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Brian J. Smith

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Born

in Lancaster, Ohio

Genre

Fiction, Horror, Mystery

Influences

Jack Ketchum, Jim Thompson, Stephen King, Max Allan Collins, Robert Cr ...more

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October 2017

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Brian J. Smith has been featured in numerous anthologies, e-zines, and magazines in both the mystery and horror genres. His novellas Dark Avenues (the novella featured in the short story collection of the same name) The Tuckers, and Three O’Clock are still available on Amazon for Kindle. He lives in southeastern Ohio where he eats more than enough spicy food that no human being should ever consume, already has too many books and buys more and doesn’t drink enough coffee to suit his palate and cheers on The Ohio State Buckeyes.
His book, Dark Avenues, is available on Amazon for both Kindle and paperback this December.

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Average rating: 4.11 · 269 ratings · 36 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Books of Horror Community Anthology Vol. 2 by R.J. Roles (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jason Myers (Goodreads Author), M. Ennenbach (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope Screams Eternal by Robin Knabel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), H. Dair Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ellen Hall 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Celebration: A Flash Fiction Anthology (Holiday Horror Collection Book 4) by Eleanor Merry (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Angler, Jason Myers (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Now the Nightmare Begins: The Horror Zine by Jeani Rector (Editor), Brian J. Smith (Goodreads Author), Christina Hoag (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 7th Sin by Chris Jacobsmeyer (Editor & Contributor), Karen Redeker (Editor), Kevin Brown (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead River 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Avenues 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Consuming Darkness really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Allergies (Evil Cookie Thriller Books) 2.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Walk Again by Brian J. Smith (Goodreads Author), Chris Pearson, Dorian Dawes (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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October Dreams II: A Celebration of Halloween

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