Daniel Arthur Smith


Daniel Arthur Smith is an American science fiction author. His titles include Spectral Shift, Hugh Howey Lives, The Cathari Treasure, The Somali Deception, and a few other novels and short stories. He also curates the short fiction series Tales from the Canyons of the Damned and Frontiers of Speculative Fiction.
As part of the Dominion Rising collection of selected titles his novel Spectral Shift hit number 14 on the USA Today Best Seller list and number 4 on the Wall Street Journal Best Seller list.

Personal life

Daniel has traveled to over 300 cities in 22 countries, residing in Los Angeles, Kalamazoo, Prague, Crete, and now writes in Manhattan where he lives with his wife and sons.

Novels and novellas

  • The Potter's Daughter
  • Agroland
  • ''Hugh Howey Lives''

    The Cameron Kincaid Adventures

  • The Cathari Treasure
  • ''The Somali Deception''

    Spectral Worlds

  • ''Spectral Shift''

    Spectral Worlds short stories

  • The Off World Kick Murder Squad I from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 11
  • The Off World Kick Murder Squad II from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 12
  • The Off World Kick Murder Squad III from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 14
  • Lorem Tempus from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 16
  • Carcerem from ''UnCommon Lands''

    The Lost Tapes short stories

  • The Lost Tapes–Beckett Ridge from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 10
  • The Lost Tapes–Jack Carter from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 17
  • The Lost Tapes–Sirens of Bartholomew from Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 18
  • The Lost Tapes–The Madness of King Street from ''Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 19''

    Other short stories

  • Opening Day
  • Sarfer
  • Sandhogs
  • The Penthouse
  • The Harbor
  • Tower
  • The Diatomic Quantum Flop
  • Tesla
  • The Blue Orb
  • From the Inside
  • The Peralta Protocol
  • The Tombs
  • Eye in the Sky
  • Confessional Part I
  • Confessional Part II
  • Confessional Part III
  • Like No Other
  • The Park
  • The Least Child
  • The Don
  • Times Square Elmo
  • Back to Brooklyn
  • The Pirate
  • The Enemy Beyond the Walls
  • Angel's Catch
  • The Vulture Bus
  • ''The Titan’s Daughter''

    As editor

Frontiers of Speculative Fiction

  • CLONES: The Anthology
  • ''OCEANS: The Anthology''

    Tales from the Canyons of the Damned

  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 1
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 2
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 3
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 4
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 5
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 6
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 7
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 8
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 9
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 10
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 11
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 12
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 13
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 14
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 15
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 16
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 17
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 18
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 19
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 20
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 21
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 22
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 23
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 24
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 25
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 26
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 27
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 28
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 29
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 30
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 31
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 32
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 33
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 34
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 35
  • ''Tales from the Canyons of the Damned No. 36''

    Collected editions

  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned Omnibus No. 1
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned Omnibus No. 2
  • Tales from the Canyons of the Damned Omnibus No. 3
  • ''Tales from the Canyons of the Damned Omnibus No. 4''

    Interviews

  • Q&A With Science Fiction Author Daniel Arthur Smith – The Fussy Librarian - January 2016
  • 10 Questions With Daniel Arthur Smith – The Leighgendarium - January 2016
  • Episode 30 with Daniel Arthur Smith – The Leighgendarium- December 2016
  • Episode thirty four with Daniel Arthur Smith – The Author Stories Podcast - April 2015
  • Episode 109: Daniel Arthur Smith Talks Writing Pulp – The Author Stories Podcast - June 2016
  • Episode 227 OCEANS: The Anthology Special with Rysa Walker and Daniel Arthur Smith – The Author Stories Podcast - September 2017