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Inspired by the Nipsey Hussle mixtape, Mailbox Money, this collection of twelve interconnected short stories explores what it means to chase more than money; to chase a name, a future, a reason to keep running. Each story draws from a track off the mixtape, pulling its emotion and message into the lives of characters hustling on the corners of New York streets, plotting their next move, or standing under stage lights they once only dreamed of.

This story is about two brothers who lived next door to each other in the countryside. They both came into a fortune at the same time, but it ended with very different outcomes for the brothers.

Once free of the army, Sam Byrne assumed life as a civilian would free and easy. He was wrong. Strapped with a huge gambling debt and wanting to take care of his newly pregnant wife, his life is going in the wrong direction faster than he ever thought possible. Little does he know that a routine traffic accident that resulted in the death of mobster's son is about to change his life and his debt forever.

She closed her eyes. Her house sounded different. She could hear animals scurrying outside, the wind blowing faintly off the treetops and murmuring. It was as if her whole neighborhood was now in range of her ears. Opening her eyes abruptly, she decided she would do something besides eavesdrop on the neighborhood. She picked up her notepad and flipped to the back. She found a pencil and began drawing - nothing in particular. When she had finished, she marveled at it in confusion. It looked like some sort of cave system. Shrugging, she picked up her notepad and began scribbling.

A Broadway dancer wrecks her knee and decides to head home for a little R&R, but the roadtrip home takes an unusual turn when she finds herself in Grand Prairie, Texas, short on funds and in the middle of a murder investigation.

A businessman from the Midwest in the big city with a big wad of money meets a lonely woman on the street who sweetly relieves him of his big wad of money, his watch, and his pin.

When you run a successful business, people are curious about how you've done it. Asked that very question by a reporter from the Uptown Gazette about her business, Jen simply replied, "Babes and booze." Unsatisfied with the short answer, the reporter dug deeper to uncover the real secrets behind the young woman's success.

Forced by loyalty into a situation she doesn't want to be in, a young woman's oath of abstinence is put to the test when she is tempted by a group of hot guys, and jealousy rears its ugly head.