By the time the kids started working at the voodoo shop, Miss Cara had been completely rehabilitated. She had been drug-free for five years, regained custody of Spider, and even was a narcotics anonymous sponsor at the Grace House meetings on Camp Street. As a matter of fact, she was Jesi’s sponsor. Jesi had been…
Ch 8: Something Wicked
“Hey vatos, how were the honey buns?”Christopher Perez asked. The sleeping boys roused and answered, “Awesome man, thanks.” Spider passed him the autographed magazines. “I even made one out to Louie.” Perez pointed past the boys to the sleeping cat in the window and said, “Hey, is that the ghost cat from the brujo?” “What’s…
Ch 4: The Clubhouse and The Catapult
The world is full of beautiful women; and it is a long and glorious tradition for members of the opposite sex to risk life and limb for so much as a glimpse at exquisite beauty. From the battle of Troy over Helen of Argos who was said to have a face that launched a thousand…
Lords of Magazine Street: The Ice Cream Gangsters 