Conkers, Pearls, and the Girl Who Loved Snuffy Stirnweiss: A Short Story

In 1948 Bronx, New York, the back streets came alive in the afternoon with kids escaping reality-playing games time has forgotten. Locals pin their hopes on the Bronx Bombers, but in October of that year, the Yankees fail to reach the World Series, leaving the kids too disgruntled to enjoy their favorite pastimes. Until Jimmy McWeenie proposes to turn a boring game of conkers into something more daring, something to make them forget their home team troubles. Jimmy seduces his friends with the promise of an enormous payoff, but he has plans of his own. And Jimmy McWeenie doesn't always play fair.