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CJoel Brooks
3692 Gracia Paseo
Spring Valley, CA 91977
www.ozenoz.com
joelbrooks@ymail.com
(619)241-6247
March 18, 2014
To Whom This May Concern;
I have written a nine page, 4,788 word short story entitled “The Killing Kind”. It can be
viewed in its entirety along with my other works at my website, listed above. It is listed under
“Eat My Shorts” in the left sidebar. The full manuscript is also available on request.
In “The Killing Kind”, “Doc”, Anthony Pignone, receives an unwanted caller at his three
million dollar landscaping business in the North County San Diego area. Two ex- cons recently
released from their ten year stint in prison for a bank robbery he played the informant for have
come to seek retribution. They kidnap him, and take him further North while bantering in the car
about what to do with him ultimately and discussing their latest illegal activities. Meeting two of
their other cohorts at a campsite where they plan to spend the night, they divulge openly of the
recent looting of a wealthy Santa Barbara mansion’s vault of its two million dollars in gold bars.
Doc manages to escape from the campground, and is fortunate to still have his wallet on him. He
steals a ten speed bicycle, and rides to a nearby gas station where he hits the ATM, and gets a
taxi ride to a rental car establishment. Having learned where the criminals back at camp had
hidden their loot to retrieve the following day, he races to steal it from under their hands first.
Near one of the stash spots, he encounters them while gassing up at a petrol station and a
gunfight ensues. Doc kills one of the thugs with his freshly acquired pawn shop under the
counter forty five caliber Magnum revolver. He then holes up in a roadside motel for the rest of
the night after making his escape, getting little sleep with one hand on his gun all night. In the
morning, he takes the loot and goes for more fruits of his labor by once again playing the
informant on the unknowing criminals. Returning home to gather his wife and head south to hide
the gold, he finds her distraught. They make a run to Baja, Mexico and drive hours into the
desert. There Doc digs a hole in the desert sands fitting for a man to be buried in. Unfortunately
for him, that is just what happens, to spoil the surprise twist.
I thoroughly enjoyed writing this short, which I used a shortened version of the
Snowflake Design method to do in one night over twelve hours. I hope you enjoy it as much as I
enjoyed making it. I look forward to hearing from you, and having further enlightening
correspondence.

2. Sincerely,
Joel Brooksharacters:
MAJOR:
1.) Tom Hartman: (ground control to Major Tom) C.I.A. agent caught up in his own undercover.
Tom’s job is to protect the President on a mission no one took seriously. Tom goes from a
devoted agent to being caught up in the criminal mastermind behind the plot to assassinate.
2.) Harry the Hood: (Hood where do you go when the lights go out) Harry is your average day to
day drug dealer caught up in the throes of his day to day existence. Harry goes from a minor
player in the street scene to a major player overnight with Tom’s assistance.
3.) Dick Strayer: (Tom Dick and Harry) Dick is the head of an underground plot to bring the
criminal element into an influential role in the president’s cabinet. He is a Los Angeles local
studio executive with a sordid part that leads him to protect his lobbying money with not so prim
promise. He goes from a heartless kingpin to a mindless servant of the powers that be.
4.) Sally Rogers: (ride Sally ride) Sally is a Venice Beach local who is making her living as an
artist. She becomes caught up in the scene when she begins to date Tom. She goes from a
bleeding heart to an avid entrepreneur of the art Tom is producing.
5.) Curtis: (curt is better) Curtis is Tom’s C.I.A. contact. Curtis plays the role of a father figure in
Tom’s hectic underground life. Curtis goes from a background instigator to a foreground player,
putting both himself and Tom at risk.
MINOR:
1.) Damian (drug supplier)
2.) Lucky (drug dealer)
3.) Sarge (F.B.I. informant)
4.) John (Hit man)
5.) Lucy (Escort to the stars)
6.) Artie M. (Stage Manager)
7.)Terrence Stillwater(crackcocaine manufacturer)
8.) IndianaFallingWolf (Sniper,ex NavySeal)
9.)RedsThomas(armsdealer) Redsisa white supremacist
10.) Strip (Blood)
11.) Play(Blood)
12.) Tinny(Rap Artist)
13.) Sunshine Largess(Rap/RnBArtist)
14.) Kahlil Armenti (PakistaniAmbassadortothe U.S.)
15.)General Tiran(Pakistani General)