The Rascals of Stafford Street: Laughing and Losing during the Remarkable Summer of '62

Beginning in the autumn of 2015, the author began writing a series of novels loosely based upon his childhood while growing up in a small southern town during the early to mid 60s.
Laughing and Losing during the Remarkable Summer of '62 is the original short novel in the Rascals of Stafford Street series.The story takes place during the summer of '62, involving humor wrapped around a thread of darkness, an ugly moment from the author's childhood when he was attacked by an older boy. An act of extreme violence soon follows, ensnaring the rascals in a life and death mystery.