The Rise and Fall of Basskick (excerpt)

This story was an attempt to really let one character’s voice take over the story, like a guy in a bar, telling you his life story over a couple of beers. It’s funny and sad and way too realistic…

This story was first published here as part of Free Fiction Friday, UnWrecked Press, October 2011. It was reprinted in UnWrecked Tales, July 2018, and it’s related to the setting and characters in my first novel, The Prodigal Sons.

The Rise and Fall of Basskick

The year I turned forty was the year it ...