Dean Wesley Smith

Sandy Goodson in 2002 vanished without a trace.Seventeen years later, retired detectives Isadora Fawn and Hugh Halligan team up, working for the Cold Poker Gang task force, to look into the Goodson missing person's case.As active detectives years earlier, both individually tried to solve this impossible case without luck. Now, together, they uncover far, far more than they ever imagined.Another very twisted Cold Poker Gang mystery novel.

Sandy Goodson in 2002 vanished without a trace.Seventeen years later, retired detectives Isadora Fawn and Hugh Halligan team up, working for the Cold Poker Gang task force, to look into the Goodson missing person's case.As active detectives years earlier, both individually tried to solve this impossible case without luck. Now, together, they uncover far, far more than they ever imagined.Another very twisted Cold Poker Gang mystery novel.

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.

The Second 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.Aliens populate Volume 2 of the series, and they charm, amuse, or terrify, depending on the story. From "Sighed the Snake," Smith's quirky and funny Poker Boy story about the return of aliens to Las Vegas, to Rusch's electrifying "The End of the World," this volume of twenty stories will leave your head spinning.

The First 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 1 kicks off the series with the theme "Cities." Beginning with Rusch's "The City's Edge" about a man coming to terms with the truth of his wife's nightmarish death, and ending with Smith's "Shadow in the City" based on the song lyrics of "Here in the City" by Janis Ian, this volume grips and entertains from page one.

Aliens populate Volume 2 of this acclaimed series of science fiction short stories. Ten stories each by New York Times bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith.

The Final 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 6 closes the series with a space opera theme, a genre both Rusch and Smith excel in. Smith starts the volume with "The Tragic Tale of a Man in a Duster" about a cowboy floating alone in the vast reaches of space, who finds solace in cooking trout over an open fire. Rusch closes the volume with "The Spires of Denon," a novella from her award-winning Diving Universe.

The Fourth 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 4 explores the rich meanings of the term "goofy." Rusch offers up a guidebook for space travel with "Amelia Pillar's Etiquette for the Space Traveler" and a very determined little girl in "Advisors at Naptime," while Smith takes readers aboard the Titanic with Sherlock Holmes and contributes his Nebula Award-nominated tale of a vampire saying goodbye to a mortal lover with "In the Shade of the Slowboat Man." A do-not-miss volume

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.

The 1970s are back What better decade to inspire a new anthology of space opera stories than the one that gave birth to a certain epic set long ago, in a galaxy far, far away? Every story in this new book will feature the distinctive style of the 70s, transported to thrilling new worlds, fleets, and conflicts in the farthest and most exciting reaches of the universe. Groove to tales of cosmic heroes in bellbottoms and platform shoes...alien ships like glittering mirror balls...soundtracks of gritty soul, disco, and hard rock. You'll find everything from kung fu fighting to streetwise private dicks...all souped up with incredible ray gun/rocketship action brought to sizzling life by some of the most talented scifi scribes of today and tomorrow. Blast off with this galaxy of stories by a Star Trek screenwriter, a Nebula Award winner, comic book superstars, New York Times bestsellers, indie publishing giants, and more Buckle up for the latest dazzling adventures by Marc Scott Zicree, Dean Wesley Smith, Cat Rambo, Peter David, Ian Douglas, Robert Jeschonek, Craig Martelle, Blaze Ward, Ron Collins, Annie Reed, Mike Baron, Mark Leslie Lefebvre, and Jim Gotaas...plus an introduction by the one and only Barbara Bain, who played Dr. Helena Russell on classic 70s scifi TV series Space: 1999.

More than sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. Heads Up, a new full-length novel in the Cold Poker Gang series, plus four new short stories; Black Coffee: A Marble Grant Story, The Portal of Wrong Love: A Poker Boy Story, Blind Poet, and Cat in Waiting: A Pakhet Jones Story.This 45th volume of Smith's Monthly also includes Stages of a Fiction Writer: A WMG Writer's Guide.

Being a successful author requires more than just writing a great book. In the modern world of indie publishing, getting readers to buy your book takes marketing savvy.In this WMG Writer's Guide Bundle on Marketing, New York Times bestselling authors and renowned business bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith help writers navigate the complicated world of publishing.In How to Write Fiction Sales Copy, Smith addresses the major challenges that lead to bad sales copy-including using passive voice and too much plot-and offers 32 examples from his own stories to illustrate his points.In Creating Your Author Brand, Rusch teaches the basic concepts of branding and helps authors convert those concepts into useful action to individually brand themselves to maximize reader recognition.In Discoverability, which was named one of the 11 Best Book Marketing Books, Rusch offers professional writers the most comprehensive guide available today to help them make an informed decision about the best marketing approaches for their writing businesses.