Little King Scrolls

A Joe Velletri Novella

VELLETRI

On the night of March 12th, 1909, a famous NYPD detective is gunned down on the streets of Palermo. With their most fierce adversary gone, Don Vito and his extensive criminal organisation can breathe – and commit crime – a little easier.

But what if the detective had survived?

WORDS

The hundred word story project came about one Saturday afternoon in the town of Caldonazzo. As Hannes and I drank weißbier down at the lake, we wondered how we could combine his artwork with my words. How we could tell stories that would grab people, hold them and – in a flash – fill them with an emotion, be it anger, fear, delight, sadness. An emotion that wants out.

WORDS

Short Stories