Books by "Dean Wesley Smith "
5 books found
Romance always equals magic and so does this collection. Romance Magic! Spells, real life fairy tales, cats and Santa Claus? Oh, yes and some mythological gods and goddesses, too. Fantastical magic mixed with heartwarming romance. Featured stories include DeanWesley Smith's "Cat in Love," and "Sleeping With The Goddess," and one of Kristine Kathryn Rusch's most popular stories, "Nutball Season." The volume also features two Kristine Grayson novellas, a popular fantasy romance pen name belonging to Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Romance stories? Check! Traditional romance tropes? Umm… You can’t keep Dean Wesley Smith or Kristine Kathryn Rusch tied to traditional genre norms. Even when writing romance stories. Which they delightfully are! From western to humor, vampires to science fiction, (with even a dab of literary mainstream) …no matter which, these stories all have romance at their center. You get three authors this time, including Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s fantasy romance pen name Kristine Grayson. Featured stories include Dean Wesley Smith’s highly acclaimed “In The Shade of the Slowboat Man,” and Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s award-nominated “Millennium Babies.”
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.
For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith have been writing professional mystery short stories that have won awards and sold millions of copies, plus they have been acclaimed and enjoyed by fans over the entire world. Now, for the first time, they collect 100 of their mystery short stories into a five-volume series called Crimes Collide. Fifty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 4 features non-human detectives. Beginning with Smith’s “Cat Caught in the Art,” from his Pakhet Jones series featuring a superhero in the world of cats, and ending with Rusch’s “Helmie,” in which the search for a missing cat requires magical investigation, this volume offers wild adventures and some truly strange crimes.
For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith have been writing professional mystery short stories that have won awards and sold millions of copies, plus they have been acclaimed and enjoyed by fans over the entire world. Now, for the first time, they collect 100 of their mystery short stories into a five-volume series called Crimes Collide. Fifty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 5 ends the series with dark or noir stories. Beginning with Rusch’s Edgar-nominated “Cowboy Grace” and ending with Smith’s “The Road Back,” from his Doc Hill murder mystery series, this volume offers stories you need to read with the lights on.