SLOBBERKNOCKER
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JOSE’ WAS MEANDERING AROUND IN HIS BATHROBE PREPARING BREAKFAST AND I WAS PLAYING WITH THE PUPPY. “JOSE, YOU LOOK A LITTLE PEAKED. YOU GO OUT LAST NIGHT”? “YEA,” HE SAID, “WENT TO BERT’S AND DRANK ONE TO MANY RED STRIPES. DREAD AND JOHN INVITED ME FOR A QUICK DRINK. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER, BUT I WAS FEELING KINDA ANTSY, JUST A FEELING YOU KNOW, BUT THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING GOOD; TOO GOOD. IN JUST FIVE TRADES, I MADE OVER FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEN WE CAUGHT THAT HUGE KINGFISH. I DON’T LIKE IT WHEN THINGS ALWAYS TURN OUT RIGHT. THERE’S NO BALANCE”... THEN THE DOORBELL RANG. “ANOTHER ONE FOR BREAKFAST, HEY BUDDY,” I SAID AS I AMBLED TOWARDS THE DOOR, PUPPY IN STRIDE. THE DOORBELL RANG AGAIN. JOSE’S FRONT DOOR FACED TO THE EAST WITH THE CANAL LOCATED ON THE WESTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR, A HULKING FIGURE OF A MAN WITH THE SUN AT HIS BACK PRESENTED ITSELF TO ME. THE SUN IN MY EYES MADE IT QUITE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY TYPE OF IDENTIFICATION. IT TURNED OUT THAT IT DIDN’T MATTER, AS I WAS GENTLY NUDGED ASIDE WITH THE WORDS, “NICE HOUSE YOU GOT HERE JOSE’.”
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PICKENS LEE PLAYS IN A ROCK N ROLL BAND IN SOUTH WEST FLORIDA, LIVING A QUIET BUT PRODUCTIVE LIFE. HIS WHOLE WORLD IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN WHEN HIS BEST FRIEND AND BAND MATE, JOSE’ ARANA, UNKNOWINGLY BECOMES INVOLVED WITH IDENTITY THEFT, A CROOKED REAL ESTATE BROKER, MARIJUANA GROW HOUSES AND MURDER. WHILE FISHING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, THEY FIND A SMALL, SILVER OBLONG OBJECT THAT LOOKS LIKE A FOOTBALL, FURTHER COMPLICATING THEIR LIVES IN WAYS THEY NEVER DREAMED WERE POSSIBLE. FROM THE ISLANDS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TO THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE BAND TRIES TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE MOB AND A MYSTERIOUS GOVERNMENT ENTITY; THE FORMER WANTS REVENGE AND THE LATTER WANTS THE FOOTBALL. IT IS A STORY OF FRIENDSHIPS AND LONG HELD BELIEFS THAT ARE CHALLENGED BY EVENTS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.
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THE AUTHOR IS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN AND HAS WORKED IN THE COFFEE FIELDS OF JAMAICA, AS A PROFESSIONAL ROCK MUSICIAN, A CONDIMENTS MANUFACTURER, AND AS A NURSERYMAN. HE IS A SELF TAUGHT NATURALIST AND AN AVID FISHERMAN. HIS FAVORITE SUBJECTS ARE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND ART. HE NOW RESIDES NEXT TO A SMALL LAKE IN ODESSA FLORIDA.