The Big Punch

Baltimore 1943.

A man follows a large rat through a bad part of town. It begins to rain. He finds:

One broken scale in an alley. One blind ghost with a guitar. One angelic freak.

A girl who smells like chocolate. A theatre where people die. A new kind of drug.

A trail left by a killer. A burger and a shake. The world in ashes.

A dog named Clara Bow. Jesus the cook. And not nearly enough coffee.

Rats are not meant to be followed. The truth is not out there. But it is under...