J.M. Black
The sometimes dazzling, sometimes horrifying, sometimes catacalysmic fiction by J.M. Black all found here. Some of it's new, some of it's old. All of it's true.
THE LIBRARY
A selective collection of J.M. Black's work can be found on this page, including her most recently published work. For more, just follow the link below!
The Great Scheme of Things
ISBN-13-978-1492728160
​Randal Spudner is late to work on a brisk March morning in New York City. He wouldn't be as concerned if his boss wasn't Buckley, or if he didn't lose the report. This highly confidential report gets into the hands of some very unlikely people throughout Randal's desperate journey to get it back. Meanwhile, Stan is just trying to get through the day without getting shot by an ex-stripper in the back of his cab, Allie is doing all that she can to go "all the way", Walter is trying to stay alive while his heart disagrees, and Baby Jack makes one of the biggest decisions in his famous life. It's all in the great scheme things that these people's lives are changed, ended, and started.
Mrs. Graber's Roses
Well over a decade later, with Mrs. Graber still missing, Ellis "Bud" Jaimeson offers his few yet intense encounters with the Graber's throughout his childhood to the police. Although Mrs. Graber's roses no longer exist, they're still prevalent in Bud's childhood memories.
One Man's Dread is Another Man's Drug
In order to get a brand new car––something he's been desperate for––all Rickie has to do is kill a man. The problem: he doesn't want to kill anybody. His solution: getting someone else to do it for him. Though he may count himself a genius, the someone Rickie hires to do the job enjoys getting blood on his hands a little too much.
Darling​
​A desolate woman writes to her husband during the world's most unforseen, unanticipated apocolyse. But not even her husband can answer all of her questions. How will she survive in the dark? She may find out that she is not alone.
Charles Jensen XIII
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Truth be told, eternity is a lot longer than everyone thinks it is. Truth be told, I really, really wish I listened to my dad.
Always Take Advice From a Gypsy Woman
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The crazy gypsy woman told him not to go to Gold Beach, if he could do anything to avoid. Well, Franklin had no intentions in going to Gold Beach in the first place…yet he finds himself there, searching for the signs the woman spoke of that detailed her dark omen about his terrible misfortune.