The Death of Baseball
by Orlando Ortega-Medina
Clyde Koba finds strength in the belief he is the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe as he struggles to escape the ghost of his brother and his alcoholic father. Teen prodigy Raphael Dweckâs faith in God is disintegrating as he battles a pathological urge to steal. A decade later, their lives intersect on the streets of Hollywood chaotically, emotionally, sexually and violently.