A.W. SMITH BOOKS
HORROR STORIES
THE TREES IN MY TOWN HAVE BODIES IN THEM
One man's story of his dealings with a strange phenomenon that has haunted the town of Hudson, Oregon.
WHAT WAS IN THE DRAINAGE PIPE
A ten-year old in the Southwest US decides to explore a drainage pipe in the desert.
DON'T FALL ASLEEP IN A RUSSIAN SUBWAY
An American academic traveling on a Russian subway is drugged, waking up hours later in the abandoned station.
I FOUND OUT WHY WE FORGET OUR DREAMS
A young man explores lucid dreaming - and discovers a cosmic secret.
THE CANDY CORN MAN
A local urban legend from Utah during the early 2000s surprises the boy who started it.
I WAKE UP WITH ZIPPERS IN MY SKIN
A young woman wakes up with a zipper in her arm. And then it keeps happening.
THERE'S SOMETHING DEADLY IN THE WHEAT FIELDS OF OKLAHOMA
A group of agricultural pesticide sprayers meet something ancient and vengeful in a crop field.
I MET JUDAS ISCARIOT
The three-part story of a man's encounter with the most infamous traitor in history.
MY FRIEND KEPT FINDING TEETH IN HIS APARTMENT
The second-hand account of an insurance adjuster having a particularly bad few weeks.
THE PUPPET IN MY BASEMENT
A fan of old VHSs discovers the lost pilot tape to a failed children's TV show.
THEY'RE NAMING A DISEASE AFTER ME
A spelunker discovers a cavern made entirely of crystals - and accidentally cuts his hand.
WE FOUND A MAN IN THE DESERT DIGGING
A New Mexico cop gets the call to check out a man digging in the middle of the night.
CONFESSION OF A GOVERNMENT GENETIC ENGINEER
An intern's first day at a government-funded lab brings some surprises.
WHAT WE FOUND IN THE TREES
A man takes his fourteen-year old son and the other boy scouts in his troop on a camping trip.
MY HOSPITAL IS COVERING SOMETHING UP
A delivery nurse attends to a non-responsive woman that was found wandering through the deserts of an Indian Reservation.
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER GORBO TOYS?
A nostalgia-loving man tries to find an obscure Furby knock-off that used to be manufactured in Mexico.
MY RACIST UNCLE DIED, NOW I HEAR SLURS IN THE BASEMENT
An Alabama teenager struggles with the death of his uncle - not because he's gone, but because he won't leave.
THE THING THAT THOUGHT IT WAS MY MOTHER
A man's wealthy, estranged mother passes away from cancer without telling him she's dying.
DON'T LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
An astronomer living in the mountains hears the sound of crying coming from his well-pit outside.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN STORY
An EMT is called to the scene of an accident, where a car has been pinned under a semi-truck.
MY CLIENT'S DOG
An exterminator arrives to treat the house of a customer in the middle of the desert.
A YEAR IN A NARCO'S BASEMENT
An official of the Department of Homeland Security records the testimony of asylum-seeker Ricardo Rivera Mateo of Guatemala.
I MET ED "THE FLAYER" ST. BARTHOLOMEW
A paralegal recounts the time he met a nationally-known serial killer - before anyone knew he was a serial killer.
THE SEARCH PARTY FOR MY UNCLE
An experienced outdoors-man becomes trapped in the Wasatch mountains when he is surprised by an unexpected blizzard.
NEW TO ADDICTION FORUM - MY STORY
A young man seeks help online for help in dealing with intrusive thoughts and in avoiding repeating behavaior.
A NOTEBOOK FROM 1973
In the early 1970s, a professor of Etymology is hired as a consultant for a professor of Systems Sciences.
LEPRECHAUNS ARE JERKS
A trip to Boston proves to be a bigger hassle for the narrator than he planned.