Buford "mad Dog" Tannen Novels & Stories

Luciano withdrew his gaze and bowed deeply to Paolo in a respectful manner. He was Paolo's perfect underboss but always overshadowed, like a sapling struggling under the shade of a towering, decaying tree. Luciano got to his feet, while the pretty Tanya smiled at him and bowed a little, revealing her neck. "Luciano, meet your Madre, Tanya Nice." Paolo was already in his 50s, but this young lady… Luciano almost felt as if Paolo wanted to draw the excess energy and vitality from the young girl beside him just to sustain his own aging life.

“You can sit right next to me.” Once the jock sat beside her, he flirtingly introduced himself as Brock Tannen, former captain and star player of the Mad Dogs, a high school football team from California that had won many state championships. The large patch of a bulldog’s head holding a football with its mouth on the back of his jacket proved his point. That was how schools commemorated their champions.