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

The Seventy-sevens had taken Scotty under their wing, which offered him a form of protection from people eager to recruit a guy that had killed someone with his fists. 


Anthony Johnson visited him once every few days in order to collect information before they made a motion with the courts. Scotty began feeling like a journal that Anthony read—learning things about his activities that he had never shared with anyone. And there were times when talking about his past led the two young men into long reveries about their past at Walnut Hills High School and a friendship that ended for all the wrong reasons. 


Scotty had released J. Alexander Rosenthal as his attorney because it seemed like a waste of money and effort. Besides why pay Rosenthal when Anthony's team was doing it all for free. 


Chapter 124