With Death Laughing

by Peter Plate

It's Christmastime in the Southland in this near-future vision of 21st century California. Our narrators, an ex-con turned pistol-carrying priest, and Sugar Child, a halfway house resident, have just met. The priest is a donations solicitor for Blessed World, the church and charity, and works downtown, "where I bang a tambourine and beg for money in the mellifluous, singsong voice beloved by children worldwide: Help the needy, give to the poor, amen."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609809254
• ISBN13: 9781609809256
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.1"