Jackpot: The Dread Skinhead

Jackpot didn’t set out to be a soldier in the war for Chicago’s soul.
Raised in Englewood and shaped by the militant energy of Terror Town, he learns early how to read the city’s shifting allegiances. By his teens, he’s deep in the skinhead underground—sliding between reggae-fueled Lion Order gatherings, backroom radicalism, and the razor’s edge of street survival.

But when his closest friend Brixton—a London transplant with his own subcultural pedigree—meets tragedy, Jackpot is forced to confront everything he’s avoided: the invisible lines that divide a dying city, the violent calculus of power, and the creeping presence of a shadowy cult.

Blending the relentless rhythm of street lit, the mythmaking of historical pulp, and the raw urgency of cult horror, Jackpot: The Dread Skinhead is a novel about identity, survival, and the cost of transformation in a city torn by belief, betrayal, and code.

Jackpot: The Dread Skinhead is the first shot in a new movement—Hardstyle Fiction—where identity is war, and the only way out is through.

Cover design by: Rob Schwager, Tiny Bird Press (@TinyBirdPress on Instagram)