WEIRD RHODY is a short story collection featuring five strange tales all set in Rhode Island and written by five Rhode Island authors. The anthology is a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, the Ocean State's famed author of pulp horror.
My own contribution to the anthology, THE WINNING STREAK, tells the story of an aging former player who cannot let go of the game and the glory days of his youth. It's a cautionary tale about the superstitious nature of the game taken to the extreme
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Just then something stepped out of the shadows of the past. Bump felt his face flush and his skin break out in a cold sweat. There were three distinct images, each more hideous than the last; the knife, the blood, and that smile.
Slowly the missing pieces of The Ron Flury Puzzle began to come together in Bump’s mind. Like a lot of ballplayers, Ron was very superstitious. But that was where the similarities between Ron and other players deviated sharply. Not shaving or wearing the same undershirt was one thing. What Ron did was something else entirely.
Chris has been fostered at the Crowley boot camp since he turned seven. At sixteen, he is finally ready to run away because his foster father is an abusive person who works Chris and the other children to the point of exhaustion. All he has left of h
