D.B. SMYTH
I’m a Molotov cocktail in Hello Kitty packaging (with PTSD) who dreams in anime and wrestles with demons. I revel in vengeance, comeuppance, and heart-shattering dark nights of the soul, and I believe the villain is always worth the bullet.
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D.B. Smyth
Thank you for giving Keres (and me) a chance.
If you like stories about monsters and darkness and the gittiness of life—where redemption tangles with destruction, pain, and secrets—then I’m your gal.
But be warned: I don’t hold back.
I won’t keep you safe.
I won’t protect you from truths forged in sharp words and raw emotion—beware, they cut.
And I won’t apologize for shining a light on the seedy underbelly humans try to hide behind forced smiles and silence.
I write for those hungry to be captivated… thrilled… left gasping for breath as you turn just one more page.
…The two of us finding hope in the darkness and beauty in the chaos, together.
I am shadow glitter. A dark unicorn in the pitch-black.
A Molotov cocktail with a world to light on fire.
Come burn with me.
About My Books
Soul Reaper
by D.B. Smyth
Published by: Balance of Seven
Publication Date: Oct 6, 2023
Genres: Urban Fantasy; Dark Fantasy
Synopsis:
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I DON’T SAVE LIVES. I TAKE THEM.
MAYBE TOMORROW SOMEONE WILL TAKE MINE.
NOT LIKELY. BUT ONE CAN HOPE.
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Isolation.
Carnage.
Sanity wrung from the soul like ichor from a blood-soaked cloth.
Keres never imagined this would be her fate when she bound herself as an Angel of Death over a thousand years ago. She only wanted the power to avenge her murdered family. What she got was an eternity of violence—reaping souls for a God who’s now forsaken her.
She’s not supposed to care. She’s not supposed to feel. She’s not supposed to break.
But when a reaping goes to shit and Daemon assassins attack, Keres uncovers a truth she was never meant to find:
Her contract isn’t just taking souls.
It’s destroying her own.
Now she must choose: trust the very monsters sent to kill her… or let the next reaping be her last.
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Dragons Within: Embracing Her Fire (Anthology)
by D.B. Smyth (and others)
Published by: Balance of Seven
Publication date: Nov 2021
Genres: Fantasy Anthology & Short Stories
Synopsis:
“People who only see the bad call us cursed. Now I have a chance to change that narrative.”
Journey into the world of Dragons Within and dance with a fire that flows through the veins of powerful women. Powerfully crafted by twelve new and emerging speculative fiction authors, these tales shine a beacon of hope in the face of condemnation, giving others the courage to chase their dreams with scorching determination and impenetrable resolve. Shedding their fear, the women of Dragons Within approach the all-consuming black blaze and
. . .embrace their fire.
