The First Thirty-Three: Stories in the Make 100 Challenge

by Dean Wesley Smith

Overview

USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith presents thirty-three different short stories ranging across most of his different series.

Sixty-seven more stories follow in the next two volumes.

Hours of reading from one of the greatest short story writers working today. Make sure you get all three volumes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781087866734
Publisher:	WMG Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	01/14/2020
Series:	Stories in the Make 100 Challenge , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1065
File size:	594 KB

About the Author

Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith published almost two hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds and hundreds of short stories across many genres. At the moment he produces novels in several major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the Old West, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, a superhero series starring Poker Boy, and a mystery series featuring the retired detectives of the Cold Poker Gang. His monthly magazine, Smith's Monthly, which consists of only his own fiction, premiered in October 2013 and offers readers more than 70,000 words per issue, including a new and original novel every month. During his career, Dean also 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, he 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 almost a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown. Dean also worked as a fiction editor off and on, starting at Pulphouse Publishing, then at VB Tech Journal, then Pocket Books, and now at WMG Publishing, where he and Kristine Kathryn Rusch serve as series editors for the acclaimed Fiction River anthology series, which launched in 2013. In 2018, WMG Publishing Inc. launched the first issue of the reincarnated Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, with Dean reprising his role as editor. For more information about Dean's books and ongoing projects, please visit his website at www.deanwesleysmith.com and sign up for his newsletter.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

The Big Tick of Time 1

The Case of the Dog-Bit Arm 13

The Road Back 22

The Secrets of Yesterday 39

A Night with a Forgotten God 49

A Pity About the Delusion 60

Long Shadow 68

Matchbox Agenda 77

A Storm From the Relic 83

I Killed Adam Chaser 95

Out of Coffee Experience 105

The Case of the Pleasant Hills Murder 114

I Killed Jessie Took 129

Sleeping with the Goddess 140

The Match 146

The Lady and the Seeders 156

If Sex is All a Dream, Then Who Cleans Up the Mess 180

Love with the Proper Napkin 193

Stand For Home 198

That Lost Riddle 213

Neighborhoods 229

Remember 245

Remember Me to Your Children 273

You Forgive the Night’s Scream 282

A Bubble for a Minute 292

A Desert Shot 303

Gods Aren’t Funny 312

Waiting for the Coin to Drop 323

A Pinch of How Rosie Lived 334

In Case of Emergency 345

The 13th Floor Problem 354

The Mouth that Walked 370

A Pathetic Fallacy 382

Newsletter sign-up 393

Also by Dean Wesley Smith 395

About the Author 405

Editorial Reviews

“In ‘A Ghost of Time’ by Dean Wesley Smith, the author weaves a tale of time travel intrigue. This is no mean feat to pull off on top of a romance paranormal Christmas tale!”

—Astroguyz on Fiction River: Christmas Ghosts

“[The Poker Boy] series is unlike anything else out there. It’s quirky and a lot of fun.”

—Amazing Stories

“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. … The premise for Thunder Mountain is intriguing and will appeal to fans of both historical and science fiction. This is an easy, light read, and I am interested in revisiting these characters on their future adventures.”

—Fresh Fiction

“This story and reading pace moves along quickly. This is an entertaining story and I recommend it to readers who enjoy a fun time travel to the old west with romantic element.”

—Martha’s Bookshelf on Thunder Mountain

“…Dean Wesley Smith draws a royal straight flush by making the hand he deals readers seem possible with this exhilarating political poker thriller…”

—The Midwest Book Review on Dead Money

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