Over seventy thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. In this twenty-ninth monthly volume the full novel Dead Hand: A Cold Poker Gang Mystery, plus four short stories, and a serialized novel, Laying the Music to Rest. Short StoriesShootout in the Okey-Doke Casino: A Poker Boy StoryHe Could Have Coped with Dragons: A Jukebox StoryRoses Around the Moment: A Ghost of a Chance StoryThe Great Alien VibrationFull NovelDead Hand: A Cold Poker Gang MysterySerial FictionLaying the Music to Rest (Part 2)NonfictionIntroduction: Still Going Strong

Smith's Monthly #29 - Smith's Monthly, #29

More than fifty-five thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. This issue contains Burn Card a new novel in the Cold Poker Gang series, plus four new short stories, A Look at His Heart: A Marble Grant Story, Wings Out: A Bryant Street Story, Keep Hoping for a New Tomorrow and The Wait. The 44th issue of Smith's Monthly also includes Heinlein's Rules: Five Simple Business Rules for Writing: A WMG Writer's Guide.

Smith's Monthly #44 - Smith's Monthly, #44

With more than a hundred published novels and more than seventeen million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith knows how to outline. And he knows how to write a novel without an outline. In this WMG Writer's Guide, Dean takes you step-by-step through the process of writing without an outline and explains why not having an outline boosts your creative voice and keeps you more interested in your writing. Want to enjoy your writing more and entertain yourself? Then toss away your outline and Write into the Dark. "Dean Wesley Smith's blog gives both a slightly different view of the publishing world than I'd seen before and detailed hands-on "here's how to get from A to B" instruction."- Erin M. Hartshorn, Vision: A Resource for Writers

Writing into the Dark: How to Write a Novel Without an Outline - WMG Writer's Guides, #6

Cave Creek, Nevada-Where the Unexpected Meets the Real WorldStrange, unexplained events long plagued residents of Cave Creek, a former mining town nestled in a hidden canyon north of Las Vegas. In two previous anthologies, Bitter Mountain Moonlight and Open Ended Threat, the stories recount the past and present of the mythical Cave Creek, where portals to other timelines open and then disappear in the desert and rocks around the town. Promise in the Gold takes the reader into the future, where people who slip through the portals create new timelines-and past, present, and future cross paths in some very weird and sometimes scary ways. Includes:"Echoes" by Caleb Monroe"A Mother's Protection" by Deb Miller"Raven's Many Shadows" by Kate Pavelle"In Search of Historical Truths" by Céline Malgen"Searching for Dave" by Richard Freeborn"Second Youth" by Rebecca M. Senese"Finding Mercury" by Judy Lunsford"Buster" by Teresa Gaskins

Promise in the Gold: A Cave Creek Anthology - Cave Creek, #4

This 63rd issue of Smith's Monthly contains more than eighty-five thousand words of fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith, including Melody Ridge, a Thunder Mountain novel, in which two scientists try to discover how it was possible to have sound travel through time. The novel describes the origin of the Jukebox, so also included is a collection of Dean's time-travel Jukebox stories, Through the Jukebox. There's more! Four new short stories from some of Dean's most popular series: "Will You Still Love Me in Five Minutes" a Marble Grant story, "Lost Canyon Cave" a Thunder Mountain story and a sequel to "Lost Canyon" from Smith's Monthly #62, "A Marble from Sherry" a Skip Keeper story, and a Sky Tate story, "Cold Case Future."Tons to enjoy!

Smith's Monthly #63 - Smith's Monthly, #63

As first dates go, a failure for him, a total success for her. As first alien contacts go, he will walk funny for a few days. Jimmy Loche asks Stephanie Peters to a special test of a new movie done with brand new technology. A first date that never reaches a second date. Put it this way, she enjoyed the movie. Enough said...

The Great Alien Vibration

We love ghost stories. Flat love them. But finding ghost stories that meet the unique qualities of a Pulphouse Fiction Magazine story proves a daunting task indeed. Even with that, editor Dean Wesley Smith found a bunch of stories that fit perfectly into this fun reprint anthology, including stories from the fantastic Annie Reed and a story each from New York Times bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Kevin J. Anderson. Ten fantastic, fun and perfect Pulphouse ghost stories. Includes:"The Four Thirty-Five" by Annie Reed"Far From Home, " R. W. Wallace"Machine in the Ghost" by Rob Vagle"Say Hello to My Little Friend" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"To the Grave" by Brigid Collins"Death by Cookie" by Robert J. McCarter"The Bridge" by Robin Brande"A Missing Sister Dream" by Dean Wesley Smith"Roadkill" by Brenda Carre"Heartbreaker: A Dan Shamble, Zombie P. I. Adventure" by Kevin J. Anderson

Three Sheets to the Wind: Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine - Pulphouse Books

Could the entire history of an Old West mining town be false?Did Grapevine Springs ever really exist?Duster Kendal wants to know the answer to that question. But to get the answer, he must turn for help from two top researchers who must risk everything, including their lives, to find the answer. A gripping new adventure in the Thunder Mountain series."Melody Ridge is the novel I've been waiting for. I loved it."-Bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch"Thunder Mountain by Dean Wesley Smith is one of those reads that defies genre classification. Take some romance, throw in a little bit of historical fiction and add a dash of time travel and science fiction and you have the basis for this interesting story.

Grapevine Springs - Thunder Mountain, #8

I always wanted to create a character in my Poker Boy universe who dealt with cats. Kris and I deciding to do a series of twelve cat anthologies gave me the perfect chance. And people love the anthology series, The Year of the Cat. Twelve volumes with 100 cat stories. Superhero Pakhet Jones deals with all things cats. Her job and she loves it. And in this story, Pakhet helps a neighbor and superhero track down her kidnapped cat.

Cat in a Different Place - Pakhet Jones

The Third Volume in the Acclaimed Series!For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith wrote professional science fiction short stories that won awards and sold millions of copies. Now, for the first time, they collect together 120 of their science fiction short stories into a six-volume set called Colliding Worlds. Sixty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 3 takes the series across time, space, and even into alternate history. Rusch's stories transport the reader from a future White House where staffers time-travel to the past, to Wall Street in the 1920s, to the Underground Railroad. Meanwhile, Smith introduces a time-travel jukebox, a space pirate whose best friend is a talking tree named Fred, and an alternate timeline for the Alamo. The twenty stories in this volume pack a wallop.

Colliding Worlds Vol. 3: A Science Fiction Short Story Series - Colliding Worlds, #3

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.

Dried Up - Poker Boy, #15

What's a girl to do when Daddy wants her dead? Mortuary Dan, otherwise known as Death himself, just happens to be her father. Poker Boy and his team must help the only daughter of Death understand that she might not really die as she turns twenty-one. Even though she will. Sort of....

Daddy is an Undertaker - Poker Boy, #10

Nearly seventy thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. In this fifteenth volume the full and complete novel, Cold Call: A Cold Poker Gang series mystery novel, plus four short stories, an ongoing serial novel, and many other features. Short StoriesDaddy in an UndertakerCutting Down FredGusThe Last Burp of a Very Good WomanFull NovelCold Call: A Cold Poker Gang novelSerial FictionThey're BackNonfictionIntroduction: The New YearPoemsGutterBeing Young

Smith's Monthly #15 - Smith's Monthly, #15

Avalanche CreekReturning to the time travel western world of Thunder Mountain, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith weaves his most complex story to date. In one timeline, to help with an advanced math problem, Bonnie and Duster Kendal hire Brice Lincoln. In a second timeline, to help with an advanced math problem, Bonnie and Duster Kendal hire Dixie Smith. When Brice and Dixie finally meet in the past, instant attraction. And instant problems. A time travel western that stretches across timelines from the Idaho Wilderness to an old Boise hotel with a very special room."Thunder Mountain by Dean Wesley Smith is one of those reads that defies genre classification. Take some romance, throw in a little bit of historical fiction and add a dash of time travel and science fiction and you have the basis for this interesting story.

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