Human cloning.Technology evolves faster than we do.The law shields us from our worst temptations.But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach—perfection and ascension… or delusion and destruction.In this collection of clone-themed stories, ten of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality, our built-in societal restraints, and reflect upon our state of grace.Similar is not necessarily the same.“CLONES: The Antholog...

Nominated in the P & E Readers' Poll for Best Fiction e-zine published in 2016!This Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of Eighteen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from Nine of todays top speculative fiction writers.Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a ...

This edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of three sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories.Jed McGuire, a third generation SANDHOG mining the bowels of the city, revives from a disaster to discover that he and his team are not alone.A glass tower dweller laments his day stranded in his PENTHOUSE, and a midwestern housewife discovers that the city and the HARBOR aren't all that she thought they'd be.Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you...

“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears.We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came.”- John F. KennedyUnderwater cities, lost civilizations, crops, climate change, and dead zones.In this collection of o...

After a two-month dry spell, a writer finds inspiration in the form of a small, plant-dwelling creature.First published in the UnCommon Origins anthology

We once thought there were too many of us on the planet; the truth is there were never enough. One couple can save the human race, if their child can be born, if the Peralta Protocol succeeds.First published in The Future Chronicles - The Doomsday Chronicles

Strange, wondrous things happen when weeks of rain, fever visions, and anxiety, compel a young traveler to journey across Central Europe in pursuit of a uniquely talented artist.First published in the UnCommon Bodies anthology

Daniel Arthur Smith is the author of the international bestsellers Hugh Howey Lives, The Cathari Treasure, The Somali Deception, and a few other novels and short stories. He also curates the phenomenal short fiction series Tales from the Canyons of the Damned.He was raised in Michigan and graduated from Western Michigan University where he studied philosophy, with focus on cognitive science, meta-physics, and comparative religion. He began his career as a bartender, barista, poetry ...

Nominated in the P & E Readers' Poll for Best Fiction e-zine published in 2016!This Second Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of Nineteen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from Eleven of todays top speculative fiction writers.Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of ...

This Third Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of Fourteen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from Twelve of today’s top speculative fiction writers.Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black M...

This issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of four sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from four of todays top speculative fiction writers.Will Swardstrom's Natural Born Alien will give you some insight into the election process.Ernie Howard's Float is a tale of what happens when a man thinks only of himself.Jason Ansbach takes us to the edge of Ledge Town and Daniel Arthur Smith tells of an inmates stay in one of New York's oldest j...

This seventeenth issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories—each from a different featured master of speculative fiction.D.K. Cassidy counts down 103 DaysJason LaVelle invites us to Keep RollingJon Frater ponders the MoonPaul K. Swardstrom shares a comedic B-Movie NoveletteAnd Daniel Arthur Smith shares another clip from the Lost Tapes seriesTales from the Canyons of the Damn...