Brain Jar Press: 8 books

Their final gig ended with two hundred people dead. Patrick’s only regret is that he wasn’t there to be a part of it. There were three things everyone knew about the band: they played like demons, sang like angels, and there was definitely something magic about the way they glowed onstage....

Often strange, always unforgettable, this mini-collection brings together four short tales featuring dinosaurs, bullet catchers, ghosts, and brides from the land of bees. Upon Discovering of A Ghost in the Five Star There’s a ghost in the Five Star Laundromat. The worst thing you can...

There has been no daylight in Brisbane for five years, a hundred and twenty-three days, and fifteen hours. People have learned to adapt. Mika makes his living hustling blackmarket daylight to Brisbane's rich and powerful, but he'd prefer to spend his days hanging out at his favourite cafe....

Steve thinks the first date is going well, but then Duke makes a confession: he's still being visited by a flying crocodile, eager to steal him away to a land far, far away. At first, Steve figures this isn't a big deal, but as the relationship gets serious he can’t shake the feeling that...

A ten-hour drive, a relationship on the rocks, and a ghost waiting for company on a lonely stretch of road. The last thing Alex wants is a trip home with his boyfriend in tow, but when Brendan insists on coming there's nothing for it but a ten hour drive and the dread of what might happen when...

Sick of people offering easy answers about writing and publishing? You Don’t Want To Be Published goes straight for the hard answers and keeps digging. There are plenty of books that tell you how to get published, but very few that focus on how to build a career. You Don’t Want to Be Published...

The twelve stories in this collection touch upon science fiction, horror, and fantasy, but all see people brush against the sublime and discover who they truly are. In “One Saturday Night, With Angel,” a young man staffing a convenience store frets as angels hunt his customers. In “Say Zucchini,...

If you love your fiction weird, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, take this opportunity to introduce yourself to the short stories of Peter M. Ball. This debut collection of fantasy tales will take you on strange and wonderful journeys that contrast the sublime and the everyday, introducing...