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    Issue #44

    May 5, 2019 /

    Over sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.

    This issue contains Burn Card a new novel in the Cold Poker Gang series, plus four new short stories. This 44th issue of Smith’s Monthly also includes Heinlein’s Rules: Five Simple Business Rules for Writing: A WMG Writer’s Guide.

    Short Stories:
    A Look at His Heart: A Marble Grant Story
    Wings Out: A Bryant Street Story
    Keep Hoping for a New Tomorrow
    The Wait

    Full Novel:
    Burn Card: a Cold Poker Gang novel.

    Nonfiction:
    Heinlein’s Rules: Five Simple Business Rules for Writing: A WMG Writer’s Guide.

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    Issue #43

    May 4, 2019 /

    Over sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.

    Dry Creek Crossing, a new full-length novel in the Thunder Mountain series, plus five new short stories. This 43nd volume of Smith’s Monthly also includes the final part of The Magic Bakery: A WMG Writer’s Guide; part 1 of which appeared in Smith’s Monthly #42.

    Short Stories:
    A Lady in Heat: A Marble Grant Story
    In the Dream of Many Bodies: A Bryant Street Story
    The Last Short Putt of a Fearful Man
    Tombstone Canyon: A Thunder Mountain Story
    The Last Man: A Very Early Buckey the Space Pirate Story.

    Full Novel:
    Dry Creek Crossing, a new full-length novel in the Thunder Mountain series.

    Serialized Nonfiction
    The Magic Bakery: A WMG Writer’s Guide, Part 2.

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    Issue #33 Now Out

    July 27, 2016 /

    Smith’s Monthly Issue #33

    Over fifty-five thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.

    In this thirty-third monthly volume the full novel The Taft Ranch: A Thunder Mountain Novel, plus four short stories and a serialized novel, Laying the Music to Rest.

    Short Stories
    The Rude Improbable Presumptive: A Poker Boy Story
    Here to Stay on the Edge
    An Obscene Crime Against Passion: A Bryant Street Story
    The Case of the Lost Treasure: A Pilgrim Hugh Incident

    Full Novel
    The Taft Ranch: A Thunder Mountain Novel

    Serial Fiction
    Laying the Music to Rest (Part 6)

    Nonfiction
    Introduction: A Novel Out of the Blue

    Available in:
    ebook, $6.99
    Trade paperback, $12.99
    ISBN 9781561466764

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    Issue #32 Now Out

    July 27, 2016 /

    Smith’s Monthly Issue #32

    Over fifty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.

    In this thirty-second monthly volume the short novel They’re Back: A Poker Boy Short Novel, plus seven short stories and a serialized novel, Laying the Music to Rest.

    Short Stories
    A Bad Patch of Humanity: A Seeders Universe Story
    A Great First Day: A Ghost of a Chance Story
    The Problem of Grapevine Springs: A Thunder Mountain Story
    Best Eaten on a Slow Tuesday
    Make Myself Just One More: A Mary Jo Assassin Story
    Why Delay? Just Rub: A Bryant Street Story
    Idanha Hotel: A Thunder Mountain Story

    Full Novel
    They’re Back: A Poker Boy Short Novel

    Serial Fiction
    Laying the Music to Rest (Part 5)

    Nonfiction
    Introduction: A Basics Issue

    Available in:
    ebook, $6.99
    Trade paperback, $12.99
    ISBN 9781561466580

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    Issue #31 Now Out

    July 27, 2016 /

    Smith’s Monthly Issue #31

    Over sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.

    In this thirty-first monthly volume the full novel and introduction of a brand-new series, Death Takes a Partner: A Mary Jo Assassin Novel, plus five short stories and a serialized novel, Laying the Music to Rest.

    Short Stories
    Gods Have History: A Poker Boy Story
    A Long Ways Down: A Bryant Street Story
    The Case of the Man Who Saw: A Pilgrim Hugh Incident
    A Bad Day for the Dream: A Cold Poker Gang Story
    Playing in the Street

    Full Novel
    Death Takes a Partner: A Mary Jo Assassin Novel

    Serial Fiction
    Laying the Music to Rest (Part 4)

    Nonfiction
    Introduction: A New Series

    Available in:
    ebook, $6.99
    Trade paperback, $12.99
    ISBN 9781561466740

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    Issue #30 Now Out

    July 27, 2016 /

    Smith’s Monthly Issue #30

    Over seventy-five thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.

    In this thirtieth monthly volume the full novel The Idanha Hotel: A Thunder Mountain Novel, the WMG Writer’s Guide Writing a Novel in Seven Days, plus four short stories, and a serialized novel, Laying the Music to Rest.

    Short Stories
    Leaking Away a Life: A Poker Boy Story
    Cold Comfort
    The Delusion that Waited
    The Face in the Fullness of Time

    Full Novel
    The Idanha Hotel: A Thunder Mountain Novel

    Serial Fiction
    Laying the Music to Rest (Part 3)

    Nonfiction
    Writing a Novel in Seven Days
    Introduction: Two Books in This Issue

    Available in:
    ebook, $6.99
    Trade paperback, $12.99
    ISBN 978-1561466733

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    Issue #29 Now Out

    July 27, 2016 /

    Smith’s Monthly Issue #29

    Over seventy thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.

    In this twenty-ninth monthly volume the full novel Dead Hand: A Cold Poker Gang Mystery, plus four short stories, and a serialized novel, Laying the Music to Rest.

    Short Stories
    Shootout in the Okey-Doke Casino: A Poker Boy Story
    He Could Have Coped with Dragons: A Jukebox Story
    Roses Around the Moment: A Ghost of a Chance Story
    The Great Alien Vibration

    Full Novel
    Dead Hand: A Cold Poker Gang Mystery

    Serial Fiction
    Laying the Music to Rest (Part 2)

    Nonfiction
    Introduction: Still Going Strong

    Available in:
    ebook, $6.99
    Trade paperback, $12.99
    ISBN 978-1561466726

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    Issue #28 Now Out

    July 27, 2016 /

    Smith’s Monthly Issue #28

    Over sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.

    In this twenty-eighth monthly volume the full novel An Easy Shot: A Golf Thriller, plus four short stories, and a new serialized novel, Laying the Music to Rest.

    Short Stories

    Pink Shoes and Hot Chocolate: A Poker Boy Story
    Dinner on a Flying Saucer
    They Were Divided by Cold Debt: A Bryant Street Story
    A Matter for a Future Year: A Seeders Universe Story

    Full Novel

    An Easy Shot

    Serial Fiction

    Laying the Music to Rest (Part 1)

    Nonfiction

    Introduction: A First Novel

    Available in:
    ebook, $6.99
    Trade paperback, $12.99
    ISBN 9781561466580

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    Issue #25 Now Out

    March 13, 2016 /

    Smith’s Monthly Issue #25

    Issue #25… October 2015

    This issue contains around 65,000 words of original fiction. A brand new Seeders Universe novel, Star Mist, plus four short stories.

    It also contains an ongoing a brand new serial thriller novel. (Don’t worry, there is a summary of the events previously in each serial.)

    If you want to read some of these stories and novels I have been talking about writing on my blog, dig into this issue. Or any of the first twenty-three issues. Subscription information under the tab above.

    If you are missing an issue in your subscription, contact me.

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