Bear Treasure Studios is an independent self-publishing imprint founded by writer Mike D. Smith, dedicated to producing bold, genre defying stories rooted in Black experience, speculative fiction, and horror. The studio's catalog spans graphic novels, film scripts, and prose fiction, with active projects ranging from the Afrofuturist dark fantasy series Tazara: The Trench Beckons and the identity horror comic A.F.R.O. to the martial arts saga Rhythm & Combat: Phoenix Legacy. Working with a core creative team, Bear Treasure Studios operates with an auteur sensibility, building richly layered worlds that draw on literary influences, genre tradition, with a deeply personal storytelling voice.