Mayhem Sam - (Splatter Western) by J D Graves (Paperback)

About the Book

"Finally, the legendary true story unfolds in all its gory detail. In 1867, a series of unfortunate events sees the teenage Samantha Gray marry the famous Captain Jakes. Once his bride is installed at Sweet Pine, her charming fairy tale honeymoon unravels with diabolical intensity. When Samantha discovers the Captain's amorous interests in her younger sister, Sweet Pine becomes the young bride's prison. Now forced into a life of unrelenting servitude, Samantha plots her revenge. However, rumors of the Captain's ill-gotten riches have drawn the attention of a ruthless gang of cutthroats. And this unwanted intrusion threatens to ruin all of Mrs. Jakes best laid plans"--

Book Synopsis

Finally, the legendary true story unfolds in all its gory detail. In 1867, a series of unfortunate events sees the teenage Samantha Gray marry the famous Captain Jakes. Once his bride is installed at Sweet Pine, her charming fairy tale honeymoon unravels with diabolical intensity.

When Samantha discovers the Captain's amorous interests in her younger sister, Sweet Pine becomes the young bride's prison. Now forced into a life of unrelenting servitude, Samantha plots her revenge. However, rumors of the Captain's ill-gotten riches have drawn the attention of a ruthless gang of cutthroats. And this unwanted intrusion threatens to ruin all of Mrs. Jakes best laid plans.

Mayhem Sam is a rip-roaring tall-tale of revenge that drags a coffin of stolen confederate gold across the hellscape of Reconstruction Texas, the red dirt plains of Oklahoma, and explodes at the top of a Colorado mountain. Mayhem Sam is the true story of Texas's tallest tale and its deepest, darkest legend.

Review Quotes

"J.D. Graves is the Shakespeare of Pulp, creating characters full of muscular musicality." --Joshua Hill, Playwright Brooklyn NY

"J.D. Graves doesn't write--he sings. Not since Blood Meridian has such a brutal, blood-soaked, sinister tale about the violent West been told, or told so well."--Max Sheridan, author of Dillo and God's Speedboat

"[Mayhem Sam]...is a solid, disturbing, and entertaining read."--Author of Bishop, and Demons In My Bloodstream

About the Author

J.D. Graves is an award winning film producer, author/playwright from East Texas. J.D.'s stage-work has appeared at the New York International Fringe Festival, Manhattan Rep Theatre, Hollins Playwright's Lab, and Austin's own FronteraFest, to name a few. His short fiction can be read in: Black Mask, Mystery Weekly, Mickey Finn Vol. 2, Tough, Rock and a Hard Place, Switchblade, Santa Cruz Weird, Pulp Modern: Tech Noir, and others. His cheap thrills shorts: The Sweetheart Sour, Just Another Job That Doesn't Pay Very Well, and Her Coffin's Colder Than The Mink Glove, are out now.