Even though I am mostly known for science fiction and mystery, I occasionally write a romance short story. I wrote this story for Book Twelve of the Year of the Cat. Dannie lives in a shelter. Saying much more would ruin the story.

Dannie Finds a Home

Most of humanity died one ugly day four years before. Now the survivors wanted to rebuild. Angie Park's job consisted of telling survivors outside of Portland, Oregon, of the plans to rebuild. But some survivors wanted nothing to do with civilization. And some thought killing worth the price to pay to stay alone. In the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe, "A Bad Patch of Humanity" focuses down on an early event in Angie Park's life, an event that starts her on her path to becoming a woman of legend in a hundred galaxies.

A Bad Patch of Humanity - Seeders Universe

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes you into the world of his acclaimed novel Dead Money with a new series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving cold cases. Retired Detective Bayard Lott hosts the weekly poker games at his home. The group calls themselves the Cold Poker Gang. And they succeed at closing old cases. Lott's very first homicide case as a brand-new detective had gone cold more than twenty years earlier. But retired Reno detective Julia Rogers, new to the Cold Poker Gang, suggests they look at that case again for personal reasons. From that simple suggestion spins one of the strangest and most complicated murder mystery puzzles the gang has ever seen. Read the whole riveting series!Cold CallCalling Dead Bad BeatDead Hand FreezeoutAce HighBurn Card"Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers."-Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles"[An] exhilarating political poker thriller."-Genre Go Round Reviews on Dead Money

Kill Game: A Cold Poker Gang Mystery - Cold Poker Gang, #1

Missing! Laverne, Lady Luck herself. Poker Boy, Front Desk Girl, and Screamer chase after every lead, as well as every other Gambling God and hero in the gambling universe. The three of them get to the truth of what happened to Laverne. But saving the world from unraveling? Without luck, they may not have the time.

Luck Be a Lady - Poker Boy, #6

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up twenty fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction. No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." -Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1Includes:"A Game of Virgins" by Lisa Silverthorne"Fancy Names for Blue" by Rob Vagle"All About the Ball" by Ray Vukcevich"The Tiger in the Tub" by Kent Patterson"It's Not What You Know" by O'Neil De Noux"Making Excuses" by Ezekiel James Boston"Time Map" by Robin Brande"Cryptodraconis" by Stefon Mears"Saucermen and Silk Scarves" by Loren L. Coleman"There Was Enough of Her" by Scott William Carter"Drawing Dead" by David H. Hendrickson"Friends of Steel" by Jason A. Adams"Dogsurfing" by Olivette Devaux"Scents of Compulsion" by Jerry Oltion"The Lunar Council Cares" by Ron Collins"The Case of the Shorted Circuit" by J. Steven York"Eternal Bond" by R. W. Wallace"Eating It Too" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"Disco Dani and the Bad Penny" by Annie Reed"Show Me Yours" by Robert Jeschonek

Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Issue #20 - Pulphouse, #20

Near eighty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. In this fourteenth volume the full and complete novel, The Edwards Mansion: A Thunder Mountain series novel, plus four short stories, an ongoing serial novel, and many other features. Short StoriesSighed the SnakeOur Slaying Song TonightI'm Her Dead HusbandVariations of a ScreamFull NovelThe Edwards Mansion: A Thunder Mountain NovelSerial FictionThey're Back: A Poker Boy Short NovelNonfictionIntroduction:  The Fun and Freedom of My Own Magazine

Smith's Monthly #14 - Smith's Monthly, #14

What happens when ghosts can fight crime and take down bad guys? Find out in USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith's daring Ghost of a Chance series. This starter bundle includes the first three books in the Ghost of a Chance series: The Poker Chip, The Christmas Gift, and The Free Meal. The Poker Chip Just fifteen minutes after Dr. Jewel Kelly meets Deputy Sheriff Tommy Ralston, they both die. They simply become ghosts, hanging around their own death scene in the mountains of Montana, waiting for something to happen. But even as ghosts they find each other really attractive. In life, they both worked to help people. It seems that in the afterlife, their job continues. The strangest crime-fighting ghost duo ever. And the sexiest. The Christmas Gift Poker Boy and his team have saved the world countless times. The Ghost of a Chance agency follows a similar charge. Superheroes and ghosts, all working for the greater good. But as the holidays approach, both groups face a challenge with higher stakes than either can tackle alone.  The Ghost Agents, including newly dead recruits Belle and Nancy, team up with Poker Boy and his team to stop a deadly threat-and save Christmas. Melding his fan-favorite Poker Boy series with his creative and witty Ghost of a Chance series, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith proves that alive or dead, god or mortal, no one has more fun saving the world. The Free Meal Poker Boy and his team have saved the world countless times. The Ghost of a Chance agency follows a similar charge. Superheroes and ghosts, all working for the greater good. But as two new members join the Ghost of a Chance team, both ghosts and superheroes face a challenge that threatens to end the world. The Ghost Agents, including newly dead recruit Elliot and almost dead Deanna, team up with Poker Boy and his team to save the living.

A Ghost of a Chance Starter Bundle - Ghost of a Chance

Sheriff Blue West loves his pretend Sheriff job, tipping his hat to the tourists and reading all day. Fits him perfectly. But when Annie "Silver" Stevens, a card sharp from 1900, appears in the modern Cave Creek, Nevada, claiming to be the real Annie Stevens, Cave Creek's reputation for strange things happening strikes again. Both Annie and Blue find themselves in very strange worlds and times that only the craziness of Cave Creek can explain. The Twilight Zone needed a hometown. It found Cave Creek.

Card Sharp Silver: A Cave Creek Novel - Cave Creek, #1

Poker Boy and his team have saved the world countless times. The Ghost of a Chance agency follows a similar charge. Superheroes and ghosts, all working for the greater good. But as the holidays approach, both groups face a challenge with higher stakes than either can tackle alone. The Ghost Agents, including newly dead recruits Belle and Nancy, team up with Poker Boy and his team to stop a deadly threat-and save Christmas. Melding his fan-favorite Poker Boy series with his creative and witty Ghost of a Chance series, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith proves that alive or dead, god or mortal, no one has more fun saving the world."[The Poker Boy] series is unlike anything else out there. It's quirky and a lot of fun."-Amazing Stories

The Christmas Gift: A Ghost of a Chance Novel - Ghost of a Chance, #2

The Fifth 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 5 tackles the topic of war. Rusch leads the volume off with "Embedded" about a jaded reporter who finds himself decidedly out of his element. Smith, with a more whimsical approach, tells the tale of a quiet nursing home where the elderly Brian Saber hides out between missions to outer space as a young Captain Brian Saber in the Earth Protection League.

Colliding Worlds Vol. 5: A Science Fiction Short Story Series - Colliding Worlds, #5

The original Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine published stories in a twisted, Twilight Zone style. Sort of a half-beat off kilter, yet still high-quality fiction and great stories. And most of all highly entertaining. This collection showcases some of the best from the original magazine, with stories from some of the top fiction writers working today. Includes:"Spud Wrangler" by Kent Patterson"Cooties" by J. Steven York"There is Danger" by Ray Vukcevich"Nanoturds" by Ray Vukcevich"Women Are Like Streetcars" by O'Neil De Noux"Shadows on the Moon" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"One Last Gift" by Jerry Oltion"The Ghost in the Machine" by Jerry Oltion"Group" by Ray Vukcevich

Stories from the Original Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine - Pulphouse

Mary Jo, one of the most beautiful and deadly assassins in all history, loves drinking vodka and orange juice after a job well done. She planned her next kill perfectly. Every detail thought through. But Mary Jo never planned on meeting Jean, the beautiful woman two houses down the street. Jean also loves drinking vodka and orange juice after a job well done. A twisted story of love, killing, and drinking, not necessarily in that order.

Death Takes a Partner - Mary Jo Assassin, #1

Over sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. In this thirty-eighth monthly volume the full novel The Deep Sunset: A Ghost of a Chance Novel, plus four short stories and the serialized nonfiction book Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing. Short StoriesBlind Date: A Marble Grant StoryThe Thickness of a WarpUnlocked GateA Parker House RollFull NovelThe Deep Sunset: A Ghost of a Chance NovelSerialized NonfictionKilling the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing (Part 2 of 2)NonfictionIntroduction: Some Schedule Fun

Smith's Monthly #38 - Smith's Monthly, #38

Mary Jo's last client tried to have her killed and then shorted her on her money. Mary Jo needs to remodel the client's life. And get her money. In the process, she also remodels her own life while enjoying the occasional vodka and orange juice. A cold, calculating modern assassin story of revenge served with a screwdriver.

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