The folks at Down & Out Books over in Florida sure know how to cause trouble—in a good way. This time it’s a series called Chop Shop, created and edited by Michael Bracken. One sketchy mechanic in Dallas; twelve writers. Each a high-speed novella of Grand Theft Auto. 

In this episode, it’s the holidays. But it isn’t the most wonderful time of the year for college dropout Ethan Allman—living with his parents, going nowhere, and unsure what to do with his life.

Fired from his dead-end job at a golf course, he figures helping boost a souped-up Hellcat would get him the cash he needs to move out on his own by the new year.

The Hellcat came easy.

But the vicious cat inside the car, Lady Mousehole, is as hard as they come.

And when Ethan finds out both the car and the cat belong to Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Braun “The Beast” Keller, the race is on to return the cat before Ethan becomes dead for the holidays.