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Dave Smeds

(1955 - )
aka
Reed Manning

About Dave Smeds

Dave Smeds is a Nebula Award finalist and author of novels such as The Sorcery Within (published by Scorpius in October 2001) and The Schemes of Dragons (upcoming from Scorpius in Winter 2001/02), and X-Men: Law of the Jungle. His short fiction has appeared in magazines, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and anthologies, including In the Field of Fire, Full Spectrum IV, Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn, and the erotic fantasy anthology Sirens and Other Demon Lovers. His writing has been translated into more that a dozen languages. Dave holds a black belt in goju-ryu Karate, and when he's not writing he can often be found teaching martial arts. He is currently at work on a film project with Marvel Comics founder Stan Lee, due to begin filming this year.

Series

War of the Dragons
1. The Sorcery Within (1985)
2. The Schemes of Dragons (1989)

Novels

Sinking Ship (1987)
Goats (1987)
Piper in the Night (2001)

Collections

Earthly Pleasures: The Erotic Science Fiction (1996) (writing as Reed Manning)
Embracing the Starlight (2002)
Short Stories, Volume 1 (2003)
Short Stories, Volume 2 (2003)

Series contributed to

X-Men (writing as Reed Manning)
The Law of the Jungle (1998)

Non fiction

Chuck Norris: Martial Arts Masters (2001)

Anthologies containing stories by Dave Smeds

Short stories

	Tournament (1985)
	Hennesy's Test (1986)
	Sinking Ship (1986)
	Goats (1987)
	Gullrider (1987)
	Termites (1987)
	Dragon Touched (1988)
	Sorceress of the Gulls (1988)
	Once a Wife (1990)
	Trading Swords (1991)
	The Flower That Does Not Wither (1992)
	Foreigners (1992)
	Reef Apes (1992)
	Seeing Ghosts (1992)
	Soul Searching (1993)
	Suicidal Tendencies (1993)
	The Easy Way Down from Avernus (1994)
	A Marathon Runner in the Human Race (1994)
	Rusted Blade (1994)
	Short Timer (1994)		Nebula (nominee)
	The Eighth of December (1995)
	Evaporation (1995)
	Fearless (1995)
	Foam (1995)
	The Heart of the Forest (1995)
	Incident on a Skyscraper (1995)
	Knives (1995)
	Survivor (1995)
	Dust and Sand (1996)
	Out of Place (1996)
	The Trigger (1997)
	The High Altar (1998)
	A Wife of Acorn, Leaf, and Rain (1998)
	Conceiving Kings (1999)
	Mom's Room (1999)
	A Raven on My Shoulder (1999)
	Three Strands of Her Hair (1999)
	Memories Traced in Snow (2000)
	The Land of Graves (2001)

Awards

Nebula Best Short story nominee (1996) : Short Timer

Links to other websites

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