Living and Dying in Shorts

About the Book

Living and Dying in Shorts is a collection of 24 tales that provide a look into the unique, inescapable, and irreducible features of being human.

From amateurs patrolling the border in the bleak Arizona desert (Borderline Minutemen,) to a dank cell in a Mexican prison (The Raindrops of Quintana Roo,) to a wealthy man living off the grid who wakes to an unthinkable horror (Two Blinks,) or historical events that define mob mentality (The Mob.)

Other highlights include a struggling musician who makes a desperate search for his daughter who’s been kidnapped in Africa (Cash Epiphany,) or …

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The Mosquito Sting

About the Book

A struggling, one-time famous musician’s daughter disappears while working as a volunteer in the jungles of eastern Nigeria. The frantic father searches for her in vain. In an attempt to assuage the guilt he feels over things he should have done in his life, he creates the largest counterfeit operation in the world to fund philanthropic projects in Africa. In the process, he and a quirky band of misfits including a reclusive MIT genius and a former octagon cage-fighter perform an elaborate con on a ruthless Mexican cartel and corrupt Indian Casino. All this while barely staying …

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