TOUGH

        W arm California night at the end of July. I’m not sure what’s up, what’s troubling my father. He paces. Cigarette stuck to his lip....

        I t was dumb luck I was even at Clancy's that early, drinking my Sprite at the bar while the girls on first shift danced for the...

P art I           “Jerald always did like it real hot, but there ain’t no food hot enough to stop his damn heart, I don’t care if they were ...