Carey went back into the dead city of Portland, Oregon four years after something killed just about everyone. She mostly wanted to see if anyone still lived.
Instead, in the dead city Carey found a life and a future.
"Shadow in the City" is based on the song lyrics of "Here in the City" by Janis Ian, written with permission for "Stars Anthology" edited by Janis Ian and Mike Resnick.
The lyrics this story is based on are reprinted here with permission from Janis Ian.
Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than one hundred popular novels and well over two hundred published short stories.
His novels include the science fiction novel Laying the Music to Rest and the thriller The Hunted as D.W. Smith. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He writes under many pen names and has also ghosted for a number of top bestselling writers.
Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.
Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. Soon he will be again editing for Fiction River.
Currently, he is writing thrillers and mystery novels under another name and having great fun as an indie writer as well.
Genre: Science Fiction
Instead, in the dead city Carey found a life and a future.
"Shadow in the City" is based on the song lyrics of "Here in the City" by Janis Ian, written with permission for "Stars Anthology" edited by Janis Ian and Mike Resnick.
The lyrics this story is based on are reprinted here with permission from Janis Ian.
Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than one hundred popular novels and well over two hundred published short stories.
His novels include the science fiction novel Laying the Music to Rest and the thriller The Hunted as D.W. Smith. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He writes under many pen names and has also ghosted for a number of top bestselling writers.
Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.
Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. Soon he will be again editing for Fiction River.
Currently, he is writing thrillers and mystery novels under another name and having great fun as an indie writer as well.
Genre: Science Fiction
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