Brian Jackson


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Born in Los Angeles in the middle of the last century, Brian Jackson has always wanted to be a writer. After decades spent working in the computer industry, Brian retired early and began to pursue his dream of being published.

But there was a problem: publishers!

That's right, although Brian found it to be relatively easy to write a decent novel his attempts to have his work published were not eagerly embraced by the publishers in New York.

Enter Smashwords.

Brian is now publishing everything that he writes via Smashwords. He's writing a little bit of everything in the hopes that everyone will find something of interest (and because everything interests him).

Brian now lives in the California foothills with his wife, a published author named Melanie Jackson, Alpine the dog, and Snowy the cat.

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Mayhem Mansion (A Kenneth Mayhem Mystery Book 1)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 31900 words. Published by Brian Jackson on April 27, 2013. .

Armistice Day 1918: Christmas is a peaceful time in Quiet Corner -- except at Mayhem Mansion. There is no peace in Kenneth Mayhew's ancestral manse with a restless ghost playing tricks on the family. Christmas guests will be arriving soon and Kenneth's Aunt Agartha has assigned him the task of laying their ghost to rest before the Yuletide revels.
On the Beach (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 18)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 35640 words. Published by Brian Jackson on April 9, 2013. .

How can a simple Caribbean vacation turn into an international incident? With Chloe Boston on the case anything can happen, that's how. Come along for the ride of a lifetime as Chloe tracks smugglers, evades men in Panama hats, meets a real secret agent-- only nobody knows for who's side-- and thwarts a devious plan in "On the Beach".
The Butterscotch Jones Mysteries Volume 2 (Books 5-7)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 81010 words. Published by Brian Jackson on March 30, 2013. .

The Butterscotch Jones Mysteries Volume 2 is a 82k word collection of books 5-7 in the series. It includes the novels "Points West", "The Wedding", and "Wild East".
The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 5 (Book 14-17)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 102060 words. Published by Brian Jackson on March 30, 2013. .

A fifth bundle is 97k words and includes the full texts of books 14 through 17 in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series: "The Sham", "Murder by the Book", "Cornucopia", and "Make Over".
Blue Period (A Miss Henry Mystery Book 5)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 30390 words. Published by Brian Jackson on March 10, 2013. .

Autumn is the perfect time to be in Napa. The grapes are being harvested and one can enjoy the last of the summer sun while sipping wine and taking in an art show. Yes, Napa is perfect. Unless your host ends up murdered out in his own vineyard and the suspects without alibis include friends, loved ones, and a possible rogue NSA agent who wants help from Juliet Henry.
Duet (A Chloe Boston Butterscotch Jones Compendium)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 44960 words. Published by Brian Jackson on January 29, 2013. .

Chloe Boston and Butterscotch Jones are together for the first time in a mystery "Duet". In "Still Waters", quiet McIntyre's Gulch is troubled by a strange cat burglar who seems interested in nothing but photographs. Mountie Chuck Goodhead is off on some mysteries mission leaving Butterscotch to cope on her own which she was doing quite happiliy when Agent DeSoto of the FBI arrived.
Impression of Bones (A Miss Henry Mystery Book 4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 34040 words. Published by Brian Jackson on November 6, 2012. .

What could be more fun than restoring an old castle? It turns out that almost anything would be better for Juliet Henry who is baking away in her lonely tower room with only the history of old tragedy for company. Already strapped for cash, the project is further endangered when the victim of an old murder is found bricked up in a fireplace and the body reignites old rumors of haunts and curses.
Cornucopia (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 16)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 27410 words. Published by Brian Jackson on September 25, 2012. .

A collection of five Chloe Boston short stories that take place during the holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.
Death in a High Place    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 35700 words. Published by Brian Jackson on September 17, 2012. .

1921-- The War is over, alcohol is proscribed and women have the vote. Jane Blackthorn should be happy but the holidays are looming and the young widow has no desire to spend them with her matchmaking family. An invitation from an old college friends arrives to save her.
Pieces of Hate (A Wendover House Mystery Book 4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 30300 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 10, 2012. .

'Never before did I believe that the dead would truly ryse up in judgment if not layd to rest in consecrated ground. But I have seen with myne own eyes, those drowned faces and barnacled bones walking out of the surf.' So wrote Nicholas Wendover (aka Halfbeard, the pirate). But the troubled ghosts did rise every decade and come looking for their stolen treasure.
Portrait of a Gossip (A Miss Henry Mystery Book 1)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 40400 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 25, 2012. .

Juliet Henry, water-color artist and retired agent of the NSA, wouldn't stack up her knowledge of the human heart against the great romantic poets, but she knows a thing or two about human avarice and stupidity. It comes as no great surprise when the small artists' colony of Bartholomew's Woods ends up with a dead resident.
Requiem at Christmas (A Miss Henry Mystery Book 3)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 32510 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 7, 2012. .

Juliet Henry loved snow. Without snow there was no cross-country skiing. No skiing and there was no Christmas spirit, however feeble, to shine on the bleak winter. While others might scan the December skyline looking for the first Christmas lights in their neighborhood, or search the stores the principal Christmas tree to go up at the mall.
Landscape in Scarlet (A Miss Henry Mystery Book 2)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 30550 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 7, 2012. .

It all started with the balloon man. Until the old bag of skin and bones slouched by, Juliet Henry would have rated the upcoming White Oaks Autumn Art Festival and Wine Tasting a fairly average event. But this guy raised the psyche’s hackles. Even without the subtle skeleton face-paint, patchy hair, dusty frock coat and collection of monstrous balloons clutched by his freakishly long fingers...
Wildside Volume 1 (Books 2-4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 205950 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 31, 2012. .

The Wildside Volume 1 is a 206k word collection of books 2-4 in the Wildside series. It includes the novels "Outsiders", "Courier", and "Still Life". "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com
Medicine Trilogy    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 277140 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 31, 2012. .

The Medicine Trilogy is a 277k word collection of all the books in the trilogy. It includes the novels "Bad Medicine", "Medicine Man", and "Knave of Hearts". This ebook collection is for the completist. It includes the earliest of Melanie's work published for completeness. If you've read all the rest, you might as well read the beginning. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite
Book of Dreams    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 208610 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 31, 2012. .

The Book of Dreams is a 209k word collection of the books in the trilogy. It includes the novels "Metropolis", "Meridian", and "Destiny". "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com
Wild East (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 7)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 30190 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 27, 2012. .

Big oil spells big danger for the Gulch. Surveyors have come to town with startling news-- a new pipeline is going in. It's left to Whiskey Jack to find another route for the pipeline. Meanwhile, the Mountie has his hands full training a new recruit for outback duty.
The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 4 (Books 11-13)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 99750 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 24, 2012. .

The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 4 is a 100k word collection of books 11 - 13 in the bestselling series. It includes the works "Beast of a Feast", "Snow Angel", "High Society", and "Lucky Thirteen".
The Butterscotch Jones Mysteries Volume 1 (Books 2-4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 63450 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 24, 2012. .

The Butterscotch Jones Mysteries Volume 1 is a 63k word collection of books 2 - 4 in the series. It includes the novels "Big Bones", "Gones South", and "Home Fires". "Due North", the first novel in the series, should be read seperately before reading this bundle. For readers looking for cozy thillers set in the Candaian outback, Butterscotch Jones should fit the bill.
Murder by the Book (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 15)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 39500 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 10, 2012. .

Chloe Boston reveals the killer, but it's only a game. She attends a game and encounters a killer. Only this murder is by the book. And you'll never guess who wrote it. Amidst the tumult of the wedding between Agatha and Lawrence, Chloe must outsmart a serial killer and stop him before he strikes again. If you think you know who the killer is, think again -- because you're wrong.
The Wedding (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 6)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 26860 words. Published by Brian Jackson on March 24, 2012. .

The time had come-- Butterscotch was ready to tie the knot! Plans were under way for the festivities and then the Mountie got called away on a dangerous case. Butterscotch was sure she could cope but, as the saying goes, man plans and the gods laugh. They laugh twice as hard at frantic brides. Will the Mountie be able to wrap up his case in time to get back for their wedding?
On Deadly Tides (A Wendover House Mystery Book 3)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 21630 words. Published by Brian Jackson on March 20, 2012. .

(4.00)
A body has washed up on the beach and the past which was buried once is now a present danger to Tess MacKay and others in the islands. Questions about the corpse's identity lead to an exhumation of an empty grave and further queries about a supposed accidental death that might be a ritual murder.
The Sham (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 14)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $0.99 USD. 9350 words. Published by Brian Jackson on March 2, 2012. .

It's Saint Patrick's Day in Hope Falls and the citizens are celebrating by having the mayor of their sister city in Ireland over to join in the festivities. Unfortunately, things go from bad to worse as rivers run red, drinking of Guinness takes its toll, and a criminal pursuit by Officer Bill is required.
Points West (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 5)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 24510 words. Published by Brian Jackson on February 4, 2012. .

McIntyre's Gulch has had it's share of close calls with the law, but this time disaster looms large. A corrupt Mountie staggered to Butterscotch's doorstep and dropped dead. Chuck Goodhead is able to identify the policeman as a traitor who is a purveyor of secrets. Dark and powerful enemies are converging on the town and Chuck and Butterscotch must work quickly to find out why.
Lucky Thirteen (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 13)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 33380 words. Published by Brian Jackson on January 27, 2012. .

(5.00)
Chloe Boston is on vacation with her husband Alex in Florida. While Alex does security work for a local hotel, Chloe pursues her new favorite pastime at the horse racing tracks. Meeting a wealthy horse owner, Chloe is drawn deeper into the world of world class racehorse breading and training. But soon a doping incident followed by a murder ruin her fun and put Chloe back on the case.
Twelfth Night (A Wendover House Mystery Book 2)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 26130 words. Published by Brian Jackson on January 16, 2012. .

Tess has settled into her home on Little Goose Island to discover the house has another resident, a ghost whose past has been so buried that she doesn't even have a name. Compelled by compassion, Tess sets out to discover the spirit's identity. Dismayed at her discovery of an old murder, she gathers the descendants of those who were part of the dead woman's life-- and death.
Home Fires (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 11760 words. Published by Brian Jackson on November 23, 2011. .

The fourth entry in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Butterscotch Jones Mystery Series is a 11k word short story. Christmas is coming to McIntyre's Gulch, unfortunately Butterscotch's boyfriend, Mountie Chuck Goodhead, is not. Instead, he's stuck in a snow storm with his father, who he doesn't get along with. But it is the season for miracles, and maybe one will happen for Chuck and his father.
Snow Angel (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 12)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 31540 words. Published by Brian Jackson on November 20, 2011. .

The twelfth book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Mystery Series is a 31k word book containing the stories "Snow Angel" and "High Society".
The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 3 (Books 8-10)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 73470 words. Published by Brian Jackson on October 11, 2011. .

A Chloe Boston Haunted Bundle is 73k words and includes the full texts of books 8 through 10 in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series: "Red, White, and a Dog Named BLue", "Haunted", and "The Great Pumpkin Caper".
The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 2 (Books 5-7)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 59100 words. Published by Brian Jackson on October 10, 2011. .

A Chloe Boston Love Bundle is 59k words and includes the full texts of books 5 through 7 in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series: "Cupid's Revenge", "Viva Lost Vegas", and "Death of a Dumb Bunny".
The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 1 (Books 2-4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 85490 words. Published by Brian Jackson on October 9, 2011. .

A Chloe Boston Holiday Bundle is 86k words and includes the full texts of books 2 through 4 in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series: "The Pumpkin Thief", "Death in a Turkey Town", and "Murder on Parade".
The Secret Staircase (A Wendover House Mystery Book 1)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 38090 words. Published by Brian Jackson on September 29, 2011. .

(5.00)
A strange inheritance leads Tess MacKay to an island in Maine. In her unknown relative's ancient house, she discovers that the sins of the past are very much alive and able to be visited on the children. Smugglers and pirates and an old curse are not just things of the past, but dangers and mysteries to be reckoned with today.
Beast of a Feast (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 11)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 35030 words. Published by Brian Jackson on September 21, 2011. .

It's autumn in Hope Falls, the time of year that thoughts turn to family, friends, and large meals. Instead of hosting a large Thanksgiving meal at her place, Chloe opts to have a cozy dinner out with her husband, Alex. But her plans are changed for her and soon grow out of control. Meanwhile, Chloe is on the lookout for a lost boy in this delightful holiday romp.
Gone South (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 3)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 29350 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 24, 2011. .

Butterscotch receives a call from the states informing her that her father is dying. But is it a genuine deathbed call for reconciliation or a trap? In either case, Butterscotch solicits the help of Detective Chuck Goodhead to sneak over the border to see her father. From that point on, chaos reigns. This latest installment in the series sees Butterscotch grow in unexpected ways.
Devil of the Highlands    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 83380 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 1, 2011. .

First published as Iona. Isolated by the icy storms of the North Atlantic, the isle of Iona was only a temporary haven for its mistress. Lona MacLean, knew that it was a matter of time before the Sasannachs came for her. But the man who landed upon Iona's shore was not an Englishman. The handsome intruder was a Scot, and a crafty one. In his embrace, Lona found an ecstasy she'd long ago forsworn.
The Great Pumpkin Caper (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 10)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 19890 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 30, 2011. .

It's Halloween and this year Chloe is certain she'll win the pumpkin carving contest, but the night before the competition someone uses Mr. Jackman's giant pumpkin to squash an unpopular dentist. This is publicity the town doesn't need. Can Chloe solve the pumpkin caper and save Halloween? This is a short story approximately 19k words in length.
Courier (Wildside Series Book 3)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 68870 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 13, 2011. .

Lyris knew all about goblins. She had spent much of her adult life trying to prove one was behind the assassination of JFK. But was Quede the biggest threat in New Orleans, this strange monarch who owned the plantation Toujours Perdrix? Or was the biggest threat Romeo Hart, the fey who laughed at death and quickened Lyris' blood? This courier mission was trouble.
Still Life (Wildside Series Book 4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 69330 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 13, 2011. .

Snippets of a forgotten past were returning to Nyssa Laszlo, along with the power to project her mind. Each projection thrust her into a glowing still life of color and time, and her every step led deeper into undiscovered country. Things were changing and dangerously so. She was learning who she was-- whether she wanted to or not. She was also learning dark things were on the rise.
Outsiders (Wildside Series Book 2)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 67810 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 12, 2011. .

Cyra Delphin never felt quite right in her own skin. As a child, her parents made her hide her gifts. But certain things don't stay buried. What others are afraid to acknowledge-- the modern world's seedy underbelly, its Wildside ruled by dark magic and goblins-- doesn't simply go away. And when that darkness came to call, Cyra sought sancturary in the Nevada desert.
Medicine Man (Medicine Trilogy Book 2)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 93310 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 11, 2011. .

(3.00)
Book Two in the Medicine Trilogy Patience Heckette is on the run, blamed for a murder she didn't commit. Dogged by a vicious bounty hunter, she turns to Sheriff Tyler Dalton known in Medicine as the Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Though the deck is stacked against them, Patience and Tyler are ready for one last high stakes game.
Belle    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 71860 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 6, 2011. .

With the letter breaking his engagement, Stephan Kirton's hopes for respectability and happiness went up in smoke. It was inevitable that his travels abroad and "intereaction with the lower classes" would put him beyond the scope of polite society. That and he was born a bastard.
Dominion    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 77900 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 6, 2011. .

When the Great One gifted Domitien with love, it was not simply for a lifetime. Yet in his first incarnation, Dom was not to find happiness. His wife and unborn child were murdered, and Dom himself swore never again to feel such pain. When Death came, he went willingly. The Creater sent him back to Earth, to learn love in another body. This is his last chance to find happiness.
And They Danced    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $0.99 USD. 19130 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 5, 2011. .

All her life, Faith has dreamed of dancing with Fred Astaire, and now some mysterious Godmother has left her magic dancing shoes. Can true love be far away?
Timeless    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 69700 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 5, 2011. .

Lessons should have been learned after a viking appeared in the Club Valhalla beach resort, but somehow the portal to the past was left open, snatching a 13th century Scottish warrior off the field of battle and dropping him in the middle of a Celtic festival.
Sanderson House    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 39440 words. Published by Brian Jackson on June 28, 2011. .

Cheryl Sanderson is looking to make a new start in life beginning with her new home in San Francisco. But her old life in Las Vegas won't leave her be. Soon she's hip deep in boarders, larcenists, and dead bodies. And to clear her good name she must find the murderer of her most recent house guest. Sanderson House is an enjoyable cozy mystery about a young mother trying to catch a break in life.
Bad Medicine (Medicine Trilogy Book 1)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 90780 words. Published by Brian Jackson on June 27, 2011. .

Joe won the ranch fair and square in a poker game, but the people of Medicine Wyoming are not ready for a half-breed neighbor. In an effort to achieve calm and respectability, Joe takes his half-brother's advice and contracts for a hard working mail-order bride. Things might have gone well if his brother hadn't picked up the wrong woman at the stagecoach stop.
Moonstruck    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 38040 words. Published by Brian Jackson on June 23, 2011. .

P.I. Zack Moon made a wish on a falling star and his prayers were answered in the form of his new assistant, Addy Claire. Abigail had always wanted to be a detective, but there were scary things happening at the Psychic Investors Hotline where she was working undercover, proving that sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for.
Haunted (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 9)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 23970 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 17, 2011. .

Initially suspended from the Hope Falls Police Department, Chloe takes on an urgent case for Alex and finds herself playing ghost buster. Haunted is an action packed, cliff hanger of a cozy. You've come this far, why not go all the way.
Big Bones (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 2)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 22590 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 16, 2011. .

(3.00)
When the mafia plane exploded, that should have been the end of troubles for McIntyre's Gulch, but the government became more interested in The Gulch and RCMP detective, Chuck Goodhead. Butterscotch Jones has other woes. A giant skeleton has been discovered outside of town and Sasquatch Watch is on the way with reporters and an anthropologist. Can she get rid of them before someone dies.
Red, White, and a Dog Named Blue (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 8)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 31840 words. Published by Brian Jackson on April 17, 2011. .

Red, White, and a Dog Named Blue is a collection of short stories that fills in the gaps betwixt and between in Chloe's life. In the title story, Chloe's 4th of July turns deadly when she is called in to judge a baking competition at the county fair. The book also includes the stories Batter Up!, In Search of Christmas, and Lights! Camera! Action!
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Books

Do It Yourself: Publish on Amazon    by Brian Jackson
Price: $0.99 USD. 8520 words. Published on February 13, 2013. Nonfiction.

This manual explains how to format your book using Microsoft Word on either a PC or a Mac for publication at Amazon using the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) web-based interface. Formatting books for publication on Amazon isn’t a sexy subject, but it is about to become fundamental to your life as a self-published author.
Sanderson House    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 39440 words. Published by Brian Jackson on June 28, 2011. Fiction.

Cheryl Sanderson is looking to make a new start in life beginning with her new home in San Francisco. But her old life in Las Vegas won't leave her be. Soon she's hip deep in boarders, larcenists, and dead bodies. And to clear her good name she must find the murderer of her most recent house guest. Sanderson House is an enjoyable cozy mystery about a young mother trying to catch a break in life.
In Walked Trouble    by Brian Jackson
Price: $0.99 USD. 7450 words. Published on January 7, 2011. Fiction.

"I knew ahead of time that trouble was at my door by the sound of the footsteps in the hallway. You see, they were the footsteps of a dame; and in my book, and at this time of night, a dame almost always spells trouble." Harland Case is on the job again, only this time the job involves vampires and other unsavories. A Los Angeles, noir piece that tells the story of one hard up dick.
The Kiss    by Brian Jackson
Price: $0.99 USD. 6760 words. Published on January 7, 2011. Fiction.

"My name is Steve Merriman and I'm eleven years old... Today, March 11th, 1969, after school, I have to kiss a girl." Thus begins the charming story of the longest day in a young boy's life. Here, for the first time as a standalone story is a remembrance from days gone by when: drop drills were performed to prepare for the bomb, girls had koodies, and a first kiss was both scary and enthralling.
Blood Lust    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 59580 words. Published on December 13, 2010. Fiction.

An amped up, shiver driven, love fest. - Dark Realm Review. Blood Lust is a contemporary retelling of Dracula as a M/M Romance. Blood Lust tells the story of Don Emilio Diego Vargas Tepes and his thwarted attempt to subjugate Los Angeles under an iron rule. Join Arthur, Seward, Van Helsing, and even the crazed lunatic Crenshaw, as they confront evil on a grand scale.
Of Two Hearts    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 23850 words. Published on August 6, 2010. Fiction.

In Spirit of the Heart, Julia Wilcox moves into a deserted southern mansion to do some writing only to find it already occupied by a precocious ghost. In Moon Heart, Annie Roberts is spending her last days alone in the family cabin when she's saved by a werewolf. Of Two hearts presents two novellas for the first time in one volume.
Dead of Night    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 58830 words. Published on August 5, 2010. Fiction.

From the end of the world to romance on an elementary school playground, from vampires and ghosts to killer accordions, these are the short stories of Brian Jackson. Published individually in various hard copy venues, these stories are now available for the first time in a single volume. Come let the author share with you his love for the short story form.
First Son    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 60430 words. Published on August 4, 2010. Fiction.

0.25 star(4.25 from 4 reviews)
Ian Johnston, son of the President of the United States, flaunts his gay lifestyle to taunt his father, a conservative leader. While clubbing, Ian is stabbed and almost dies. Malcolm Young is an ex-army ranger who works for the Secret Service. Without his agreement he's assigned to pose as Ian’s lover in order to protect the president’s son. Thus starts their hot love affair.
Travel Logged    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 81870 words. Published on August 4, 2010. Fiction.

The night he lost his wife, Owen Beyer became a lost man. Coming to, Owen finds himself on cut rate tour of Europe. But eventually he turns the cards on his company by hijacking the low budget tour group to take them on a deluxe tour of Europe with all expenses paid by his employer. Along the way, he's chased and falls in love with the beautiful member of the tour group.
Remote Control    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 78090 words. Published on August 4, 2010. Fiction.

British intelligence can no longer afford to risk its finest minds in the field. Now female control agents who are trained and retained at headquarters remotely communicate with male field agents who are long on brawn and short on brain. Remote control is romantic comedy of a possible present in which women run the world hidden behind proxy male mouthpieces.
Blood Reich    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 81030 words. Published on August 4, 2010. Fiction.

(4.00 from 1 review)
In the year 1945 the Third Reich is losing the war. In a desperate attempt to save the Motherland, the Nazi High Command makes a deal with an ancient Yugoslavian count to give them the blood of the vampire. Vampirism soon spreads through the German forces turning men into blood crazed fighting machines and the Wehrmacht into an unstoppable juggernaut. Blood Reich is fast paced action, horror.
Drained    by Brian Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 75470 words. Published on August 3, 2010. Fiction.

Susan Weber is a successful advertising executive living the high life in San Francisco. One night she clogs her kitchen drain by stuffing a whole chicken carcass down the garbage disposal. Enter Joe the plumber. He's friendly, polite, drop dead gorgeous... and happens to be a vampire. Drained is a light hearted, romantic farce in which a couple tries to coup with being half undead.

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Smashwords book reviews by Brian Jackson

  • Legacy: Arthurian Saga on May 15, 2011
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    I bought this set simply because I had to have a copy of The Crystal Cave on my Kindle. One of my favorite books of all time. Now, where are the rest of the Mary Stewart books?
  • The First Ten Steps on June 12, 2011
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    Good, simple advice from someone who's been there, done that. I recommend this book for those ready to take the next step in promoting their work.
  • Operation Disaster on Feb. 18, 2012
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    It was the year of my birth that things started to go wrong. By 1980 the world was a bombed out husk patroled by marauding mutants. A tiny group of scientists depend upon a questionable technology to travel back in time in order to stop the chaos before it began. So begins this facinating look at the consequences of war and the lengths to which the human spirit will soar to save humanity. I really enjoyed this story from the catastrophic beginning through the explanation of the technology to the throught provoking conclusion. The story is a fast paced classic that is sure to please. I highly recommend it. For lovers of Arthur C. Clarke and Issac Asimov comes a fun short story from the classic sci-fi writer Elizabeth Chater.