The Axe

The hustlers and backstabbers thought they could take him out. They were wrong.

Melvin Tolliver is a quiet guy, just doing his job as driver for New Jersey pimp Rollo Weaver. But Melvin has big dreams and big plans, and both include Rollo’s top money maker – a beautiful call girl named Inez.

With one squeeze of the trigger, Melvin makes his plan a reality. Now he’s running his own game, peddling women and weed. But being in charge means that he has a target on his back, and those taking aim are his competitors on the street. They think Melvin is soft and that he can be taken, forcing him to deal with them with such brutality that he earns the nickname “The Axe.”

Melvin can take on all comers, but what he doesn’t realize is that his greatest threat might come from those closest to him.

In this thrilling short story of love, crime and treachery, The Black introduces Melvin “The Axe” Tolliver, a larger- than-life character that readers will remember long after the last sentence.