This 51^st issue of Smith’s Monthly contains more than seventy thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. Including The Big Tom, the first novel in the Pakhet Jones series, and five new short stories in some of Dean’s most popular series; Marble Grant, Bryant Street, and Poker Boy, among others.

Also in this issue is Stories from July, part 3, with five classic short stories from Dean’s groundbreaking project for which he wrote a short story (or two) a day for one month, blogged about it, and designed a cover for each one. The adventure continues!