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Jack Spratt
Pease Pudding has been missing for nine days. Mr. Eencey Spider and Miss Maggie Muffet are hot on the trail with their prime suspect being Jack Spratt. Haunted by the death of his fiancée, Jack will do anything to please his wife, Joan. But, in the end, only one will be left to lick the platter clean.
16 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 7, 2016
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About the author
Joshua Robertson
45 books215 followersYou may recognize him as the dude whose dragons were said to destroy George R.R. Martin's and Christopher Paolini's dragons in a very biased Twitter poll. His first novel, Melkorka, was released in 2015, and he has been writing fantasy fiction like clockwork ever since. Known most for his Thrice Nine Legends Saga, Robertson enjoys an ever-expanding and extremely loyal following of readers.
Joshua Robertson is the CEO of Crimson Edge Press, the Goblin King from the Goblin Horde on YouTube, and a bestselling author in dark fantasy. Robertson is a Licensed Master Social Worker, who received his degree from Wichita State University. He has worked with children and families for the past fifteen years in a variety of unique venues: a residential behavior school, a psychiatric treatment facility, and the child welfare system. He has functioned as a supervisor, an educator, a behavior specialist, and a therapist during his career. Mr. Robertson has presented trainings for hundreds of professionals and military personnel on topics that include child abuse and neglect, human trafficking, strengthening the parent and child relationships, and the neurobiological impact of trauma.
He currently lives in North Carolina with his better half and his horde of goblins.
Joshua Robertson is the CEO of Crimson Edge Press, the Goblin King from the Goblin Horde on YouTube, and a bestselling author in dark fantasy. Robertson is a Licensed Master Social Worker, who received his degree from Wichita State University. He has worked with children and families for the past fifteen years in a variety of unique venues: a residential behavior school, a psychiatric treatment facility, and the child welfare system. He has functioned as a supervisor, an educator, a behavior specialist, and a therapist during his career. Mr. Robertson has presented trainings for hundreds of professionals and military personnel on topics that include child abuse and neglect, human trafficking, strengthening the parent and child relationships, and the neurobiological impact of trauma.
He currently lives in North Carolina with his better half and his horde of goblins.
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July 19, 2017
I love when a story takes something old and familiar and spins it into something new. Very creepy and fun.
September 6, 2017
Well, well, well i'll be damned, i sure never saw this story coming!! it's wicked and a fairytale for adults for sure!! love the turn it took in the end, after all Jack always best loved his Jill!!
May 15, 2017
Twisted nursery rhymes
The nursery rhymes of old were often twisted enough, but Joshua Robertson has managed to do so in this dark but amusing read.
The nursery rhymes of old were often twisted enough, but Joshua Robertson has managed to do so in this dark but amusing read.
October 29, 2017
Fairy tales retold
A fairy tale mashup that lumps all kinds of characters and stories together into one nightmare. It is completely Jacked up.
A fairy tale mashup that lumps all kinds of characters and stories together into one nightmare. It is completely Jacked up.
February 27, 2017
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Based on the title, I had been expecting a spin on the nursery rhyme I had learned as a child, but this wasn’t what I imagined. This was a very cleverly written, if somewhat disturbing in content, short story.
I was impressed by the creativity shown in writing all of Jack’s dialogue in verse, mimicking well known nursery rhymes.
The book is very short, but worth a read for a giggle or two. Though I would also add, that you will most likely never look at your childhood nursery rhymes in quiet the same way again.
Based on the title, I had been expecting a spin on the nursery rhyme I had learned as a child, but this wasn’t what I imagined. This was a very cleverly written, if somewhat disturbing in content, short story.
I was impressed by the creativity shown in writing all of Jack’s dialogue in verse, mimicking well known nursery rhymes.
The book is very short, but worth a read for a giggle or two. Though I would also add, that you will most likely never look at your childhood nursery rhymes in quiet the same way again.
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