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- The Birth of a Villain — Rejected by his mother at first breath, a boy finds warmth in a girl and a witch born into slavery.
- The Saint and the Psychic — A church saint and an addict psychic raise one neglected boy between heaven and the astral plane.
- Teddy Beam — A battered boy, a war-weary teddy bear, and the day the boy first liked who he was.
- Dirty Dozens in the Schoolyard — A bookworm, three bullies, and a knife at recess — but the blacktop never drew the blood that home did.
- How Genius is Rewarded When You’re Black — He scored a 98. The rich white boy scored a 95. They made the Black kid take it again.
- Shine — She wrote “I love you” in chalk. He said, “You write fast.”
- Dragons in the Lunchroom — The dragons hoard all the gold. The boys have cheap weapons and an hour for lunch.
- Still Life in Gutter w/ Guitar — “Hello Rook. I’m Death.” The corner of beggar and artist just got busy.
- The Book of Rook — “Excuse me, officer. You’re standing on my books.” It went downhill from there.
- Squat Politics — He’s hunting a street prophet named Mel Rook. He finds a household about to break.
- Spades — An undercover cop hides in a 1990s men’s shelter, smoking the role too well, while a card game and its players slide toward a riot he can’t stop.
- Blues for Mister Rook — An undercover agent posing as a junkie hunts a ghost through 1990s New York on guitar alone — never knowing the woman sheltering him already knows it all.
- A Portrait of the Addict as a Hopeless Romantic — Zip-tied in a motel by a strung-out captor, a man who makes others feel what he feels tells the story of his life to buy one more hour before death.
