Memoirs Of An Accidental Hustler by J. M. Benjamin

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A Brownstone in the Bed-Sty area of Brooklyn New York, traded in for a housing projects in a small town where his grandmother resided in Plainfield New Jersey, Kamil takes you on a journey of how he was exposed to another world and a different breed of people than he was used to in the city that … [Read more...]

Heaven and Earth by J. M. Benjamin

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The Columbians had Pablo Escobar... The Cubans had Scarface...The Italians had John Gotti...And the Brothers had Bumpy Johnson...But what about the Sisters? Meet the female Nino Brown and Gee Money, only these two really are their sisters keeper. New Brunswick New Jersey native Heavenly Jacobs … [Read more...]

Menace II Society

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Menace II Society is a collection of urban short stories by some of your favorite authors. Walk with Me by Al-Saadiq Banks Newark, New Jersey is eager to get rid of the infamous, Miracle. A predicate with a long list of felonious crimes. When he’s arrested for the brutal murders of his two … [Read more...]

Down in the Dirty by J.M. Benjamin

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Childhood friends, Keisha, Trisha, Tasha and Teefa quickly learn how to use their beauty and sexual prowess to manipulate men. Each woman has suffered abuse at the hand of a man, and decide to make a life-long pact. These gorgeous, but scandalous women turn the tables by making any man that cross … [Read more...]

Urban Fiction Author J.M. Benjamin Starts Newspaper

Benjamin, also an urban-fiction novelist whose eighth book is slated for a January 2011 release, wears every journalistic hat there is to wear when it comes to his newest initiative acting as publisher, editor, contributing writer, advertising representative and salesman. Five thousand copies of … [Read more...]

RIDE OR DIE CHICK 2 by J.M. Benjamin

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According to Teflon Jackson, she has nothing else to live for. Having lost the only man she ever truly loved to the streets of Virginia, and with a child she gave up for adoption somewhere in the world, she can't decide whether to continue to ride out her current predicament or to end her life and … [Read more...]

RIDE OR DIE CHICK by J.M. Benjamin

Life isn’t easy for Treacherous or Teflon, but when this modern day Bonnie and Clyde duo hook up life won’t be easy for anyone seeing paper in Virginia. Bonded by tragic childhoods, Treacherous and Teflon grew up hard on the streets of VA. But those same Virginia streets will be suffering losses … [Read more...]

NIKKI TURNER PRESENTS STREET CHRONICLES CHRISTMAS IN THE HOOD edited by Nikki Turner

Christmas in the Hood presents fresh talent alongside shining stars such as K. Elliot and Seth "Soul Man" Ferranti - all writing gritty tales that reveal what the holidays bring for naughty and nice who live by the code of the street. In "Secret Santa," after her children's Christmas presents are … [Read more...]

Author Brings Streets to Bookstores

Selling drugs landed him in prison. Now, J.M. Benjamin is selling his urban fiction novels to eager customers at book events nationwide. But in his Queen City hometown, the place where he wanted most to hold book signings, there was no bookstore. The former-inmate-turned-author decided to do … [Read more...]