Book details

  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Crime
  • Language:English
  • Pages:208
  • eBook ISBN:9781667895956
  • Paperback ISBN:9781667835488

Armistice Suicide

By Steven Stancell

Overview

In the mid-spring of 1975, twenty-two year old Dice was about to avenge his brother's murder. But his landlord tells him he has thirty days to move out of his place due to renovations. He also tells him he will be doubling his rent. Dice's priority now changes. With his friend Spike, the two decide to become murderers-for hire, and choose that as a career path, in and around the housing projects they grew up in. They fancy themselves as bounty hunters, ridding the world of people who deserve it.
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Description

It's mid-spring 1975 and twenty-two-year-old Dice is in the process of avenging his brother's murder. Then his landlord tells him he has thirty days to move out of his place due to renovations. He also tells him he will be doubling the rent. Dice's priority changes. Now he feels he needs to get more money and lots of it. With the help of his friend Spike, they both embark on a career of murdering for hire, in and around the housing projects they grew up in. They feel that they're bounty hunters, ridding the Earth of people who deserve to be killed. Eventually, they will be biting off more than they can chew.
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About The Author

Steven Stancell produced, wrote, edited and directed the first video/film documentary on legendary music producer Tom Wilson: "Tom Wilson, Pioneer Folk-Rock Music Producer." He is the author of the first biographical encyclopedia done on rap music, Rap Whoz Who, nominated for the Ralph. J. Gleason Music Book Award. He was a music columnist for the New York Beacon, and the first to introduce their readership to artists like the Black Eyed Peas, Goodie Mob, Nine Inch Nails, Kittie, the Dixie Chicks, The Roots, System Of A Down, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Faith, Ministry, Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls), Ani DiFranco, Wu-Tang Clan, Ben Harper, Shelby Lynne, Public Enemy, Nikka Costa, Korn, Meshell Ndegeocello, Outkast, Joan Osborne, Sean Puffy Combs, Lucinda Williams, N.W.A, and The Neptunes. His other pieces and record reviews have appeared in publications such as The Aquarian, East Coast Rocker, High Times, The Village Voice and Word Up! Magazine. He wrote the Off-Off-Broadway play Neighborhood Disrupted, which was produced by the American Theatre of Actors. Musically, he co-produced the single "This Is Not A Jungle, This Is A Zoo" by Shaman, with singer, songwriter, producer Strafe (creator of the underground classic "Set It Off"). He has been interviewed by VH1's "Behind the Music" series, SOHH, the New York Daily News, WBAI's "Wake Up Call" and "Underground Railroad."
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