Catfish Joe & Double, Double, Toil, & Trouble
Two Novellas
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Catfish Joe-Where you get yo' medical degree, boy? Gansta U? And what I got to look good fo'. I aint no fancy pimp or nothin'. As fo' the drinkin', nothing but the best fo' Ol' Joe. Fast Ford (Thunderbird) Double- Mytle, the hostess, a peroxide blond wore her hair teased up with a liberal coating of hair spray, To tell the truth it looked like an insane, little sparrow's nest atop her head....When she walked, or undulated, it was,an experiment in liquidity. Her fat all but obscured her sex but that was true of all of them. Catfish Joe "And who don' want THE WORD?" "Atheist, people who don't believe in the Lord." "That do seem a bit odd since it were God Hisself who created nature. Look at cells, cows, lightening,, and prize fighters. And Degas, the guy who paint all them pretty little ballerinas. Aint that proof enuff fo' you, Jacquita? Double- You know, Adelaide, everyone says alcoholism is a disease. What it is is an unhappiness in the soul, a tumult in your heart, a failure to thrive. Don't answer me but it is my guess that your fondest wish is to be a wife and mother. Don't answer, babes, I know. But I'm going to tell you your dream is not big enough for a grown woman. All that giving and nothing back could make anyone ill, honey.You got to have your own dream separate from your family.Is there anything you wanted to do when you were young?"
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About the Book
Catfish Joe is a poor, black, street preacher who has opinions about everything from women's hair to Machiavelli. He is always helping people if with unorthodox methods and he audits courses at University of Pennsylvania. He is a chunk of life and southern wisdom, a florid, engaging and tough character. Double, Double, Toil & Trouble is about three fat, rambunctious married socialites who are wild as March Hares. They pick up gigolos, have affairs and drink to every occasion. Myrtle and Gladys are the nicer ones: Lavinia is like a tigress. They even visit a Baptist church to get in touch with their spiritual side. They are described as being more bitchy than Macbeth's three witches.
About the Author
Contrary to popular rumors CAROL ANN was not raised by wolves. Her parents, Alec, and Jerylyn, encouraged her early forays into the visual arts, painting, sculpting, and drawing. In the eighties she was a fashion photographer and then, having found out that praisese is not legal tender she moved on to a wide variety of jobs with the exception of grave digging and prostitution. She came into writing at an later age, 53. She got a degree in English and anthropology which was as beneficial as getting a bullet in the head. She will continue to write until something wonderful happens. To have the World on a string is her aspiration.