J M Barber: 10 books

Four stories and one novel by J.M. Barber 10 BLOCKS DOWN-He's an old assassin with dementia. But he has one more job and he's willing to go through a new kind of hell to get his target. A COLD WORLD-In a world that kills babies to deal with overpopulation you do whatever you can to fight...

A man pens a note to his wife while stranded in the desert. A man tries to kill a mouse sent from hell. A man finally expresses how he feels to his family in the worst way imaginable. These stories and more are included in J.M. Barber's exciting collection of short stories.

He's an elderly black man that has a disdain for black people. When gang members and police run amok in his hood he sees it all. In his hood there's always something going on, but most seem to miss what's going on just beneath the surface.

Tyler loves the strip clubs, so much that he's nearly destroyed his life for them. But things have changed for Tyler and now he has more money than he can spend. Finally he can do the things he desires and more freely than the average person. When he decides that he wants to use one night to get to...

What happened to best-selling fiction author Dennis Ridge? There's a reason they say to never pick up hitchhikers. Even if it is a pretty woman. 

He goes by the name of Solitary John and is just about willing to do anything to get down to the infirmary. Breaking his hand on a cinder block wall isn't a problem for him, especially when it's part of a much bigger plan.

A hit man that is suffering from Alzheimer's disease is tasked with taking out his next target. He thinks he's ready and when it comes to getting the job done things have been good up until now. When he starts losing his mind in the most critical moments, eliminating his latest target becomes more of a challenge than once imagined.

What would you be willing to do for thirty thousand dollars? Would you be willing to beat someone half to death? How about sweat until you're sure the juices on your brain are frying? Maybe not, but what if you were fooled into a challenge where not completing the task could mean death? You'd be surprised what a person could do with the proper motivation. Welcome to the Love Box

Could you live in a world that put babies to death to eliminate overpopulation? Ten years into the future a mid-twenties man by the name of Albert is forced to live this question. But when a couple of curve-balls come his way he'll have no choice but to break the rules and do everything he can to...

Rethinking Disaster Recovery focuses attention on the social inequalities that existed on the Gulf Coast before Hurricane Katrina and how they have been magnified or altered since the storm. With a focus on social axes of power such as gender, sexuality, race, and class, this book tells new and personalized...