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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Books
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.
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.
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: $0.99 USD. 3280 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.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3280 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: $0.99 USD. 3630 words. Published by WMG Publishing on September 18, 2011. Fiction.
Poker Boy somehow finds himself facing an imitation of his girlfriend, Patty Ledgerwood, an imitation that scares him more than he has ever been scared on any mission. 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.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3630 words. Published by WMG Publishing on September 18, 2011. Fiction.
Poker Boy somehow finds himself facing an imitation of his girlfriend, Patty Ledgerwood, an imitation that scares him more than he has ever been scared on any mission. 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: $4.99 USD. 28560 words. Published by WMG Publishing on August 8, 2011. Nonfiction.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
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.
Price: $4.99 USD. 28560 words. Published by WMG Publishing on August 8, 2011. Nonfiction.
(5.00 from 3 reviews) 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: $0.99 USD. 3290 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 27, 2011. Fiction.
Stout knows his time machine is screwed up when a person just starts appearing and disappearing at random times. And that person is him. Stout, the former owner of the Garden Lounge finally gets to meet the inventers of the jukebox. But first he has to deal with himself. In more ways than one. A jukebox origin story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3290 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 27, 2011. Fiction.
Stout knows his time machine is screwed up when a person just starts appearing and disappearing at random times. And that person is him. Stout, the former owner of the Garden Lounge finally gets to meet the inventers of the jukebox. But first he has to deal with himself. In more ways than one. A jukebox origin story.
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.
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: $0.99 USD. 5980 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 he save her and more importantly help her save herself?
Price: $0.99 USD. 5980 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 he 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.
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: $0.99 USD. 6350 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 23, 2011. Fiction.
Sometimes what we all wish for can happen in the Twilight Zone. Other times on just a simple suburban street called Bryant Street. Caro Rosefield has no idea what he is walking into when he goes to work on a foreclosed home. A nightmare or maybe a new future? On Bryant Street, anything is possible. And anything can happen.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6350 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 23, 2011. Fiction.
Sometimes what we all wish for can happen in the Twilight Zone. Other times on just a simple suburban street called Bryant Street. Caro Rosefield has no idea what he is walking into when he goes to work on a foreclosed home. A nightmare or maybe a new future? On Bryant Street, anything is 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.
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.
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.
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: $0.99 USD. 6070 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 19, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
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.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6070 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 19, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) 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: $0.99 USD. 3940 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 19, 2011. Fiction.
Sometimes, to save the world, a guy must just take on the cheerleaders. John Divine had a vision of the end of the world, a world ruled by cheerleaders, a world he didn't want to live in. He had no choice. He had to stop them.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3940 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 19, 2011. Fiction.
Sometimes, to save the world, a guy must just take on the cheerleaders. John Divine had a vision of the end of the world, a world ruled by cheerleaders, a world he didn't want to live in. He had no choice. He had to stop them.
Dried Up: A Poker Boy Story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 5610 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.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5610 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.
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 Salable For Sale: A Poker Boy story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 4370 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 1, 2011. Fiction.
Lenny the Leprechaun’s wife is missing. Why would the leprechaun come to Poker Boy to find her in the first place? Not known for finding people, Poker Boy only rescues them and the world in the process. Her vanishing has nothing to do with poker or anything that Poker Boy knows about. Or it seems that way on the surface.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4370 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 1, 2011. Fiction.
Lenny the Leprechaun’s wife is missing. Why would the leprechaun come to Poker Boy to find her in the first place? Not known for finding people, Poker Boy only rescues them and the world in the process. Her vanishing has nothing to do with poker or anything that Poker Boy knows about. Or it seems that way on the surface.
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.
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: $2.99 USD. 30110 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.
Price: $2.99 USD. 30110 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.
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.”
Price: $2.99 USD. 17510 words. Published by WMG Publishing on May 24, 2011. Fiction.
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.
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.”
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: $0.99 USD. 4390 words. Published by WMG Publishing on May 9, 2011. Fiction.
When you’re a superhero, you don’t often notice pink tennis 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.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4390 words. Published by WMG Publishing on May 9, 2011. Fiction.
When you’re a superhero, you don’t often notice pink tennis 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.
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.
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.
Think Like A Publisher: The Early Decisions
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 8140 words. Published by WMG Publishing on March 28, 2011. Nonfiction.
Once a writer decides to publisher their own work, they make the decision to become a publisher. Former publisher and bestselling, full-time fiction writer, Dean Wesley Smith helps indie writers step-by-step through the early decisions of setting up a publishing company. And teaches writers how to think like a publisher.
Price: $2.99 USD. 8140 words. Published by WMG Publishing on March 28, 2011. Nonfiction.
Once a writer decides to publisher their own work, they make the decision to become a publisher. Former publisher and bestselling, full-time fiction writer, Dean Wesley Smith helps indie writers step-by-step through the early decisions of setting up a publishing company. And teaches writers how to think like a publisher.
I Killed the Clockwork Key: A Bryant Street story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 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.
Price: $0.99 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.
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.
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: $0.99 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 that is almost guaranteed to start at a poker table in the hidden Okey-Doke Casino. This is the first publication anywhere of “Shootout in the Okey-Doke Casino: A Poker Boy Story.”
Price: $0.99 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 that is almost guaranteed to start at a poker table in the hidden Okey-Doke Casino. This is the first publication anywhere of “Shootout in the Okey-Doke Casino: A Poker Boy Story.”
Hand and Space: A Captain Brian Saber story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 6470 words. Published by WMG Publishing on February 16, 2011. Fiction.
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.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6470 words. Published by WMG Publishing on February 16, 2011. Fiction.
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: $0.99 USD. 3500 words. Published by WMG Publishing on February 7, 2011. Fiction.
When the wife of one the guardians of humanity, herself one of the most powerful beings in the universe, comes looking for help, what’s a superhero to do? Poker Boy and his sidekick and girlfriend, Front Desk Girl, face that very problem with no idea why.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3500 words. Published by WMG Publishing on February 7, 2011. Fiction.
When the wife of one the guardians of humanity, herself one of the most powerful beings in the universe, comes looking for help, what’s a superhero to do? Poker Boy and his sidekick and girlfriend, Front Desk Girl, face that very problem with no idea why.
On Top of the Dead
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 9110 words. Published by WMG Publishing on February 2, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
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.
Price: $0.99 USD. 9110 words. Published by WMG Publishing on February 2, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review) 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.
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: $0.99 USD. 6960 words. Published by WMG Publishing on January 26, 2011. Fiction.
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.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6960 words. Published by WMG Publishing on January 26, 2011. Fiction.
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 Romance
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 5040 words. Published by WMG Publishing on January 21, 2011. Fiction.
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.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5040 words. Published by WMG Publishing on January 21, 2011. Fiction.
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: $0.99 USD. 3170 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
Price: $0.99 USD. 3170 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: $0.99 USD. 6780 words. Published by WMG Publishing on January 12, 2011. Fiction.
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. A Poker Boy short story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6780 words. Published by WMG Publishing on January 12, 2011. Fiction.
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. A Poker Boy short story.
Five From the Jukebox: A Collection
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $2.99 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."
Price: $2.99 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 short story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 8030 words. Published by WMG Publishing on January 5, 2011. Fiction.
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?
Price: $0.99 USD. 8030 words. Published by WMG Publishing on January 5, 2011. Fiction.
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 Short Story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 4460 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, and having an adventure he never expected into a past filled with dinosaurs. Warning: Adult Language.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4460 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, and having an adventure he never expected into a past filled with dinosaurs. Warning: Adult Language.
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.
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.
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.
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: $0.99 USD. 4070 words. Published by WMG Publishing on November 10, 2010. Fiction.
Superheroes in the gambling universe sometimes find themselves helping people that normally don’t need help. Poker Boy met Bob on Christmas Eve and proceeded to take his money at the table because Bob was simply a bad poker player and a real jerk. But Bob needed that money he was trying to win for a very special and personal reason that only Poker Boy could help with.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4070 words. Published by WMG Publishing on November 10, 2010. Fiction.
Superheroes in the gambling universe sometimes find themselves helping people that normally don’t need help. Poker Boy met Bob on Christmas Eve and proceeded to take his money at the table because Bob was simply a bad poker player and a real jerk. But Bob needed that money he was trying to win for a very special and personal reason that only Poker Boy could help with.
Shadow in the City
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 8450 words. Published by WMG Publishing on September 28, 2010. Fiction.
Carey went back into the dead city of Portland, Oregon four years after something had killed just about everyone. She mostly wanted to see if anyone else was left alive. But what she found instead in the dead city was a life and a future. “Shadow in the City” is based on the song lyrics of “Here in the City” by Janis Ian and was written with permission for Janis Ian.
Price: $0.99 USD. 8450 words. Published by WMG Publishing on September 28, 2010. Fiction.
Carey went back into the dead city of Portland, Oregon four years after something had killed just about everyone. She mostly wanted to see if anyone else was left alive. But what she found instead in the dead city was a life and a future. “Shadow in the City” is based on the song lyrics of “Here in the City” by Janis Ian and was written with permission for Janis Ian.
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.
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.
Santa's Snack
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 2910 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 30, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A mystery story about a grown man, an attorney, alone on Christmas Eve, who can’t allow himself to believe in Santa Claus. But someone keeps eating the cookies. Every year. Just like it happened when he was a kid. Maybe Santa Claus really does exist. Or maybe, just maybe, all this skeptic needs to understand is where the jolly fat man lives.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2910 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 30, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) A mystery story about a grown man, an attorney, alone on Christmas Eve, who can’t allow himself to believe in Santa Claus. But someone keeps eating the cookies. Every year. Just like it happened when he was a kid. Maybe Santa Claus really does exist. Or maybe, just maybe, all this skeptic needs to understand is where the jolly fat man lives.
Clicking Sticks
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3260 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 26, 2010. Fiction.
When the girl next door, the girl you’ve had a crush on for years, comes to you for help, you know things have changed and just maybe you might have a dream come true. But sometimes dreams just aren’t what they are built up to be. A mystery short story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3260 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 26, 2010. Fiction.
When the girl next door, the girl you’ve had a crush on for years, comes to you for help, you know things have changed and just maybe you might have a dream come true. But sometimes dreams just aren’t what they are built up to be. A mystery short story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Our Slaying Song Tonight
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 4810 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 20, 2010. Fiction.
Sometimes the special jukebox in the Garden Lounge does more than take a person back to a memory. Sometimes it brings a memory to the bar. And when that memory is of a murder, Stout and the rest have to risk their lives to do the right thing. A special jukebox story from bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4810 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 20, 2010. Fiction.
Sometimes the special jukebox in the Garden Lounge does more than take a person back to a memory. Sometimes it brings a memory to the bar. And when that memory is of a murder, Stout and the rest have to risk their lives to do the right thing. A special jukebox story from bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Husband Dummies
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3010 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 19, 2010. Fiction.
When two couples decide to play the Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice pretend game, things can take a nasty turn for the worse. Especially when the wives want to change the movie. A mystery short story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3010 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 19, 2010. Fiction.
When two couples decide to play the Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice pretend game, things can take a nasty turn for the worse. Especially when the wives want to change the movie. A mystery short story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Cold Comfort
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 5510 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 14, 2010. Fiction.
A science fiction short story with a Twilight Zone twist by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. About to die a horrible death alone in the asteroid belt, his crew members already dead, Ben discovers that he might yet have a future. And he might get to see his wife once again. But it’s not the visit or the future he ever would have imagined possible.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5510 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 14, 2010. Fiction.
A science fiction short story with a Twilight Zone twist by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. About to die a horrible death alone in the asteroid belt, his crew members already dead, Ben discovers that he might yet have a future. And he might get to see his wife once again. But it’s not the visit or the future he ever would have imagined possible.
The Keeper of the Morals
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 7570 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 14, 2010. Fiction.
Do you really need a lack of morals to climb the corporate ladder? And what happens if the morals you used to cherish were taken by the women you love? A story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith of love, greed, corporate ladders, and blondes. Lots of blondes.
Price: $0.99 USD. 7570 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 14, 2010. Fiction.
Do you really need a lack of morals to climb the corporate ladder? And what happens if the morals you used to cherish were taken by the women you love? A story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith of love, greed, corporate ladders, and blondes. Lots of blondes.
In Search of the Perfect Orgasm or How Doing it with a Big Lizard Can Be Fun
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 1350 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 14, 2010. Fiction.
A short short story about the powerful lust of a teenager on a collision course with aliens fighting an ancient Japanese monster. Sometimes it is just best to stay out of the way if you can.
Price: $0.99 USD. 1350 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 14, 2010. Fiction.
A short short story about the powerful lust of a teenager on a collision course with aliens fighting an ancient Japanese monster. Sometimes it is just best to stay out of the way if you can.
A Golden Dream
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 6770 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 13, 2010. Fiction.
A Jukebox Story. Sometimes very special friends, even friends you can’t remember, give you a chance to change your past by following the memory of a special song. Should you take the special Christmas gift, take the trip, and change your own history? Or maybe take a look at the tomorrow and change that instead.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6770 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 13, 2010. Fiction.
A Jukebox Story. Sometimes very special friends, even friends you can’t remember, give you a chance to change your past by following the memory of a special song. Should you take the special Christmas gift, take the trip, and change your own history? Or maybe take a look at the tomorrow and change that instead.
Luck Be A Lady: A Poker Boy story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 8630 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 11, 2010. Fiction.
A Poker Boy story. Laverne, Lady Luck herself is missing. Poker Boy, Front Desk Girl, and Screamer are on the case as well as every other Gambling God and hero in the gambling universe. The three of them have the power to get to the truth of what happened to Laverne and save the world from unraveling. But without luck, they may not have the time.
Price: $0.99 USD. 8630 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 11, 2010. Fiction.
A Poker Boy story. Laverne, Lady Luck herself is missing. Poker Boy, Front Desk Girl, and Screamer are on the case as well as every other Gambling God and hero in the gambling universe. The three of them have the power to get to the truth of what happened to Laverne and save the world from unraveling. But without luck, they may not have the time.
The Yellow of the Flickering Past
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3860 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 10, 2010. Fiction.
What’s a guy to do when he kills his wife, sticks her body in a trunk in the basement, and then is stuck with her nagging him to take her to the movies just like he used to do when she was alive? A really strange ghost story about love, death, and the movies.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3860 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 10, 2010. Fiction.
What’s a guy to do when he kills his wife, sticks her body in a trunk in the basement, and then is stuck with her nagging him to take her to the movies just like he used to do when she was alive? A really strange ghost story about love, death, and the movies.
Between Showers
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3600 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 9, 2010. Fiction.
All he wanted to do was wash his Rambler Classic, but the volcano blew and started dumping ash everywhere. And just wouldn’t stop. An end-of-the-world story for one man who just really wanted it to rain anything but ash by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3600 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 9, 2010. Fiction.
All he wanted to do was wash his Rambler Classic, but the volcano blew and started dumping ash everywhere. And just wouldn’t stop. An end-of-the-world story for one man who just really wanted it to rain anything but ash by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
The Myth: You Can't Make Money Writing Fiction.
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3740 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 9, 2010. Nonfiction.
A Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing book. A writer-killing myth is that you can’t make any money at fiction. In a step-by-step discussion, bestselling fiction writer Dean Wesley Smith shows you how wrong that myth really is and how to get to your dream of writing fiction for a living.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3740 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 9, 2010. Nonfiction.
A Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing book. A writer-killing myth is that you can’t make any money at fiction. In a step-by-step discussion, bestselling fiction writer Dean Wesley Smith shows you how wrong that myth really is and how to get to your dream of writing fiction for a living.
Sighed the Snake: A Poker Boy story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 6140 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 7, 2010. Fiction.
Poker Boy has saved the world a number of times, but never from an alien. With the help of his sidekick, Front Desk Girl and Leverne, Lady Luck herself, Poker Boy must do battle with an alien snake across the only battlefield Poker Boy knows: a poker table. The stakes are higher than in the original Garden of Eden. To make matters worse, Poker Boy hates snakes.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6140 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 7, 2010. Fiction.
Poker Boy has saved the world a number of times, but never from an alien. With the help of his sidekick, Front Desk Girl and Leverne, Lady Luck herself, Poker Boy must do battle with an alien snake across the only battlefield Poker Boy knows: a poker table. The stakes are higher than in the original Garden of Eden. To make matters worse, Poker Boy hates snakes.
The Ghost of the Garden Lounge
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 5080 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 6, 2010. Fiction.
The special jukebox inside the Garden Lounge takes a listener back through time to the memory from a song. But sometimes that memory can be deadly for the time traveler. And time-loops do exist, even in the Garden Lounge.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5080 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 6, 2010. Fiction.
The special jukebox inside the Garden Lounge takes a listener back through time to the memory from a song. But sometimes that memory can be deadly for the time traveler. And time-loops do exist, even in the Garden Lounge.
A Vanilla Three-Way With a Cherry
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 2750 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 6, 2010. Fiction.
When the ghost of Marilyn Monroe joins you and your girlfriend for a milkshake with a cherry on top, things change in a relationship, sometimes for the better. Especially when your girlfriend thinks she is Norma Jean.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2750 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 6, 2010. Fiction.
When the ghost of Marilyn Monroe joins you and your girlfriend for a milkshake with a cherry on top, things change in a relationship, sometimes for the better. Especially when your girlfriend thinks she is Norma Jean.
Black Betsy: A Jukebox story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 4640 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 5, 2010. Fiction.
Shoeless Joe Jackson made a mistake and was banned from baseball for life. Sometimes, in the Garden Lounge, the special jukebox lets a customer go back in time to a mistake and fix it. Shoeless Joe never had a chance to let the jukebox help him fix his mistake, but instead it allowed Shoeless Joe to do something even more important: Help a child become a better adult.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4640 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 5, 2010. Fiction.
Shoeless Joe Jackson made a mistake and was banned from baseball for life. Sometimes, in the Garden Lounge, the special jukebox lets a customer go back in time to a mistake and fix it. Shoeless Joe never had a chance to let the jukebox help him fix his mistake, but instead it allowed Shoeless Joe to do something even more important: Help a child become a better adult.
Growing Pains of the Dead
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3280 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 4, 2010. Fiction.
Growing up is a universal desire of all kids, even those who died at the age of fourteen. Set in the primative area of Idaho, “Growing Pains of the Dead” tells a gentle ghost story of a young boy named Mathew who finally gets a chance to grow up one hundred years after he died.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3280 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 4, 2010. Fiction.
Growing up is a universal desire of all kids, even those who died at the age of fourteen. Set in the primative area of Idaho, “Growing Pains of the Dead” tells a gentle ghost story of a young boy named Mathew who finally gets a chance to grow up one hundred years after he died.
Peter the Hermit
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 2660 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 4, 2010. Fiction.
What would you do if the world was going to be destroyed by an asteroid in five days? We all like to think we wouldn’t act like Peter. Or maybe we would. A close-up look at the end of the world by USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2660 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 4, 2010. Fiction.
What would you do if the world was going to be destroyed by an asteroid in five days? We all like to think we wouldn’t act like Peter. Or maybe we would. A close-up look at the end of the world by USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
The Old Girlfriend of Doom: A Poker Boy story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 5250 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 4, 2010. Fiction.
Even superheroes can’t always save the girl. As one of the greatest superheroes in all of the Gambling Universe, Poker Boy does everything he can to help, but when the damsel in distress doesn’t want to be rescued from her own deadly breasts, what’s a superhero to do?
Price: $0.99 USD. 5250 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 4, 2010. Fiction.
Even superheroes can’t always save the girl. As one of the greatest superheroes in all of the Gambling Universe, Poker Boy does everything he can to help, but when the damsel in distress doesn’t want to be rescued from her own deadly breasts, what’s a superhero to do?
Jukebox Gifts
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 8270 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 2, 2010. Fiction.
A bar, five friends, and a very special jukebox that lets you time travel back to a memory for the length of the song. What could go wrong with giving such a special trip and the gift of a second chance to each of your closest friends?
Price: $0.99 USD. 8270 words. Published by WMG Publishing on July 2, 2010. Fiction.
A bar, five friends, and a very special jukebox that lets you time travel back to a memory for the length of the song. What could go wrong with giving such a special trip and the gift of a second chance to each of your closest friends?
The Call of the Track Ahead
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 4660 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 9, 2010. Fiction.
Do you risk your life, your safety, and the women you love for a dream? Sometimes the answer is just a single step from a moving train... A heart-warming contemporary fantasy story by this bestselling author.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4660 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 9, 2010. Fiction.
Do you risk your life, your safety, and the women you love for a dream? Sometimes the answer is just a single step from a moving train... A heart-warming contemporary fantasy story by this bestselling author.
In the Shade of the Slowboat Man
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3740 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 9, 2010. Fiction.
When you are a vampire and live forever, and the man you love doesn’t, saying goodbye can be the hardest thing you ever have to do... A Nebula Award nominated story from this USA Today bestselling author.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3740 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 9, 2010. Fiction.
When you are a vampire and live forever, and the man you love doesn’t, saying goodbye can be the hardest thing you ever have to do... A Nebula Award nominated story from this USA Today bestselling author.
Dinner on a Flying Saucer
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 5060 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 8, 2010. Fiction.
Sometimes, when a fella gets to help out with fightin’ a war between two alien races, it’s just not such a good idea to tell your wife. Sometimes the truth just isn't good enough. A really fun short story by USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 5060 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 8, 2010. Fiction.
Sometimes, when a fella gets to help out with fightin’ a war between two alien races, it’s just not such a good idea to tell your wife. Sometimes the truth just isn't good enough. A really fun short story by USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith
Playing in the Street
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 9530 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 3, 2010. Fiction.
Sometimes a lost gold mine offers up more than just gold. And sometimes a secret should remain a secret. A generational science fiction story from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Price: $0.99 USD. 9530 words. Published by WMG Publishing on June 3, 2010. Fiction.
Sometimes a lost gold mine offers up more than just gold. And sometimes a secret should remain a secret. A generational science fiction story from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
He Could Have Coped with Dragons: A Jukebox Story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 5880 words. Published by WMG Publishing on May 30, 2010. Fiction.
A Jukebox Story: Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you had made a different decision? A bar napkin with a strange saying and a dragon gives Richard Cone just that: A second chance. Bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith returns to his popular Jukebox series with an origin story of the new owner of the Garden Lounge.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5880 words. Published by WMG Publishing on May 30, 2010. Fiction.
A Jukebox Story: Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you had made a different decision? A bar napkin with a strange saying and a dragon gives Richard Cone just that: A second chance. Bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith returns to his popular Jukebox series with an origin story of the new owner of the Garden Lounge.
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