If you haven't already guessed, Tito Valenti isn't a real person. Or at least not the Tito Valenti I dreamed up. The piece you just read is a work of fiction.

If you're interested, more of my short stories are posted at www.blackfoxbooks.com. I am the author of "Children of Hope", a women's reproductive rights novel. I am also the co-author of a reference book for student writers, Young Writers' Toolkit. You can find information about that book at www.youngwriterstoolkit.com.