Pitchman's Blues: Stories

by Jim Kelly

This short story collection offers snapshots of a life. A kid is set up by an old uncle to think he's going to be scalped. Seeing demons in every shadow a few nights later, he's told by an older cousin it was all a joke, that adults always seem to want kids to go through the same bad things they did. Just how they are. Shut up, he's advised. Get used to it. Hunkered in the dark listening. In the next room, bubbling a bottle with a drinking buddy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680031651
• ISBN13: 9781680031652
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Texas Review Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.4" x 8.4"