Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published over two hundred novels and over seven hundred books in forty years, and hundreds and hundreds of short stories. He has over thirty million copies of his books in print.

At the moment he produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the cold case mystery series, Cold Poker Gang series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy.

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, they 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 X-Men to 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 executive editors for the acclaimed Fiction River anthology series. He took over the editorship of the acclaimed Pulphouse Magazine in 2018.

For more information about Dean's books and ongoing projects, please visit his website at www.deanwesleysmith.com

Three Sheets to the Wind edited by Dean Wesley Smith

We love ghost stories. Flat love them.

But finding ghost stories that meet the unique qualities of a Pulphouse Fiction Magazine story proves a daunting task indeed.

Even with that, editor Dean Wesley Smith found a bunch of stories that fit perfectly into this fun reprint anthology, including stories from the fantastic Annie Reed and a story each from New York Times bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Kevin J. Anderson.

Ten fantastic, fun and perfect Pulphouse ghost stories.

Includes:

"The Four Thirty-Five" by Annie Reed

"Far From Home," R.W. Wallace

"Machine in the Ghost" by Rob Vagle

"Say Hello to My Little Friend" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

"To the Grave" by Brigid Collins

"Death by Cookie" by Robert J. McCarter

"The Bridge" by Robin Brande

"A Missing Sister Dream" by Dean Wesley Smith

"Roadkill" by Brenda Carre

"Heartbreaker: A Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. Adventure" by Kevin J. Anderson

CURATOR'S NOTE

We needed something a little lighter in this bundle, and Three Sheets To The Wind, from the pages of Pulphouse Magazine, provides that. As well as some wonderful (and spooky) ghost stories. The unifying part of Pulphouse, besides its award-winning editor, Dean Wesley Smith, is the slightly skewed worldview of the magazine—as you can tell just from the title of this anthology. Enjoy! – Kristine Kathryn Rusch

 
 

BOOK PREVIEW

Excerpt

Introduction

I have said many times (more than likely to the point of being tedious) that I love ghost stories. Flat love them.

And so, as I find them, I put them in issues of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, if they fit, are high quality, and feel like a Pulphouse story to me. Tough hoops to jump through for any author or story.

To make matters worse, I write ghost stories.

I write a lot of ghost stories, actually, from an entire novel series in my Ghost of a Chance series to strange ghost stories inside my Bryant Street series. I also have an entire series starring the ghost Marble Grant and her lover Sims. As two ghosts, they solve crimes and I even included one of their stories in this volume because I am the editor and I can (only story not in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine).

So I am picky about ghost stories in the pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. But even with that, I managed to find a bunch of stories that fit perfectly into this fun reprint anthology, including stories from the fantastic Annie Reed and a story each from the New York Times bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Kevin J. Anderson.

Kris's story (I must point out) is not a real ghost story. But the character acts like a ghost and I really like the story.

Sure hope you enjoy these stories as much as I have. They are all fantastic fun and perfect Pulphouse stories.

Dean Wesley Smith

Las Vegas