Daniel Arthur Smith

A coming of age story of a young girl living on colonial Mars.

This twenty-ninth issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of three sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories-each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. Nice List by Will SwardstromDreaming of a Carboniferous Christmas by Robert JeschonekThe Christmas Gift by Daniel Arthur SmithTales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror and Amazon's Electric Dreams in the short story format. And it's a bargain. Each monthly issue has three-to-five sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales from today's top speculative fiction writers. These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

They've been waiting in dark for thousands of years for the one thing they need to ensure immortality. Pull up to this Drive-In B-Movie full of Muscle Cars, Kung Fu, and Mummies First published inThe B-Movie Anthology

WE WERE NEVER ALONE* * * * *A PRESCIENT RENDERING OF A DARK CYBERPUNK FUTURE* * * * *A NEON DYSTOPIA WITH A LOVECRAFTIAN FLAIR* * * * *THERE ARE WORLDS AROUND US THAT WE CANNOT SEE... AND SOME WE CANNOT ESCAPE. IN THE FUTURE, PARALLEL PLANES OF EXISTENCE AND THEIR INHABITANTS, HAVE BECOME KNOWN TO HUMANITY. THESE ARE THE SPECTRAL WORLDS. Abernathy Squire, an agent for the Homeland, is reluctant to come out of retirement. A century has passed since the Spectral Wars. The world has changed. The elite have fled to other planes and those left in the sprawling megacities are ruled by the five syndicates. No longer hidden, the Spectral races now mingle with the forever young mortals. But a friend and an artifact have gone missing, and this is his chance to settle an old score.

Sure, the experience of the trip is euphoric, but what if you actually broke through the doors of perception? When four colleges friends are promised a psychedelic adventure that mirrors the Tibetan Kalachakra Time Travel Tantra, they discover the transcendental cost of tapping the wheel of time. First published in The Future Chronicles - The Time Travel Chronicles

Sarfer is the story of Mattie, a sailmaker's son. When the great wall of Springston fell, he lost his father. But his father's words resonated, "When you fall down, get back up." So Mattie persevered and rode the wind to the brigands to become a courier, transporting anything anywhere, no questions asked.

Can an AI write a novel? In 2174 authors are obsolete. With the exception of a few human 'Author' titles printed in the small basement and back room Libraries, all stories are created by the Artificial Intelligence of the Archive. Most believe the 'Authors' are only brands to lure people into spending their credits on print. One woman believes that one of them, author Hugh Howey, is real, and still alive. Her Librarian feeds her belief that Hugh Howey is still sailing around the world, uploading his work to the Archive. Convinced she has found clues in his stories as to where he now resides, she and her girlfriend sail to an island, where she believes Hugh Howey lives.

A story of Supernatural HorrorFrom the author of Kindle's #1 International Men's Adventure Best Sellers The Cathari Treasure and The Somali Deception* * * * * In a desolate desert, members of an isolated agricultural station discover a stranger, dehydrated, delirious, and near death from exposure. His weak frame is thin, desiccated. His blistered flesh is wooden, and in his madness, a faint raspy chant slips from his near lipless mouth, "So many, not enough. So many, not enough."* * * * *

A story of Supernatural HorrorFrom the author of Kindle's #1 International Men's Adventure Best Sellers The Cathari Treasure and The Somali Deception* * * * *In a desolate desert, members of an isolated agricultural station discover a dehydrated and delirious stranger. Nearly dead from exposure, his weak frame is thin, desiccated. His blistered flesh is wooden, and in his madness, a faint raspy chant slips from his near lipless mouth, 'So Many, Not Enough, So Many, Not Enough'.* * * * *

From the author of The Cathari Treasure - Kindle's #1 International Best Selling Men's Adventure The Somali Deception - Kindle's #1 International Best Selling Pulp Thriller The Complete Edition Featuring Veteran Elite L gionnaire Cameron Kincaid* * * * * When a former lover is abducted from a hijacked yacht, Cameron Kincaid is en route to rescue. Destined to discover that the true Somali Pirates live in the London luxury suites of The May Fair Hotel, wear tailored Savile Row suits, and deal high stakes in the lounges of Paris, Ibiza, and Dubai. From explosive incursions to clandestine infiltrations, the action is nonstop and the deceptions are many. * * * * * THE SOMALI DECEPTION is an adventure thriller that features the Somali Pirates and the Rex Mundi, two groups from the pages of history and mystery now gaining global popularity.

From the author of The Cathari Treasure - Kindle's #1 International Best Selling Men's Adventure The Somali Deception - Kindle's #1 International Best Selling Pulp Thriller Episode IV of IV Featuring Veteran Elite L gionnaire Cameron Kincaid * * * * * When a former lover is abducted from a hijacked yacht, Cameron Kincaid is en route to rescue. Destined to discover that the true Somali Pirates live in the London luxury suites of The May Fair Hotel, wear tailored Savile Row suits, and deal high stakes in the lounges of Paris, Ibiza, and Dubai. From explosive incursions to clandestine infiltrations, the action is nonstop and the deceptions are many. * * * * * THE SOMALI DECEPTION is an adventure thriller that features the Somali Pirates and the Rex Mundi, two groups from the pages of history and mystery now gaining global popularity.

From the author of The Cathari Treasure - Kindle's #1 International Men's Adventure Best Seller The Somali Deception Episode III of IV Featuring Veteran Elite L gionnaire Cameron Kincaid * * * * * When a former lover is abducted from a hijacked yacht, Cameron Kincaid is en route to rescue. Destined to discover that the true Somali Pirates live in the London luxury suites of The May Fair Hotel, wear tailored Savile Row suits, and deal high stakes in the lounges of Paris, Ibiza, and Dubai. From explosive incursions to clandestine infiltrations, the action is nonstop and the deceptions are many. * * * * * THE SOMALI DECEPTION is an adventure thriller that features the Somali Pirates and the Rex Mundi, two groups from the pages of history and mystery now gaining global popularity.

From the author of The Cathari Treasure - Kindle's #1 International Men's Adventure Best Seller The Somali Deception Episode II of IV Featuring Veteran Elite L gionnaire Cameron Kincaid* * * * * When a former lover is abducted from a hijacked yacht, Cameron Kincaid is en route to rescue. Destined to discover that the true Somali Pirates live in the London luxury suites of The May Fair Hotel, wear tailored Savile Row suits, and deal high stakes in the lounges of Paris, Ibiza, and Dubai. From explosive incursions to clandestine infiltrations, the action is nonstop and the deceptions are many. * * * * * THE SOMALI DECEPTION is an adventure thriller that features the Somali Pirates and the Rex Mundi, two groups from the pages of history and mystery now gaining global popularity.