Death and the Dream

by JJ Brown

Overview

“Subtle, soul-touching horror.”
14 haunting tales make up this noir fiction short story book. Death becomes an inescapable part of life in scenes set in the Catskill Mountains, Brooklyn, the Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, City Island, and New York City’s science research labs.

"Underground" is an eerie City Subway incident.
"Summer Off" follows a child left home alone playing with matches in a rural valley.
"Brooklyn Song" gives a slice of life at an income maintenance center.
"Rabbit Nightmare" sees a college student searching for love in New York City become trapped in a dream.
"Mouse Chimera" tracks a young scientist locked in a laboratory room with her experiment's mice.
Nine more chilling tales make up the collection.

J.J.Brown expertly weaves lyrical and poetic stories reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011455506
Publisher:	JJ Brown
Publication date:	08/07/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	207 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

J.J.Brown is an indie author of novels, short stories, mysteries, poetry, speculative fiction and noir fiction books infused with passion for nature, science and family. Her books are published in print, ebook and audiobook editions.

An incorrigible storyteller originally from the Catskill Mountain region of New York, J.J. Brown continued writing fiction stories during her career as a molecular biologist and public health advocate in Philadelphia, Miami and New York City. Her fiction subjects address current medical, mental health and environmental concerns.

J.J.Brown has a PhD in genetics from research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, mentored by Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock. Brown's genetics, medical education and public health works are published in leading scientific and professional journals under her full name, Jennifer J Brown, PhD. She is a mentor for people living with phenylketonuria, PKU, and their caretakers at the nonprofit National PKU Association, NPKUA as a volunteer. When not writing, J.J.Brown enjoys time with her daughters, her adopted companion rabbits and parakeets. She lives and works in New York City.