Curtis Smith published over 125 stories and essays, and his work has been cited by or included in The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, The Best American Spiritual Writing, The Best Small Fictions, The Best Microfictions, and the WW Norton anthology New Micro. He worked with indie presses to put out seven novels, five story collections, two essay collections, and one book of creative nonfiction. His 2020 novel The Magpie’ s Return was named an indie pick of the year by Kirkus, and the 2023 novel The Lost and the Blind was a finalist for Foreword Review’ s indie fiction release of the year. Fall of 2026 will see the simultaneous release of his next two books, (step)sisters (a novel) and this heart (a story collection). Curtis Smith published over 125 stories and essays, and his work has been cited by or included in The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, The Best American Spiritual Writing, The Best Small Fictions, The Best Microfictions, and the WW Norton anthology New Micro. He worked with indie presses to put out seven novels, five story collections, two essay collections, and one book of creative nonfiction. His 2020 novel The Magpie’ s Return was named an indie pick of the year by Kirkus, and the 2023 novel The Lost and the Blind was a finalist for Foreword Review’ s indie fiction release of the year. Fall of 2026 will see the simultaneous release of his next two books, (step)sisters (a novel) and this heart (a story collection).