An Extra Shot From The Java Man

By Harris Gray

A short story featuring Brian Lawson from JAVA MAN, the new novel by Harris Gray. As a teenager in Davis, California, Brian falls for a girl in Davis’s legendary coffee shop – and goes way too far to win her heart. A tale of first love, and the origin of the java man.

An extra shot complements a great drink. For readers of JAVA MAN, this episode from Brian’s past explains a lot. An extra shot can get you hooked. If you haven’t yet discovered JAVA MAN, this Extra Shot will leave you craving more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harris Gray
• Release date: Nov 27, 2013
• ISBN: 9780988895744

Harris Gray

Allan Harris and Jason Gray are the writing duo Harris Gray, authors of two novels, two screenplays, a Christmas play, and a collection of stories from Jason’s younger days. An early version of JAVA MAN was a finalist in the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers contest. Allan is a former guest columnist for The Denver Post. Jason owns Crowfoot Valley Coffee and the Crowbar, land of rumor and embellishment.The Harris Gray collaboration began in Jason’s coffee shop. Allan wrote, and eavesdropped as Jason entertained his customers. One day Allan found a little yellow notepad waiting for him, crammed to the margins with Jason’s exploits. Allan typed them, touched them up, and called it good, but Jason had other ideas. As their tales converged and became inseparable, Harris Gray took shape...the writer and the storyteller.Allan and Jason are both married with two kids apiece, but many people still consider them a couple. Vampire Vic launched the VV Trilogy in March 2013, with Book Two due this spring.

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Copyright © 2013 by Harris Gray

Cover design by the Killion Group.

Interior design by DeAnna Knippling.

Interior photo courtesy Canstockphoto.com Leaf.

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An Extra Shot from the Java Man is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

An Extra Shot from the Java Man

I met my first love in Davis, California. I was sixteen and working in my dad’s insurance agency, processing crop insurance applications while Dad visited beetle-bitten almond orchards and ratted out marijuana growers to the feds.

Did you find any pot plants today, Jim? At the dinner table, over steak and potatoes and mixed vegetables, i.e. peas and carrots, Mom and I were quick to inquire about the sexy side of Dad’s job; otherwise we were going to hear about production history, borer beetles, or another perfect example why the federal crop insurance program should be abolished.

As a matter of fact, I did.