"Mahinder’s Grand Tournament: The Jade Blade Legacy" by Thomas J. Black reads much like an ancient Chinese story. The setting is The Kingdom of Jade (aka the Ninth Kingdom of Ruby) which had been conquered by The Kingdom of Ruby. For many years the people...

Authorities in Sapphire City are on high alert. There is a vigilante in town that seems to use bizarre methods like soil and trees to trap criminals. But the authorities are not the only ones whose attention the vigilante has caught. A head of a...

Fitting into high school life is always a challenge. There are the sports stars like Chad who always seem so confident and popular. And then there are those kids who just try to get through each day as it comes and hope that they fit...

The Golden Man: A Story from the Helen Tamzarian Papers by Thomas J Black is a farcical comedy that seeks to examine our obsessions and preconceptions at the end of the second decade of the 21st century. The story is a collection of journal events...