"Study in Black" is a 2017 poetry and prose collection book from Scars Publications (http://scars.tv) of the January through April 2017 issues of Down in the Dirt magazine (http://scars.tv/dirt). Writers and artists in this issue collection book include Alisha Mughal, Allan Onik, Amy Paloski, Andrea Lopez, Anne Mangahas, Aren Laure Lizardo, ayaz daryl nielsen, Barton Hill, Ben Radetski, Ben Rasnic, Benjamin Morrison, Benjamin Uhlich, Bill Wolak, Bob Strother, Brandon Knight, Brandon Vasquez, Brandy Combs, Brent C. Green, Brian Looney, Casey Cromwell, Casey Powers, Charvae Johnson, Chris Coffman, Chris Wight, Christina Basher, Christine Jackson, Clint Brewe, Cody Fletcher, Cole Huerter, Cynthia A. DiTaranto, David Lohrey, David Russell, David Sowards, DC Diamondopolous, Debbie L. Miller, Doug Hawley, Drew Marshall, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eleanor Bennett, Eleanor Leonne Bennett, Elizabeth Sachs, Eric Doubek, Ethan Danner, Eugene Soukharnikov, Fabrice Poussin, Gabriel Valde, Greg Mahr, Gregg Dotoli, Gregory D. Brown, Heath Brougher, Heather Sheridan, J Ash Gamble, James Croal Jackson, James Raisanen, James Wade, Janet Kuypers, Jason Galt, Jeremy Cook, Jeremy DaCruz, Jeremy Dewald, Jesse Townsend, Jim Santore, Joan Brown, Joe S. Holland, Jr., John D Robinson, John F. Buckley, Jon Brunette, Jonathan Pickerin, Joseph Giordano, Joseph Sheldon, Katie Little, Kayla Rutherford-Bohach, Ken Allan Dronsfield, Ken Williams, Kiernan O'Connor, Kitta MacPherson, Kristyl Gravina, Kyle Hemmings, Liam Spencer, Lindsay Flanagan, Lisa Gray, Liz Posner, Marc Carver, Marc McMaho, Marlon Jackson, Miguel Gardel, Mikala Bice, Nancy Christie, Nidhi Singh, Pat Tyrer, Patricia Hardesty, Patricia Walkow, Perri Bryan, Raphael Bastek, Raymond Manuel Aguirre, Reed Redmond, Renuka Raghavan, Richard Schnap, Robert Beveridge, S.F. Wright, Sabina Walser, Samuel Franklin, Sanjeev Sethi, Sarah Henry, Skylarose Butle, Stephen Daniels, Suchoon Mo, Taryn Bell, Thomas Massari, Tiago Viana, Todd McMurray, Trey Hines, Vanessa Munder, Westley Heine, and Zachary Jarrett. Writers and artists included in this book are also listed with their writing at the Scars Publications book link (search for the book title in the books section at http://scars.tv).