Pepper writes stories that span the gamut from humorous to heartfelt, however the common theme is crossing boundaries. Pepper's unique stories often tackle taboo topics such as mental illness and homelessness. Readers will find themselves questioning their own sense of right and wrong, attraction and desire. In addition to writing, the author is also an artist, an introverted recluse, a self proclaimed empath and a foodie. Pepper Pace can be contacted at: pepperpace.author@yahoo.com

In 1977 12-year old Vanessa White lives just out of reach of the projects that both scare and entice her. It is the year that she meets 14-year old Scotty Tremont, one of the few white boys to live in the ghetto. Initially afraid that Scotty intends to beat her up because her cousin called him white trash, Vanessa soon learns that although Scotty is a ‘Trick Baby’ and will probably be a dope boy just like his brother, he also somehow manages to be compassionate. 

Scotty is learning something as well; that his path has not been laid out before him and that everything isn’t necessarily everything. This book series takes the reader back to the 70’s style urban lit stories of life in the ghetto. It begins in the 70s and moves throughout the decades following the lives of people whose stories have intertwined in a romantic, tragic, sometimes funny, tale of street life. This story is for adult readers only and contains mature themes including language, sex, violence, drugs and racism. 


Everything is Everything

Only once did Scotty ask Vanessa to tell him everything that had happened from beginning to end. 


It was the next evening and he told her that tomorrow they would need to go to the police station to make a statement, but before they did he needed to know the details. 


The idea of making a statement—both at a police station as well as to Scotty unnerved her. What had been done to her took her to a place that she hadn't glimpsed since the death of her mother.


 One day her mother had gone to work and had never returned. Vanessa had learned a short time before that her mother had been prostituting to help move them out of the ghetto and to help pay for her college fund. She had been so angry with her mother, had even stopped talking to her for a time. She had barely had time to make it up to her before she was gone; raped and murdered while working on the streets. 


Chapter 100