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in Fort Worth, TX, The United States

June 28, 1968

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Music freak, aesthete, and '70s aficionado, JB Jackson is a native of Fort Worth, Texas. He currently lives with his family in Sebastopol, California. He is an editor of art reference books and his fiction has appeared in Black Rose, The Wells of Ur, Death Flex: Shadow of the Executioner, and Prizes (Pilum Press New Voices, No. 4). Shagduk is his first novel. The second title in the De re dordica saga, Ursula of Ulm was published in August 2024. A third book is in the works. ...more

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	Shagduk (De re dordica #1) 4.62 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wells of Ur by J.B. Jackson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Norberto Argentavis (Contributor), Jon Mollison (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ursula of Ulm (De re dordica #2) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Flex : Shadow of the Executioner (Pilum New Voices Number 3) by J.B. Jackson (Goodreads Author), Brian Evenson (Introduction), Neal Durando (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Prizes: Pilum New Voices No. 4

Calling all Shagduk fans! Here's your chance for a little taste of Book 3 of the De re dordica saga. In case you're wondering where all these great books are coming from, they're coming from Pilum Press. Now you know. Back this now.

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