Douglas Smith | Writer of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Hi! Thanks for visiting. I'm an award-winning Canadian author of speculative fiction (fantasy, SF, horror, supernatural, and the ever popular "undefinable"), with over a hundred story sales in two dozen languages around the world, including InterZone, Amazing Stories, Cicada, Baen's Universe, Weird Tales, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Postscripts, On Spec, and The Third Alternative (now Black Static, as well as anthologies from Penguin, DAW, and others.

My newest collection, Chimerascope (ChiZine Publications, 2010), contains 16 of my favourite stories, including an Aurora winner, a Best New Horror selection, and nine Aurora finalists. Chimerascope is currently a 2011 finalist for both the juried Sunburst Award and the fan-voted Aurora Award. It was also a finalist for CBC's inaugural Bookies Awards for best collection earlier in 2011.

My first collection of short fiction, Impossibilia, is available from the award-winning UK press, PS Publishing. A complete list of my published fiction is available here along with reviews of my stories. You can find buying links to all of my published fiction at my onlline store, including downloadable ebooks of my short fiction and signed, personalized print copies of my collections.

In 2010, an independent short film based on my story "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down" toured indie festivals in North America, picking up several awards. It will be released later in 2011 on an anthology DVD of short horror films, called "Gallery of Fear." Check out my By Her Hand Movie page to see its awards, view some production stills, check out the storyboard script, see some sketches used in the movie, learn about the special movie companion book, and much more.

I was a finalist for the international John W. Campbell Award for best new writer, and have twice won the Aurora Award for best SF&F short fiction by a Canadian. I've been an Aurora finalist eighteen times and have several honourable mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror. You can check out a complete list of my award history, along with reviews of my work, and some selected interviews.

I am currently marketing my first novel (working title: "Spirit Dreams"), based on my award-winning short story, "Spirit Dance." It's a contemporary fantasy incorporating Ojibwa and Cree legends, environmental issues, and my own shape-shifting species, the Herok'a.

What else? I'm a major fan of all things by Joss Whedon, but especially Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I love movies, bridge, and cycling. I live just north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with my wonderful wife and my youngest son, and close to my oldest son. My Twitter account is @smithwritr.

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