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J.J. Brown

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Author J.J.Brown writes contemporary fiction with a science edge. Her first book, DEATH AND THE DREAM came out in 2011 as a collection of short stories. VECTOR A MODERN LOVE STORY is her first novel, on coming of age in the time of the HIV epidemic in NYC. Her second novel AMERICAN DREAM shows a father overcoming depression through love and art. BRINDLE 24 is her newest novel, the last day in the life of a rural town destroyed by chemical contamination. 

J.J.Brown was a research scientist before turning to fiction writing. She completed a PhD in genetics and her research is published in leading science and education journals. Raised in the Catskill Mountains of New York, J.J.Brown now lives and writes in New York City.
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Brindle 24

Contemporary Fiction

Brindle 24 shines a brutal light on the toxic chemical use by the gas drilling industry that exacts a heavy toll on all life forms. The novel tells the raw story of a nuclear family who live in intimate harmony with the land. Their world is torn apart by effects of hydraulic fracturing, fracking, beneath their ancestral home. 

The fate of the family over 24 hours will haunt the reader, as fracking continues to expand across the globe.
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American Dream

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Contemporary Fiction

A young artist with depression faces eviction from his city apartment, unable to afford rent or mental health care. He suddenly finds himself in line to inherit the family castle. But can he claim it?

Illustrating his first animation film, the artist struggles to pull his life back together and reconnect with his son. The artist's older sister schemes to exclude him from inheritance because of his mental state. His creative spirit defies ownership and redefines an American dream. 

American Dream is a portrait of an atypical New York family. The novel explores ties between emotional illness and creativity, showing the healing power of art.
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Vector a Modern Love Story

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Two patients’ lives collide unexpectedly in a tragic affair; a young opera student Eva, and her mentor Michael, a successful older man. Michael runs a philanthropic Foundation for HIV healthcare along with a doctor in New York City and in South Africa. 

Pursuing her desire for Michael, Eva confuses dramatic opera fantasies with reality. She impulsively acts out her dreams at the Foundation Benefit Ball hosted by Michael and the doctor. As her singing career blossoms over the following weeks, Eva uncovers the secrets of Michael’s past. 

The hidden dangers of loving Michael come to light, forcing both Eva and the doctor to search for hope beyond their love for Michael.

J.J.Brown brings her biomedical background to this tragic coming of age story set in New York in the time of the HIV AIDS epidemic. Feel the pain. Feel the love. Feel the hope.
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Death and the Dream

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Short Stories

14 short stories set in New York explore death and dreams, showing the beauty and the horror of ordinary lives. Mothers, daughters, scientists, and murderers walk the fine line between sanity and insanity, reality and dream, life and death. 

In the story Mouse Chimera, a young scientist is locked in the laboratory with HIV-infected chimeric mice in an experiment turned nightmare. In Underground, a mother with PTSD tries to guess a victim’s identity after witnessing a haunting New York City subway suicide. A scientist finds her experiments with radiation and toxic chemicals contaminate the workers around her, in the story Lab after Dark. 

J.J.Brown brings the authenticity of her science background in Genetics to these stories of psychological struggle.
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Natural Supernatural Love

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Poems for everyone who has heard the voices of nature or the supernatural, and for all those who are curious to hear them. From earthquakes to lightning storms, the poems pull readers into a stream of union with the natural world. 

Natural poems include "Evening Steps" and "Urban Garden"; Supernatural poems "Winter Stalking" and "Empty Casket"; and Love poems "Brothers in Boston" and "Motionless Waking", each is a mini story.
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Distracted by Death: New York Stories

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rror, Thriller, Short Stories, Novellas

Distracted by Death: New York Stories is a horror collection of short fiction and novellas from scientist author J.J.Brown. From the Catskill Mountains to New York City and it's science research labs, the tales uncover psychological horror in ordinary lives. The characters, young and old, explore the fine line drawn between life and death. J.J.Brown brings a biomedical science background to her new collection of deliciously dark stories. Included are The Finest Mask, Mosquito Song, The Doctor's Dreams, After the Layoff and 14 other stories.

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