Smoking Pen Press

Publisher info

An independent publisher of quality fiction. SPP publishes poetry, short stories, novellas, and novels.

We seek out quality writing, and we then focus on quality editing, formatting, and covers.

Smoking Pen Press is Catherine Valenti and Laurie Gienapp

Where to find Smoking Pen Press online

Vampires, Zombies and Ghosts, Volume 1
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 36,040. Language: English. Published: July 16, 2019 by Smoking Pen Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
This charming collection of fifteen short stories about vampires, zombies, ghosts, a muse, and a witch, is the first volume in this two-volume anthology in the Read on the Run series. Stories will scare you, make you laugh, and might even make you shed a tear or two.
A Kiss and a Promise
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 57,190. Language: English. Published: September 17, 2018 by Smoking Pen Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
The six romances included in this anthology have quirky characters, or quirky locations, or quirky situations. You'll find a ghost, a spaceship captain, a window designer, a baker, two vampire hunters, and some supernatural beings. You'll find deception, intrigue, and old memories. You'll find Happily-Ever-Afters, and you'll find Happy-for-Nows. You'll find kisses, and you'll find promises.
The Ancient
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 41,800. Language: English. Published: June 25, 2018 by Smoking Pen Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
The Ancient is an anthology of short stories, all revolving around the notion of Aladdin’s Lamp. Some of these stories use an actual lamp, some of them use a different object. But in each story, the object has some unusual magical aspect that stays with it from one person to the next. Be careful what you wish for...
A Step Outside of Normal
Series: Read on the Run. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 18,550. Language: English. Published: June 25, 2018 by Smoking Pen Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
Seven short stories, each presenting a situation which is almost - but not quite - normal. This is the first in the Read on the Run series of short story anthologies. As always, each story is short, to suit your busy lifestyle.
A Wink and a Smile
Series: Read on the Run. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 45,390. Language: English. Published: June 25, 2018 by Smoking Pen Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
A diverse collection of eighteen "happily-ever-after" short stories, including traditional and nontraditional, fantasy, science fiction, and comedy, and a healthy handful of budding romances.
A Bit of a Twist
Series: Read on the Run. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 35,960. Language: English. Published: July 5, 2017 by Smoking Pen Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
The twelve short stories presented in A Bit of A Twist are each mostly normal and ordinary, but somewhere in the story is a twist. And as always, each story in the Read on the Run series of anthologies is short, to suit your busy lifestyle.
Uncommon Pet Tales
Series: Read on the Run. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 36,390. Language: English. Published: July 5, 2017 by Smoking Pen Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
Fifteen short stories involving pets. But don't think for a moment that you'll "See Spot Run", or that Lassie will save her master who's fallen in the well. Those are common pet tales, and these are Uncommon Pet Tales. As always, each story in the Read on the Run series of anthologies is short, to suit your busy lifestyle.
The Weatherman
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 56,200. Language: English. Published: June 16, 2016 by Smoking Pen Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General
Josie Skye is one of the most accurate meteorologists in the country – but not everyone considers that a good thing. When weather forecasters and others start disappearing or dying and Josie fears she's one of the targets, she teams up with weather researcher, Oliver Burns, to try to find some of their missing colleagues and figure out what's going on. And what's with all these butterflies?

Series

Read on the Run
A series of short story anthologies. Each story is short, to suit your busy lifestyle.
A Step Outside of Normal
Price: $2.99 USD.
A Bit of a Twist
Price: $3.99 USD.
Uncommon Pet Tales
Price: $3.99 USD.
A Wink and a Smile
Price: $3.99 USD.

Books

The Trouble with Time Travel
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 65,160. Language: English. Published: December 21, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
Twenty entertaining short stories about time travel, gone wrong. Travelers travel by time machine, cell phone, time cap, elevator, compass, or without the need for a device at all. But however they travel, they run into problems, they make mistakes, they create paradoxes. So we finish with a story providing a solution to all the messes that are created.