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T.W. Smith

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April 23, 1965

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T.W. Smith is fascinated with what scares people. His love affair with things that go "bump in the night" has spanned five decades, evolving into what he equates as comfort food:

"Some people crave potato chips. Others seek solace in a bowl of ice cream. Give me a comfortable couch and a classic movie like John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, or a well-worn Stephen King paperback, and I am in heaven. It's my CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL.

After the publication of his short story NOT FAR FROM HERE (in Peter Straub's GHOSTS anthology, 1995), Smith was sidelined into the workforce by familial and financial obligations--resulting in various jobs including a five-year tenure with (the sorely missed) Borders bookstore chain.

His latest book, THE DEAD NEXT DOOR,
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T.W. Smith I don't think I've ever had it. I always have something I want to work on. If I'm not feeling it, I can switch to another. It drives me crazy when I h…moreI don't think I've ever had it. I always have something I want to work on. If I'm not feeling it, I can switch to another. It drives me crazy when I hear people at my blue-collar job talk about how they get bored in their off time, postponing retirement as a result. I would kill to have more time to write. Those people need to find something they enjoy doing. There's a lot more to life than the grind. Hopefully, I am working my way toward it.(less)
T.W. Smith Some people fear the blank page (screen). I look forward to it. Some days it's tough, when not much comes. But even if it is a little, it's something.…moreSome people fear the blank page (screen). I look forward to it. Some days it's tough, when not much comes. But even if it is a little, it's something. I have agonized for hours over a paragraph. Maybe that's my version of writer's block. I don't know. But I do enjoy the solitude, the creative process, and the quiet. (less)
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I feel a bit guilty even though I really have no reason to. I haven’t written a blog entry since roughly Thanksgiving. That’s a long time, but also the busiest time of year for me with my job. The period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is usually a blur for me and this year was no exception. It’s put a damper on the holidays for me that I’m not sure I’ll ever get pas Read more of this blog post »
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Thomas Tryon
“You can’t negate the ingrained imagination of a whole culture.”
― Thomas Tryon, Harvest Home

Stephen  King
“...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.”
― Stephen King, 11/22/63

Anna Sewell
“Do you know why this world is as bad as it is?... It is because people think only about their own business, and won't trouble themselves to stand up for the oppressed, nor bring the wrong-doers to light... My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.”
― Anna Sewell, Black Beauty

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“It is good people who make good places.”
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“I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there'll always be the person I am tonight”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
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T.W. Smith Hey Everyone… The fourth chapter of my zombie apocalypse novel, “Will to Live: The Dead Next Door,” is now available for free on Wattpad. Find out what happens to Will “The Day After” all hell breaks loose. For those of you not caught up, the preceding chapters are available as well (this a complete novel that I am serializing on Wattpad). Please vote (Wattpad-speak for “like”), and comment to let me know what you think. I am getting some great response. Thanks for your support! https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/49519...


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T.W. Smith My story, “A Stand” In now available on Wattpad for FREE. Originally published in “The Peacock’s Feet” (Georgia College magazine) This one is more humor, than horror, and is another older story I wanted to make available somewhere other than Amazon. Enjoy!

https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/49676...


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