Erik Smetana | Writer

A list of the books, journals and publications I had the pleasure of reading in 2008. Most of the publications, if not all, on this list are available online at the likes of Amazon, Powell's and Barnes & Noble (or if you live near where I do - Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books, Big Sleep Books, Booksmarts or Left Bank Books). For those that may not be so easily available, a quick Google search should start you on the path to obtaining them for your own reading enjoyment.

13 Bullets, David Wellington
351 Books of Irma Arcuri, The, David Bajo
American Gods, Neil Gaiman
An Abundance of Katherines, John Green
Apex Magazine: September 2008
Apex Magazine: October 2008
Apex Magazine: November 2008
Art of Fact, The, Ben Yagoda
Book of Fate, The, Brad Meltzer
Book of Lies, The, Brad Meltzer
Bringing the Devil to His Knees, Baxter & Turchi
Button, Button: Uncanny Stories, Richard Matheson
By Blood Written, Steven Womack
ChiZine #35
ChiZine #36
ChiZine #37
ChiZine #38
Clarkesworld Magazine #17
Clarkesworld Magazine #18
Clarkesworld Magazine #19
Clarkesworld Magazine #20
Clarkesworld Magazine #21
Clarkesworld Magazine #22
Clarkesworld Magazine #23
Clarkesworld Magazine #24
Clarkesworld Magazine #25
Cleanup, The, Sean Doolittle
Cold Kiss, The (Draft Review Copy), John Rector
Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel, The, Tom Monteleone
Curse of the Blue Figurine, The, John Bellairs
Dark Delicacies, Anthology
Dark Distortions, Vol. I, Anthology
Dark Hollow, Brian Keene
Devil's Footprints, The, Amanda Stevens
Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The, E. Lockhart
Doorways Magazine #4
Duma Key, Stephen King
Falling, Christopher Pike
For Edgar, Sheldon Rusch
Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman
Generation Dead, Dan Waters
Girl in the Flammable Skirt, The, Aimee Bender
Girl in the Grove (Draft Review Copy), John Rector
God is Dead, Ron Currie, Jr.
Good & Happy Child, The, Justin Evans
Graveyard Book, The, Neil Gaiman
Hobart (online): January 2008
Hobart (online): February 2008
Hobart (online): March 2008
Hobart (online): April 2008
Hobart (online): May 2008
Hobart (online): June 2008
Hobart (online): July 2008
Hobart (online): August 2008
Hobart (online): September 2008
Hobart (online): October 2008
Hobart (online): November 2008
Hobart (online): December 2008
Horror Library Volume I, The, Anthology
Horror Library Volume II, The, Anthology
Horror Library Volume III, The, Anthology
How to Read Novels Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster
Hunger Games, The, Suzanne Collins
Last Cato, The, Matilde Asensi
Lazarus Project, The, Aleksandar Hemon
Like a Chinese Tattoo, Various
Living Dead Girl, Elizabeth Scott
Looking for Alaska, John Green
Mama's Boy and Other Tales, Fran Friel
Man Walks Into A Room, Nicole Krauss
Marvel Zombies, Robert Kirkman
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
Monster, Frank Peretti
Mystic River, Dennis Lehane
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
Nightwalker, Tom Tessier
Only Revolutions, Mark Z. Danielewski
Patron Saint of Liars, The, Ann Patchett
Ransom, Lois Duncan
Rant, Chuck Palahniuk
Raw Shark Texts, The, Steven Hall
Scared Money, James Hime
Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn
Smokelong Quarterly #20
Smokelong Quarterly #21
Smokelong Quarterly #22
Smokelong Quarterly #23
Society of S, Susan Hubbard
Southern Gods (Draft Review Copy), John Hornor Jacobs
Southern Review, The, Autumn 2008
Survivor, Chuck Palahniuk
Tarnished Eye, The, Judith Guest
Third Policeman, The, Flann O'Brien
Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher
Venetian Betrayal, The, Steve Berry
Wake, Lisa McMann
Wasp Factory, The, Iain Banks
What Happened to Cass McBride?, Gail Giles
What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers, Bernays & Painter
Who Can Save Us Now?, King & McNally
Winter's Bone, Daniel Woodrell
Wolfman, The, Nicholas Pekearo
Working, Studs Terkel
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, Burroway & Stuckey-French
Writing for Story, Jon Franklin
Writing Poetry, Barbara Drake