it?
Cutting Down Fred: A Buckey the Space Pirate Story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 4540 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
One fine summer night Buckey the Space Pirate takes his girlfriend for a little excitement to a local park. He hoped for a sexual adventure and ended up meeting Fred, a talking oak tree. With a talking oak tree, adventure and bad limericks never end. A time-travel story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Sprinkle on a Memory    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 1710 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on December 16, 2010. Fiction.
Red sugar sparkles on white cookie icing. Blood drops on a snowdrift. Who would have thought that decorating Christmas cookies would remind him of a murder he had no real memory of doing, yet knew without a doubt he had done. A story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith of imagination, murder, and cookies.
Last Man Out    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 4340 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on November 10, 2010. Fiction.
Golf Professional David Moore hadn’t expected a naked woman to be the prize for winning a golf tournament. Yet there she sat beside him in the golf cart. Never in his fondest dreams had he met a woman so perfect. She didn’t even sweat. By the time the tournament finished, he has seen every inch of that perfect body and discovered that beauty really is only skin deep.
Tumbling Down the Nighttime    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 4370 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on November 10, 2010. Fiction.
Ed lay in his nursing home bed, his sheets wet, the nurses running late in their nightly routine of cleaning him up. He hated the place. He had lived a long and wonderful life and the waiting to die just seemed like too much for him to have to put up with. But then one night he got a very special visitor from his past, a visitor who had forgotten to say goodbye all those decades before.
Dead Even: A Poker Boy story    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 4130 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on November 10, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Superheroes in the gambling universe sometimes find themselves helping people that hate being helped. Poker Boy didn’t mind taking Bob’s money at the poker table because Bob sucked at poker and acted like a real jerk. But Bob needed to win money for a very special and personal reason.
Shadow in the City    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 8500 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on September 28, 2010. Fiction.
Carey went back into the dead city of Portland, Oregon four years after something killed just about everyone. She mostly wanted to see if anyone still lived. Instead, in the dead city Carey found a life and a future. “Shadow in the City” is based on the song lyrics of “Here in the City” by Janis Ian, written with permission for “Stars” edited by Janis Ian and Mike Resnick.
The Last Burp of a Very Good Woman    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3110 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 31, 2010. Fiction.
Mary did her best in her small restaurant to keep everything just perfect. She swept and cleaned constantly and didn’t much like crude behavior near her. And everyone knew of her bad stomach. But now even a handful of Tums couldn’t help Mary do what she needed to do to move forward.
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