Kitty: (and six other short stories)

By Peter Lavilla

Book Overview

Synopsis of StoriesKITTY...is a blind 14-year-old teenage student who just won the state Special Olympics Swimming Championship but an abusive, alcoholic father, and sickly mother with TB, makes it difficult for her to prepare for the national contest.THE INTERRUPTER...if a gangster knocks on your door to collect money on a gambling debt that you owe and he has only three fingers, you have only to ask yourself this: Why does he have only three fingers?KID ZUCCHINI...he is a wrestler and the proud owner of a perfect wrestling record: No Wins and 49 losses. What else can you expect from a wrestler who works for the mob?RED ELEPHANT...forget about Kafka and the cockroach. This guy thinks big: Elephant Big And in color, too THE CON ARTIST...the FBI hires a convicted con artist who is awaiting a 100 year sentence to help bring down crooked politicians. Hmmm. Who's who?JUNGLE LOVE...there's love and hate; marriage and divorce; and then, there's the unthinkable.THE 55 + CLUB...what would happen if the mob went bankrupt and couldn't pay off its debts?...Thank God for The 55+ Club

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1547143886
• ISBN13: 9781547143887
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"