Books by Jack Martin

Historical fiction, mythic allegory, and cosmic absurdism — from the edges of time.

The Ancestor Cave

The Ancestors — Novella Series, Book 1

At the mouth of a cave, a man stands on the edge of despair. Hunger gnaws, promises are broken, and his family sleeps in silence — too weak to hope. With nothing left but shame and a shard of obsidian, he descends into the earth, ready to surrender his life to the darkness.

But in the depths, where silence whispers failure and the torchlight dies, he encounters something unexpected: himself. A mythic novella — part survival tale, part timeless allegory. At once ancient and universal, echoing across time from the first humans who braved the unknown.

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A Funny Thing That Happened in the Caravan for Sale at the Edge of Time.

At the very end of the universe, parked in the drizzle where space-time frays, sits a rusted caravan with a flickering sign that almost says FOR SALE. Inside: a sarcastic talking van, a tea-brewing alien in a robe, and the occasional angel, auditor, or cult of missing letters dropping by for existential repairs.

Across ten stories, Jack Martin turns the apocalypse into a cosmic sitcom — part absurd comedy, part quiet meditation on meaning, faith, and good manners in the face of entropy. Funny. Poignant. Utterly British. The end of everything has never been this polite.

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