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Dean Wesley Smith
Biography
USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith published more than a hundred novels in thirty years and hundreds and hundreds of short stories across many genres.
He wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, they wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies.
He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown.
He now writes his own original fiction under just the one name, Dean Wesley Smith. In addition to his upcoming novel releases, his monthly magazine called Smith’s Monthly premiered October 1, 2013, filled entirely with his original novels and stories.
Dean also worked as an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. He now plays a role as an executive editor for the original anthology series Fiction River.
For more information go to www.deanwesleysmith.com, www.smithsmonthly.com or www.fictionriver.com.
He wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, they wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies.
He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown.
He now writes his own original fiction under just the one name, Dean Wesley Smith. In addition to his upcoming novel releases, his monthly magazine called Smith’s Monthly premiered October 1, 2013, filled entirely with his original novels and stories.
Dean also worked as an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. He now plays a role as an executive editor for the original anthology series Fiction River.
For more information go to www.deanwesleysmith.com, www.smithsmonthly.com or www.fictionriver.com.
Where to find Dean Wesley Smith online
Where to buy in print
Books
Shopping Cart Lover
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 2,570.
Language:
English.
Published: June 22, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Urban, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
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 getting a shopping cart can lead to a lot more than just carrying your food to the checkout counter under your arm.
Living Time: A Poker Boy story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,280.
Language:
English.
Published: June 21, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
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.
Long Dead New Love: A Buckey the Space Pirate story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,880.
Language:
English.
Published: June 21, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Sometimes you must go back to find the future.
Buckey the Space Pirate travels 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.
Words: 6,050.
Language:
English.
Published: June 19, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Western, Fiction » Science fiction » General
(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.
Words: 3,920.
Language:
English.
Published: June 19, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
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
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 5,600.
Language:
English.
Published: June 16, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 1,900.
Language:
English.
Published: June 3, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Fantasy » General
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
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,400.
Language:
English.
Published: June 1, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(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.
Pink Shoes and Hot Chocolate: A Poker Boy story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,390.
Language:
English.
Published: May 9, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
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.
I Killed the Clockwork Key: A Bryant Street story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 2,460.
Language:
English.
Published: March 15, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Urban
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
Series: Jukebox Stories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,150.
Language:
English.
Published: March 12, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
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.
Shootout in the Okey-Doke Casino: A Poker Boy story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 5,030.
Language:
English.
Published: February 28, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
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.
Words: 6,420.
Language:
English.
Published: February 16, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » General
(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
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,500.
Language:
English.
Published: February 7, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
(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.
Words: 9,110.
Language:
English.
Published: February 2, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
(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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 2,320.
Language:
English.
Published: January 28, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
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
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 6,960.
Language:
English.
Published: January 26, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
(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
Series: Jukebox Stories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 5,030.
Language:
English.
Published: January 21, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
(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.
Words: 3,240.
Language:
English.
Published: January 14, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
(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
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 6,840.
Language:
English.
Published: January 12, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
(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.
The Smoke That Doesn't Bark: A Poker Boy Story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 8,030.
Language:
English.
Published: January 5, 2011
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(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.
Words: 4,540.
Language:
English.
Published: December 31, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
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.
Last Man Out
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,770.
Language:
English.
Published: November 10, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Erotica » General, Fiction » Science fiction » General
Golf Professional David Moore never expected a naked woman to be the prize for winning a golf tournament. Yet there she sat beside him in the golf cart. So perfect. She didn’t even sweat.
By the time the tournament finished, she revealed everything and he discovered that beauty really existed only skin deep.
Tumbling Down the Nighttime
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,430.
Language:
English.
Published: November 10, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General
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
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,130.
Language:
English.
Published: November 10, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(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.
Words: 8,500.
Language:
English.
Published: September 28, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Romance » General
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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,100.
Language:
English.
Published: July 31, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
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 after death, she must put aside her prim behavoir for just a moment to move forward.
A gentle ghost story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith
Santa's Snack
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 2,890.
Language:
English.
Published: July 30, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(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 as it happened in his childhood. Maybe Santa Claus really does exist.
Or maybe, just maybe, this skeptic needs to understand where the jolly fat man lives.
Clicking Sticks
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,260.
Language:
English.
Published: July 26, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
When the girl next door... the girl haunting your dreams for years... comes to you for help, you know things may change. Just maybe you might get a dream to come true.
But sometimes dreams share a dark side with death.
A mystery story by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Our Slaying Song Tonight
by Dean Wesley Smith
Series: Jukebox Stories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,860.
Language:
English.
Published: July 20, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,060.
Language:
English.
Published: July 19, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 5,510.
Language:
English.
Published: July 14, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Romance » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 7,600.
Language:
English.
Published: July 14, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
Do you really need a lack of morals to climb the corporate ladder?
What happens if the morals you used to cherish get 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 Giant Lizard Can Be Fun
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 1,980.
Language:
English.
Published: July 14, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Ask what happens when the powerful lust of a teenager gets on a collision course with aliens fighting an ancient Japanese monster.
Go ahead: Ask.
USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith bets you don’t come up with this answer.
A Golden Dream: A Jukebox Story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Series: Jukebox Stories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 6,770.
Language:
English.
Published: July 13, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
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 tomorrow and change that instead.
Luck Be A Lady: A Poker Boy story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 8,630.
Language:
English.
Published: July 11, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,910.
Language:
English.
Published: July 10, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
He killed her with a magic spell, buried her in the basement, and now she nags him every day to take her to the movies, just as she nagged him when she lived. The woman never got tired of buttered popcorn and a dark theater.
A really strange ghost story about love, death, and the movies.
Between Showers
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,690.
Language:
English.
Published: July 9, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
All he wanted to do was wash his green 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 by bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
Sighed the Snake: A Poker Boy story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 6,210.
Language:
English.
Published: July 7, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
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
Series: Jukebox Stories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 5,110.
Language:
English.
Published: July 6, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi
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 twisted-through-time love story by USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.
A Vanilla Three-Way With a Cherry
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 2,820.
Language:
English.
Published: July 6, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
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 just might be Norma Jean.
Black Betsy: A Jukebox story
by Dean Wesley Smith
Series: Jukebox Stories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,680.
Language:
English.
Published: July 5, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » General
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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,270.
Language:
English.
Published: July 4, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Fantasy » General
Mathew died at the age of fourteen, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to grow up.
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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 2,650.
Language:
English.
Published: July 4, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
The world destroyed by an asteroid in five days? What would you do?
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
Series: Poker Boy Adventures.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 5,270.
Language:
English.
Published: July 4, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
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
Series: Jukebox Stories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 8,270.
Language:
English.
Published: July 2, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
(5.00 from 1 review)
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:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,660.
Language:
English.
Published: June 9, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
Do you risk your life, your safety, and the women you love for a dream?
Sometimes just a single step from a moving train can provide the answer.
A heart-warming contemporary fantasy story by USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith.
In the Shade of the Slowboat Man
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 3,660.
Language:
English.
Published: June 9, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General
For a vampire, saying goodbye to your mortal lover can be the hardest thing you ever have to do.
First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a Nebula Award nominated story from USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith.
Dinner on a Flying Saucer
by Dean Wesley Smith
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 5,060.
Language:
English.
Published: June 8, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
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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:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 9,500.
Language:
English.
Published: June 3, 2010
by
WMG Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
(5.00 from 1 review)
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.
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