-From the Editor:



Full Contact is a semi-autobiographical story told in parts where each chapter is a fight. Our hero, Zach, doesn't know how to say no to a good brawl. Fortunately, he doesn't know how to lose one either. But for all of Zach's superhuman powers in the ring, the human world eludes him. Behind all the crunchy, wet gore Zach metes out--and meets with--lies a good heart baffled by the challenges of daily living, deeply loving, and simply staying out of trouble.



CHAPTER 8 of 10



-from the editor



Zach tries to shake off his Superman complex and take control of “the story.” As he considers trading in his superpowers for the promise of a new life, a distasteful offer from a conniving manager may be too great a temptation to pass up.



-from the author



I fought this guy one time who had three kids and a wife. It had to be different for him, right? Like climbing into the ring and watching the win get further and further from your mitts has got to be even more heartbreaking when you know that your brood is watching, that even though you're the hero in someone's eyes, you're about to go down like a punk.



I thought that I could see the shadow of his kids in the ring with him, like he carried them on his back. But that was wrong man, and take that to the bank. Those gremlins of his didn't weigh him down. Now don't get me wrong, his choices were all monkeyed up because of those phantoms, but that doesn't mean he fought worse; guy was a pitbull. And that's the lesson, kid. Take an average guy, make him fight for his family, you make a champion.



But a champion at... something else.