by J. Boyett
BENJAMIN GOLDEN DEVILHORNS, by Doug Shields
A collection of stories set in a bizarre universe: the lord of cockroaches breathes the same air as a genius teenage girl with a thing for criminals, a ruthless meat tycoon who hasn’t figured out that secret gay affairs are best conducted out of town, and a telepathic mind-controlling bowling ball. Yes, the bowling ball breathes.
RICKY, by J. Boyett
Ricky’s hoping to begin a new life upon his release from prison; but on his second day out, someone murders his sister. Determined to find her killer, but with no idea how to go about it, Ricky follows a dangerous path, led by clues that may only be in his mind.
BROTHEL, by J. Boyett
What to do for kicks if you live in a sleepy college town, and all you need to pass your courses is basic literacy? Well, you could keep up with all the popular TV shows. Or see how much alcohol you can drink without dying. Or spice things up with the occasional hump behind the bushes. And if that’s not enough you could start a business....
THE VICTIM (AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS), by J. Boyett
In The Victim, April wants Grace to help her prosecute the guys who raped them years before. The only problem is, Grace doesn’t remember things that way.... Also included:
A young man picks up a strange woman in a bar, only to realize she’s no stranger after all;
An uptight socialite learns some outrageous truths about her family;
A sister stumbles upon her brother’s bizarre sexual rite;
A first date ends in grotesque revelations;
A love potion proves all too effective;
A lesbian wedding is complicated when it turns out one bride’s brother used to date the other bride.
COMING IN 2016:
COLD PLATE SPECIAL, by Rob Widdicombe
Jarvis Henders has finally hit the beige bottom of his beige life, his law-school dreams in shambles, and every bar singing to him to end his latest streak of sobriety. Instead of falling back off the wagon, he decides to go take his life back from the child molester who stole it. But his journey through the looking glass turns into an adventure where he’s too busy trying to guess what will come at him next, to dwell on the ghosts of his past.
I’M YOUR MAN, by F. Sykes
It’s New York in the 1990’s, and every week for years Fred has cruised Port Authority for hustlers, living a double life, dreaming of the one perfect boy that he can really love. When he meets Adam, he wonders if he’s found that perfect boy after all … and even though Adam proves to be very imperfect, and very real, Fred’s dream is strengthened to the point that he finds it difficult to awake.
THE UNKILLABLES, by J. Boyett
Gash-Eye already thought life was hard, as the Neanderthal slave to a band of Cro-Magnons. Then zombies attacked, wiping out nearly everyone she knows and separating her from the Jaw, her half-breed son. Now she fights to keep the last remnants of her former captors alive. Meanwhile, the Jaw and his father try to survive as they maneuver the zombie-infested landscape alongside time-travelers from thirty thousand years in the future....Destined to become a classic in the literature of Zombies vs. Cavemen.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J. Boyett is a novelist, playwright, filmmaker, and founder of Saltimbanque Books, and can be reached at [email protected].
For more information check out jboyett.net.