Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, with more than 30 million books sold, writer Dean Wesley Smith published far more than a hundred novels in forty years, 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, a mystery series featuring the retired detectives of the Cold Poker Gang, and the Mary Jo Assassin series.

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.

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

Jingle My Bells edited by Dean Wesley Smith

Love the holiday seasons?

Of course you do. Full bellies and the joyful promise of a new year make for good stories and fun reading.

Add some twists and weirdness, Pulphouse-style, from some of the greatest fiction writers working today, and you have Jingle My Bells, the best weird holiday stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine.

Enjoy reading this collection any time of the year, but especially during the holidays!

Includes:
"Dreaming of a Carboniferous Christmas" by Robert Jeschonek
"Spells for the Holidays" by Ray Vukcevich
"A Menagerie of Messed Up Shorts" by Mark Leslie
"An Ideal Husband" by Jerry and Kathy Oltion
"Fatal Plot Device" by Kelly Washington
"Severed Ties" by R.W. Wallace
"A Blood-Soaked Christmas Wish" by David Stier
"Virtching Merry" by Kent Patterson
"Naughty Children" by Mary McKenna
"Nutball Season" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

CURATOR'S NOTE

When Dean Wesley Smith tells you that the holiday stories in this anthology are weird, believe him. He edits Pulphouse, which specializes in the strange and unusual. The stories here are some of my favorites, including a long lost story from a writer we lost much too early, Kent Patterson. So, if you're in the mood for odd, these are the stories for you. – Kristine Kathryn Rusch

 
 

BOOK PREVIEW

Excerpt

Holiday Weirdness

This was fun. I love the holiday seasons, mostly for the great stories and occasionally a Lifetime Christmas movie, or two.

Too much food adds to my enjoyment and the promise of a new year coming sure helps.

But right now, as I put this book together, there isn't a holiday movie in sight, let alone snow. It is June, and here in Las Vegas the temperature was 106 today.

I had to wait until June to put this book together because when we came up with this idea for a collection, we quickly discovered we didn't have enough holiday stories to fill it. At least not yet.

But we waited a year plus and now we have more than enough. In fact, I had a hard time narrowing the choice down to just these ten.

So as I sit here in my comfortably chilly office with a sweater on because of the air-conditioning, I have to admit it was great fun to pretend I was in the holiday season for a short time, rereading great Pulphouse Magazine holiday stories.

But pretend in a Pulphouse Fiction Magazine way. You know, sort of lost in twisted great fiction, well-written by professional writers.

Actually, some of these stories are very twisted. But all of them are holiday stories of one kind or another, perfect for an anthology with the title Jingle My Bells.

So I hope you enjoy reading this collection any time of the year. I sure enjoyed putting it together here in June.

In Las Vegas.

With not even a distant rerun of a holiday movie in sight.

—Dean Wesley Smith

Editor Pulphouse Fiction Magazine