Douglas Smith | Writer of Fantasy and Science Fiction

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CHIMERASCOPE

"The 16 stories in this collection showcase the inventive mind and immense storytelling talent of one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction. ...will appeal to fans of such literary sf writers such as Jack Vance and Gene Wolfe."

— American Library Journal, Mar 2010

"... a massively enjoyable trek through the far-fetched, the horrifying, and the flat-out weird, all filtered through Smith’s remarkable imagination and equally notable talent. ... Chimerascope is a sterling set, with nary a weak or disposable choice in the bunch."

— Quill and Quire, Mar 2010

ChiZine Publications, March 2010
Collection, 16 stories, ~300 pages, introduction by Julie Czerneda
Hardcover, limited edition, signed and numbered, ISBN 978-0-9813746-1-1
Trade Paperback, ISBN 978-0-9812978-5-9

Ordering Links:
Amazon.com
Amazon.ca

Chimerascope is the first full collection of short fiction from award-winning Canadian author, Douglas Smith.

Chimerascope—a story of many parts...

A young artist hungers to draw you.
A dinner conversation takes three lifetimes to finish.
A geologist faces a planet-sized, eons-old puzzle to save her crew.
The hero of the Fall of Earth must choose between love and revenge.
A mysterious dancer leads a businessman to a most exclusive nightclub.
A man is born each day into a new life—only to die each night.
A sentient aurora threatens the last of humanity.
A Norse god’s bar in Toronto hosts an unplanned family reunion.
A woman descends into insanity—or is it the end of the world?
A house as big as the world.

These are some of the stories you will encounter in Chimerascope. Sixteen stories of fantasy and science fiction, including one Aurora Award-winner, a Best New Horror pick, and nine Aurora finalists, that take you from love in fourteenth-century Japan to humanity’s last stand, from virtual reality to the end of reality, from alien drug addictions to a dinner where a man loses everything. Click here for more information, including excerpts from the stories.

IMPOSSIBILIA

2009 Aurora Award Finalist
PS Publishing, November 2008
Collection, 97 pages
Jacketed Hardcover, limited edition, signed and numbered, ISBN 978-1848630017
Hardcover, limited edition, signed and numbered, ISBN 978-1848630000

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Jacketed Hardcover
Hardcover

Note: Both the jacketed hardcover and the hardcover are signed, limited, numbered editions

Impossibilia, Douglas Smith's first collection of short fiction, is available from the award-winning UK press, PS Publishing, as part of their "Showcase" series highlighting genre fiction's best up-and-coming writers.

From the reviews: "The writing is superb. Douglas Smith is an artisan and his stories beautifully crafted... In my search for the perfect short story, the three in this volume certainly qualify"..."echoes of Ellison and Bradbury"..."A fun romp...exhilarating, enjoyable"..."Highly, highly recommended".

Campus Chills

Edited by Mark Leslie, with an introduction by Robert J. Sawyer
October 2009, 308 pages
Trade Paperback, ISBN 978-0-9735688-1-3
Retail $19.95, Kindle $11.95

Ordering Links:
University of Waterloo bookstore
McMaster University bookstore
Kindle version on Amazon
Chilling tales born from the dark shadows of campuses across Canada. Featuring thirteen all original tales of terror by talented Canadian authors. Launched on October 22, 2009 exclusively at Titles Bookstore McMaster University, Waterloo Bookstore, University of Alberta Bookstore, and Dalhousie University Bookstore, this anthology is produced on the Espresso Book Machines located at the first three of these bookstores.

Stories By:

• Kelley Armstrong - Harbinger
• Julie E. Czerneda - The Forever Brotherhood
• Kimberly Foottit and Mark Leslie - Prospero's Ghost
• James Alan Gardner - Truth-Poison
• Sèphera Girón - Can You See the Real Me?
• Michael Kelly - Different Skins
• Nancy Kilpatrick - Sara
• Susie Moloney - Sown
• Douglas Smith - Radio Nowhere
• Brit Trogen - Red Cage
• Edo van Belkom - Sypher
• Steve Vernon - Old Spice Love Knot
• Carol Weekes - In The Pursuit of Dreams

By Her Hand, She Draws You Down: Official Movie Companion Book

March 2009, 115 pages
Trade paperback, ISBN 9781926633039
Retail $11.99

Ordering Link:
Titles Bookstore, Hamilton, ON
The official companion book for the indie horror film “By Her Hand, She Draws You Down,” directed by Anthony G. Sumner, produced by Alan Rowe Kelly and Anthony G. Sumner, starring Zoë Daelman Chlanda and Jerry Murdock, and based on the story of the same name by award-winning Canadian writer Douglas Smith.

Described as “delightfully creepy” by Booklist, “By Her Hand...” tells the story of a beautiful young artist with an insatiable and deadly hunger. The movie will be making its appearance in 2009 at indie film festivals, and will be included on the upcoming DVD, Gallery of Fear.

The book contains Doug's original story, "making the movie" interviews, the complete storyboard shooting script, photos from the shoot, artist sketches used in the actual movie, full credits, an interview with Doug, and biographies of all involved.

Postscripts #17

Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers (editors) (cover art: Edward Miller)
December 2008
ISBN 978-1848630185 (paperback) and 978-1848630178 (signed hardcover)

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Paperback
Signed Hardcover

Issue #17 of PS Publishing's award winning magazine, containing my 2009 Aurora-nominated story, "Doorways."