Author: Joe Potosi

Excerpt from "When The Dust Settled" Hard Charging31One day, after I walked home from school, I decided to stop byto ask if I could get a job. I mean maybe if I could earn money, Icould help Mom buy food. I was determined to at least try.I walked through the front door. Behind the counter… Continue reading

At long last During breakfast the next morning, Sissy began to bark as someone walked through the front door “The bad penny has returned,” Dad said as he entered the kitchen. “Dad!” I exclaimed as I bolted from the table and into his arms. I could smell the cologne he had on. It was the… Continue reading Bad Penny

Stranger at the Door The next morning there was a knock on the door. Who could thatbe? I thought. Toots opened the door to my biggest fear. Tyrone!“Hey, come here and give me a hug.” The boys ran over towhere he plants himself on the bed. Toots and I stayed out of theway. I would… Continue reading Excerpt from my book: When The Dust Settled

Thank you so much for voting for my book it means so much to me that you have voted me as one of the top ten finalists for Author Elite Awards. Lets continue this road together to get me to the top. This book has been a blessing and I am so very happy to… Continue reading Top Ten Finalist

As Dad and Dorothy sat in the kitchen yapping away, I searched high and low for Toots, but there was no Toots anywhere.“Dorothy, where is Toots?”“She went shopping with Jane and Donna.”I really missed Toots, and I know before long she would be going back home. If all went according to the plan, I would… Continue reading Too Good To Be True

As Dad and Dorothy sat in the kitchen yapping away, I searched high and low for Toots, but there was no Toots anywhere.“Dorothy, where is Toots?”“She went shopping with Jane and Donna.”I really missed Toots, and I know before long she would be going back home. If all went according to the plan, I would… Continue reading Too Good to be true!

As Dad and Dorothy sat in the kitchen yapping away, I searched high and low for Toots, but there was no Toots anywhere.“Dorothy, where is Toots?”“She went shopping with Jane and Donna.”I really missed Toots, and I know before long she would be going back home. If all went according to the plan, I would… Continue reading Too Good To Be True

would not be around when Dad showed up.at long lastDuring breakfast the next morning, Sissy began to bark as someone walked through the front door “The bad penny has returned,” Dad said as he entered the kitchen.“Dad!” I exclaimed as I bolted from the table and into his arms. I could smell the cologne he… Continue reading At Long Last

When I arrived home, I walked into a real mess. Mom waspassed out drunk on the couch. She had a beer in one hand anda lit cigarette in the other. I carefully took the cigarette out of herhand and disposed of it in the ashtray. It was 8:00 p.m., and noneof my brothers were around.… Continue reading A Promise Kept

One day, after I walked home from school, I decided to stop by to ask if I could get a job. I mean maybe if I could earn money, I could help Mom buy food. I was determined to at least try.I walked through the front door. Behind the counter was a teenage girl.“Hey kid,… Continue reading Hustleman