Brian writes characters you wish you could meet—whether you love or hate them, they’re real. He writes with the wit and empathy that can make you laugh and cry in the same sentence.

Ghost Stories is a recently-completed collection of short fiction – each story inspired by a tintype photo from the dawn of the photographic age. This eclectic mix of imagined biographical sketches touch on universal themes of love, loss, redemption and regret. The collection ranges from the comic to the tragic, with several pieces intersecting the two. Ghost Stories is for those adventurous readers who are forever seeking out the next original discovery on the fiction shelf. Sample stories are available upon request.

Among the 2000-plus entered, this story won runner-up honours in Canada's best-known short fiction competition, the Toronto Star Short Story Contest. It is a dark parable of a society that metes out justice by stripping criminals of one or more of their senses – the number of which is determined by the severity of the perpetrator's crime.  

This twisted comic tale also won runner-up honours in The Toronto Star' competition. On Tour with Dutch is the story of two hard-drinking country boys who, after bagging Bigfoot during a hunting trip, attempt to turn their legendary trophy into untold riches.

Winner of the Fresh Voices International Screenplay Competition for Best Family Film Script, this reimagining of the Pinocchio tale is about an illustrator whose most recent character comes to life as a cartoon boy in a very real world, turning its creator’s contentedly bachelor lifestyle upside-down. A manuscript of this award-winning screenplay can be forwarded upon request. 

Written and directed by Smith for Canada's Cartoon Network – they purchased it based on his spec scripts and illustrations – this eclectic series of comic shorts takes liberties with just about every monster known to man, while introducing several new creatures born entirely from the twisted mind of the series’ creator. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation described this series as having "a touch of The Far Side and just a little Monty Python".

This screenplay was optioned by Canada's Eggplant Productions after receiving an extremely favourable review from the Endeavor (formerly William Morris Agency) Story Dept. Its coverage document referred to the script as ‘hilarious’, with many ‘sharp, funny sequences.’ (Note to intrigued producers: The option has since elapsed; the sharp, funny sequences, however, remain intact.)

Brian's essay, The Myth of the Apolitical Athlete, was chosen for the 30th Anniversary Edition of Sport Literate. As one of America's foremost literary sports journals, its essays have appeared in celebrated anthologies such as The Best American Sports Writing and The Best American Essays.

To commemorate its centenary, Wilfrid Laurier University held its Short Fiction 'Drabble' Competition – 100-word stories for 100 years – featuring three categories central to its motto: inspiration, leadership and purpose. Open to all Canadian writers,  Brian was the only writer to have a story chosen and published in all three categories. His Leadership-themed story was also republished in the Waterloo Record along with a profile of the author.

This limited edition book was produced for the developers of an amibitious project in which local farmland was returned to its original state, including the replanting of its native vegetation and development of ponds that attracted thousands of bird and animal species. Smith's words and the stunning images of award-winning photographer Kai Clemen combined to create a brilliant tribute to this remarkable accomplishment.