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J.B. Jackson

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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) 4.57 avg rating — 23 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
	Prizes, Pilum New Voices Number 4 by Schuyler Hernstrom, Neal Durando (Editor), John C Wright (Introduction) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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 Print Connoisseur: Complete Index, 1920-1932 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	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 Dome: Complete Index, 1897-1900 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 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
	José Antonio Velásquez, Honduran Primitive Painter: An Annotated Bibliography 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Messrs. McDermott & McGough: The 21,987th Instance of a Bibliography by J.B. Jackson (Goodreads Author), Dana L. Jemison 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Nine stories about objectives sought and won or lost and those regained by main force, deception, seduction, overweening desire, a taste for the good and/or easy life, slipped beneath a coat on the way out the door, or acquired of simple avarice, drive, anything risked on a final, sweaty throw, get-up-and-go, winning attitude and a fine smile, not to be confused with lost property or that abandone Read more of this blog post »

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De re dordica (2 books)
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J.B. Jackson (Goodreads Author)

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Pilum New Voices (3 books)
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J.B. Jackson (Goodreads Author),

Brian Evenson (Introduction),

Neal Durando (Editor)

4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings

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