BEHIND THE 8-BALL a short story noir

"Behind the 8-Ball" is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the 'noir' stories of the 1950s. Billiards ace, Guy, is snookered into a game of 8-ball with his childhood nemesis, Tiger Willie. With Willie's proud papa, Johnny the Slug, encouraging his good-for-nothing prodigy and Rocco the Bastard, an epithet used well out of his hearing, keeping an eye on the proceedings, this game of pool will be one for the books. Be sure to channel your inner Bogart while reading this fun short story.