Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Working the Hard Side of the Street | 2012 | Kirk Alex | Buy |
Working the Hard Side of the Street collects eight short stories, all told from the perspective of an L.A. cab driver. Kirk Alex drove taxis in Los Angeles for years, and this book channels that experience into fiction. The cabbie narrator has a front-row seat to the city’s underside: the hustlers, the desperate, and the dangerous people who climb into the back seat after dark.
The stories strip away the entertainment capital’s polished image and show what is left underneath. Alex writes with the specificity of someone who actually worked the night shift, picking up fares in neighborhoods that tourists never visit. It is a slim collection, but every story earns its place.