The bully has finally crossed the line. And so payback begins…

On the night of his eighteenth birthday, Buck Star’s high school bully Chet enacts the ultimate act of aggression against him: he steals his girlfriend and makes out with her in front of him. Fed up with the years of abuse, Buck is ready for revenge. But the local karate master won’t teach him how to fight with his fists. Such a personal assault requires action far more devastating than violence, so the karate master instead teaches him how to fight back with money, power, and coffee, the three ingredients needed to topple Chet’s growing juice empire and destroy any hold he may still have over Buck. But Buck soon discovers that his rivalry with Chet is just the beginning of the trouble he’ll face when he enters business for himself, and that the bullies of high school are tame compared to the bullies of adulthood. Can Buck survive his first summer after high school and win back his freedom and the girl? Or will the adult bullies of Hybrid City swallow his business and his innocence whole? Summer 1985, somewhere between L.A. and Seattle, a boy becomes a man.

The bully has finally crossed the line. And so payback begins…

On the night of his eighteenth birthday, Buck Star’s high school bully Chet enacts the ultimate act of aggression against him: he steals his girlfriend and makes out with her in front of him. Fed up with the years of abuse, Buck is ready for revenge. But the local karate master won’t teach him how to fight with his fists. Such a personal assault requires action far more devastating than violence, so the karate master instead teaches him how to fight back with money, power, and coffee, the three ingredients needed to topple Chet’s growing juice empire and destroy any hold he may still have over Buck. But Buck soon discovers that his rivalry with Chet is just the beginning of the trouble he’ll face when he enters business for himself, and that the bullies of high school are tame compared to the bullies of adulthood. Can Buck survive his first summer after high school and win back his freedom and the girl? Or will the adult bullies of Hybrid City swallow his business and his innocence whole? Summer 1985, somewhere between L.A. and Seattle, a boy becomes a man.

Jeremy Bursey is the author of many short stories, novels, and other things he no longer remembers writing, each covering topics and genres that differ from what he had written previously because why not? He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Central Florida, which he’s been paying for since the ‘90s, and currently works as a writing tutor, so he, like that organ grinder who severs his business relationship with his pet monkey, will pay for it indefinitely. He appreciates feedback for anything he posts, and he hopes you’ll read it—any of it—now, preferably.

Eat your vegetables. Brush your teeth. Trust your history.

And, remember, don’t ask stupid questions.

At what point does a lie become the truth? When does that truth become a lie? On the day that he moves off to college it seems that Jimmy Grogan’s whole family history becomes a lie. But is that true?

Eat your vegetables. Brush your teeth. Trust your history.

And, remember, don’t ask stupid questions.

At what point does a lie become the truth? When does that truth become a lie? On the day that he moves off to college it seems that Jimmy Grogan’s whole family history becomes a lie. But is that true?

He brought them an apple. They gave him a job. Soon, both parties may come to regret it.

After years of bleeding income, Wilson Maximillian is ready to make a change to his company’s business strategy. But first, he must train his newest employee, a retired treasure hunter named Lewis Urlong, to become a sales superstar. But is the new guy up to the challenge? And can he handle any problem? And why is that apple he gave them always glowing?

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He brought them an apple. They gave him a job. Soon, both parties may come to regret it.

After years of bleeding income, Wilson Maximillian is ready to make a change to his company’s business strategy. But first, he must train his newest employee, a retired treasure hunter named Lewis Urlong, to become a sales superstar. But is the new guy up to the challenge? And can he handle any problem? And why is that apple he gave them always glowing?

Note: The electronic version of this book will be given to newsletter subscribers prior to launch. For more information about my newsletter, click here.