This is collection of my poems about life, about love, and about family.

"Gurl Get Up" is an anthology of poems created in polarized moments. From the darkest to the happiest, each poem encourages, motivates, and inspires readers to find their own truth. Sometimes finding it is difficult, in those times Brandon Jackson's words will activate your talent. This spark plug for the soul will energize you and leave you confident that no one can tell your own story better than you. Life is swift; these words were written for those who never had the time to tell the wo...

A hand-picked set of stories, Blue Collar, is a fascinating compilation of real stories, experiences, and inspiring wisdom from a diverse group of writers from around the world. The stories offer genuine insight into the lives of people who work with their hands - often called "blue-collar" workers. Readers will find inspiration in the words of these authors, who share their triumphs and struggles in an honest and authentic way.Here’s a sample of the stories you will find:A...

From #1 New York Times Bestselling, Hugo Award-winning author, Brandon Sanderson, comes DARK ONE - an action-packed fantasy adventure exploring good and evil. Paul Tanasin is haunted by visions of a dark, fantastic world. A world called Mirandus. A world he must shatter.SOME WORLDS ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN.From #1 New York Times bestselling, Hugo Award-winning author, Brandon Sanderson (The COSMERE Univserse...

How do young Black men navigate the transition to adulthood in an era of labor market precarity, an increasing emphasis on personal independence, and gendered racism? In Brotherhood University, Brandon A. Jackson utilizes longitudinal qualitative data to examine the role of emotions and social support among a group of young Black men as they navigate a “structural double bind” as college students and into early adulthood. While prevailing stereotypes portray young Black men as emo...

"An action-packed, surprise-filled, outrageously thrilling novel!" —Jeff Strand, author of Wolf HuntDEXTER meets DEATH WISH in this pulse-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the author of Bad Parts.ONE GUN. SIX BULLETS. NO CHOICE.Ken Fujima, a downtrodden substitute teacher from suburban Pennsylvania, is trying to rebuild his life when his home is broken into by a pair...

Winner of the Gold Pen Award from the Black Writers Alliance, author Brandon Massey writes chilling novels of terror and suspense. In Dark Corner, a Mississippi backwater harbors a growing evil. After David Hunter learns of his estranged father's death in a freak boating accident, he travels to the famed author's home in the quaint burg of Mason's Corner to discover the man he never knew-and something terrifying about himself. "Mr. Massey's gripping style is reminiscent of Stephen King."-Q...

Writer Brandon (NBSG: Zarek) Jerwa is joined series artist Jackson Herbert for this all new series which tells the untold tale of the crew of the Battlestar Galactica! Set approximately two years before the SCI FI mini-series which relaunched Battlestar Galactica to such acclaim, the 7-issues collected here (including #0) follows Commander Adama and crew as they take on their first mission on board the Galactica. Everything in that time frame is explored, including the menace and return of...

Louvenia Buchanan interviews her great-grandmother Mary Clotel Baker Buchanan as a class project and discovers that her Maw Maw has a wealth of information to share about freedom, education, and some of the most influential African Americans in history. Louvenia also learns about her own ancestors who were kidnapped and brought to America . Her project is so exciting that it wins First Place, and Maw Maw is invited to the school to receive an award! ForeWord Clarion Book Review

Award-winning suspense author Brandon Massey has received glowing praise for his entertaining chillers, including the Gold Pen Award winner Dark Corner. A woman concealing many dangerous secrets, Rachel has taken great pains to flee from her troubled past. But now a figure from long ago has returned and will stop at nothing to make her suffer for her sins.

During the Los Angeles campaign to replace longtime incumbent mayor Tom Bradley, the stakes are high for Detective Charlotte Justice, of the LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division. When she's called to Koreatown to investigate the shocking murder of Vicki Park, special markets strategist for an upstart campaign, all of her skills—and fears—come to the fore. Park, a Korean, is found bludgeoned and bound, her body dumped in an alley. But who was the homeless man who identified Park's body an...

For more than two years, he held Seattle in a terror grip. A cold-blooded killer who abducted young mothers right in front of their sons and murdered them execution style. Then, as suddenly as the killings began, they seemed to stop.Susan Blanchette is looking forward to a relaxing weekend getaway with her fiancé, Allen, and young son, Matthew. But something about the remote lake house doesn't feel right. A woman vanished from the area a year ago, and now Susan thinks she's spotted...