{"title":"J. Michael Major","description":"\u003cp\u003eJ. Michael Major's novel ONE MAN'S CASTLE won the 2014 Lovey** Award for BEST FIRST NOVEL **Love is Murder READERS CHOICE AWARD. His most recent story publications include \"Portals\" in BEAUTIFUL LIES, PAINFUL TRUTHS, Vol. II, \"In the Gallery\" in WEIRDBOOK #34 and \"Smiling Gnome\" in MYSTERY WEEKLY MAGAZINE, July 2017 (all available on Amazon). His story \"A Letter To My Ex\" in the multi-5-star reviewed SPLATTERLANDS anthology, edited by Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson, is singled out in most reviews as one of the best and most disturbing stories in the collection. His other stories have appeared in the anthologies DeathGrip 3: It Came From the Cinema and New Traditions in Terror, and such magazines as Hardboiled, Bare Bone, Pirate Writings, Into the Darkness, Outer Darkness, and The Sterling Web. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association, and he lives with his family outside of Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"specters-in-the-gallery-paperback","title":"Specters in the Gallery (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e“In his stunning new book \u003cem\u003eSpecters in the Gallery\u003c\/em\u003e, J. Michael Major delivers an intriguing, finely crafted, twist-laden short story collection chock full of clever tales and unexpected outcomes. Major’s stories explore the exhilaration of danger, the sliding scales of justice, and the sardonic laughter of wry wit. In story after story, Major creates compulsively interesting scenarios. He then bends, twists, turns and corkscrews his plots in directions you’ll never see coming. Fast-paced, fiendishly clever, dark, playful, and unsettling, Major’s stories don't just pull the rug out from under you. They redefine the very nature of the floor. I invite you to step into Major’s amazing gallery of \u003cem\u003ewordly\u003c\/em\u003e delights. Experience the brilliance of his storytelling for yourself. If you dare!” —\u003cstrong\u003eGary K. Wolf\u003c\/strong\u003e, Creator of Roger Rabbit \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStep inside a gallery where every portrait has a pulse, every joke has teeth, and every ordinary life is one bad choice away from the grotesque. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecters in the Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, J. Michael Major gathers dark, twist-laden stories of ambition, revenge, justice, faith, desire, and punishment. A private investigator follows the murder of a ruined writer and uncovers a creation dangerous enough to kill for. A desperate artist discovers the terrible price of being seen. A town buries its secrets beneath progress. A chain letter becomes a death sentence. Across horror, crime, satire, and speculative fiction, Major turns familiar fears into sharp little nightmares with a grin at the edge of the blade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFast-paced, clever, viciously playful, and unsettling, these stories do not simply pull the rug out from under you. They make you question whether the floor was ever there at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter carefully. Not everything on display is finished being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A marvelous collection of enchanting short stories, rich in imagination, intrigue and twisty turns of terror. J. Michael Major journeys across genres with skill and verve, producing an immensely engaging and clever concoction of tales that will keep you turning the pages.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Brian Pinkerton\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. Michael Major","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52627547095319,"sku":"JMM-SITG-PB","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0301\/3604\/1571\/files\/260403SpectersintheGalleryCoverCandidate1.jpg?v=1775248800"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0301\/3604\/1571\/collections\/71Tlqtyx4HL._SX450_CR0_0_450_450.jpg?v=1774896038","url":"https:\/\/geniusbookpublishing.com\/collections\/j-michael-major.oembed","provider":"Genius Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}