Publishers Marketplace: Douglas Smith


	Douglas Smith

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NEWS
– Nov 3, 2009: Ordering period and free give-away for Chimerascope extended
– Oct 24, 2009: Only one week left for the special offer for Doug's new collection, Chimerascope
– Oct 7, 2009: Full detail on Doug's new collection, CHIMERASCOPE
– July 20, 2009: Doug's schedule for WorldCon / Anticipation 2009 in Montreal Aug 6-10
– Apr 21, 2009: Follow Doug on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dougsmithwriter
– Mar 17, 2009: Douglas Smith places three of his works on the 2009 Aurora Awards final ballot. Read more information here.

Doug is an award-winning Canadian author of speculative fiction, whose stories have appeared in over eighty professional magazines and anthologies in twenty-nine countries and twenty-three languages, including InterZone, Amazing Stories, Cicada, Jim Baen's Universe, Dark Wisdom, Weird Tales, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Postscripts, On Spec, and The Third Alternative, as well as anthologies from Penguin/Roc, DAW, and others.

Doug's second short story collection, Chimerascope, is now available for ordering from ChiZine Publications. Chimerascope contains sixteen stories, including an Aurora Award winner, a Best New Horror selection, nine Aurora finalists, and three Year's Best Fantasy & Horror honourable mentions. Full information on Chimerascope, including the table of contents, story excerpts and ordering information is available here.

His first collection of short fiction, Impossibilia, was a finalist for the 2009 Aurora Awards and is available from the award-winning UK press, PS Publishing. Here's a selection of the reviews:

"Both thematically and stylistically, these stories sometimes recall the work of better known authors, including Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon, and Ray Bradbury. But Smith puts such a personal stamp on his stories, and invests them with such depth of feeling, that they transcend the dangers of ... imitation and emerge as wholly original. ... There is a certain exhilaration that comes from reading the book's complex and powerfully emotional stories couched in that deft and smooth prose. It is easy to see why PS Publishing considers Smith an author who deserves more attention. ... [Smith deserves] to be known to by a very wide audience indeed." â€“ Matt Cardin, Dead Reckonings Magazine

"The three stories collected in 'Impossibilia' are very different, covering almost the entire range of speculative genres. 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." - SF Crowsnest Book Reviews

"Highly, highly recommended." - Fantasy Book Critic

"An ambitious and adventurous new writer." - Gardner Dozois, author and editor

"With every new story, the more impressed I am with [Smith's] subtlety and vision. I've yet to read a work of his that wasn't beautifully written, but more than that, his stories resonate with a deep understanding of the human condition as well as a characteristic wry wonder... Stories you can't forget, even years later. Doug's published extensively, though only in short fiction to date, but I believe he's also working on a novel. Thank goodness! When that's published, it will be on my must-read pile for sure." - Julie Czerneda, author and editor

"...echoes of Ellison again, and of Ray Bradbury..." - Mike O'Driscoll, The Fix,

A short film based on his supernatural horror story "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down" is currently in post-production (TinyCore Pictures). The official "By Her Hand..." Movie Companion book is available for ordering now. He may be contacted via his web site.