Rookie Shoes and Other Stories

By Lavaughn T. Simmons

The stories “What a Memory” and “Calming Ethan” are from Lavaughn Simmons in addition to the story “Shoe Biz” are all from her collection, ROOKIE SHOES AND OTHER STORIES. These three short stories range in messages such as providing hope to victims who have fallen prey to scams, sympathy for mourners whose suffered the loss of relationships and loved ones, and the final story is about the nature of karma regarding the choices made and the consequences that follow.

Although each of Lavaughn’s stories in this first collection are unique in delivery, the messages provided in each are clear, distinguishing, and relative to most. In her first story from the collection, “What a Memory” is a Sci-Fi Fantasy that explores the life of an elderly dementia man’s fight for a phone number to a tv ad from his controlling daughter before he and his wife suffer permanent memory loss.

Lavaughn’s second story “Calming Ethan” while a little more on the risqué side, this Psychological Erotic-Drama details the dark obsessions of a single man struggling to cope with life after the recent loss of his father and the aching break-up from his longtime girlfriend. In her final story of the collection “Shoe Biz” is a Drama about a gullible Florida Law student who must win back his rookie collectible brand-name tennis-shoes after he gets pressured into selling them to his younger wittier high-school brother days before the shoes skyrocket in value.

With each of Lavaughn’s stories shedding light on sensitive subjects such as health, relationships, and loss, you will be amazed with the messages in her next collection coming soon. Enjoy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lavaughn T. Simmons
• Release date: Nov 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005196684

Lavaughn T. Simmons

Lavaughn T. Simmons is a novelist who specializes in Romance niches, Sci-fi niches, Christian niches, and Fantasy niches. She is pursuing her BFA in Creative Writing from Full Sail University and holds an A.A. from Florida Technical College. Her first novel, Christmas Hustle is published with Outskirts Press. She is a member of NaNoWriMo and the Creative Writing Club at Full Sail University. If her fingers don’t fall off from writing, they just may spasm from her second passion as a hairstylist.

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Rookie Shoes and Other Stories

Lavaughn T. Simmons

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Dedication

What a Memory

Calming Ethan

Shoe Biz

About the Author

Connect With the Author

Dedication

This E-Book is dedicated to my grandmother, Dorothy Hamilton, who asked me after the release of my first book in 2015, Where’s your next book? Grandma, here it is. Hope you like it. Love you, Grannie-Pooh.

Also, for my lovely mother, Rose Lee Jordan, my biggest cheerleader, and confidant. Momma, you just may be the only one to buy most of my books, again. Thanks in advance. Love ya, Mom.

To the love of my life, the hero of my soul, the father of my children, and my favorite person in the world, my dear husband Anthony Simmons. Without your counsel, feedback, and support, I am but a boat drifting without