Previouslypublished Stories

***Originally published as a standalone YA novel. Same content. Now on Wattpad*** When life hands you lemons, sometimes you have to say screw the lemons and bail. Seventeen-year-old Bentley Evans had it all. Then her Dad got laid off. Now she has to move across town to a small apartment and leave her life of luxury for public school and a job at the local burger place. Just when her world seems like it's crumbling she finds solace in the unlikely punk boy next door, Kai Stone. But as their relationship blossoms, a jealous ex-girlfriend and a secret to tell that threatens to bring disaster back into Bentley's life.

shadow puppet jesters is a poem that was previously published in "Colorado's Best Emerging Poets: An Anthology" published by Z Publishing House in 2018. (C) Jesse LaCrue 2018 The book can be purchased at the Z Publishing website here: https://www.zpublishinghouse.com/products/colorados-best-emerging-poets?variant=5450300882974 Or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Colorados-Best-Emerging-Poets-Anthology/dp/1984105795/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516889691&sr=8-1&keywords=colorado%27s+best+emerging+poet