Welcome to Happily Ever After!From the giddiest of meet cutes to the heartwarming-est of endings, this collection takes long walks on the beach right down the center of the traditional romance road.From the North Pole to libraries, spaceships to coffee shops, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith will leave you with that wonderful romantic "ahhh" of satisfaction at the end of each of their stories.Every time.Featured stories include Dean Wesley Smith'...

This 59th issue of Smith's Monthly contains more than eighty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith, including the entire six-story collection The End Might Be Interesting After All and the entire six-story collection called Fantasy Love.Also included are five new short stories in some of Dean's most popular series: "The Curious Reasons for Death: A Mary Jo Assassin Story," "Trail Guns Meet: A Thunder Mountain Story," "The Beauty in a...

Julka spends her days inspecting rooftop entrances for the Big Night as part of Santa's Advance team—a team that includes an annoying elf on double secret forever probation. She hates her job. She wants excitement. She wants to explore the Greater World. She wants romance.Disgraced former investment banker Marshall spends his days trying to ingratiate himself with neighbors who believe he bears personal responsibility for the Great Recession. He feels guilty. He wants to make amend...

USA Today and New York Times bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith returns to one of his favorite characters, Pakhet Jones, a superhero tasked with protecting cats.When cats become the target of an advanced weapon, it falls on Pakhet Jones, Poker Boy, and Lady Luck herself to find out why, solve the mystery, and save not only cat's lives, but human lives as well.A fast, tense read, Big Eyes shows why Pakhet Jones lives up to her reputation as one of the best in the Poker Boy...

Robots often walk the pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine.Pulphouse prides itself on crossing genre lines, blurring genre lines, and just flat mixing up genres until the genre classification means nothing.Terms like different, off-center, twisted, and sometimes just head-scratching form the hallmarks of a Pulphouse story.So, like everything else in Pulphouse, the robots in these ten stories might or might not fit the standard classification of robots. But they defin...

Dita Jean Harris believed that long-haired Henry Nye died under the mudslide that submerged the mining boomtown of Roosevelt. Idaho in 1909. But common knowledge held that no one died.She wanted to prove that happened and go back over a hundred years and rescue him in an alternate timeline.But rescue him for what future?

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten 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 Pulpho...

Vol. 2 Untraditional RomanceRomance 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...

Raine Wilkins covers Life and Style stories for the Chicago Courier. When she runs into Niko North outside a gala event, she finds herself drawn to him in ways she can't explain. She trusts him—an enigmatic stranger!—but she doesn't quite know why, although his stunning good looks might play a role. And he seems to need her help.Because Niko might inherit his family's business, Claus & Company. He thinks the business should help needy children all year round. He wants to m...

Bryant Street is where The Twilight Zone lives.Bryant Street, a standard subdivision street outside of any city. Well-kept lawns, paint and roofs up to HOA standards, two- or three-car garages. Everything looks to any casual observer perfect and normal.But inside those perfect-looking homes, the residents seem just a little off. A little twisted or confused or a half-turn out of reality.Normal exists on other subdivision streets, but never on Bryant Street.

Many writers seem to view writing a novel while working a full-time job as an impossible task.USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith once again proves that notion false.In this latest WMG Writer's Guide, Smith details out his days while he works at his publishing business, teaches online workshops, keeps fit, and writes the latest novel—all in 15 days. And enjoys doing it all!Author of more than two hundred novels, Smith shares his strategies for st...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten 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 worthwhil...