Drew James

The Mascot Retires Drew James

Kenny Spaulding (a.k.a. Wild Rat) is perhaps more mascot than man. This is his story--a college story of painful social awkwardness, a hopeless love interest, and a Division III basketball game where Kenny will be asked to finally grow up. What happens when the school mascot decides he's had enough? Narrated by a student journalist, a campus police officer, and the only girl to ever see Kenny nude, "The Mascot Retires" is an absurdist comedy about a guy who would rather do absolutely anything than become self-aware. ABOUT THE AUTHORDrew James is a fiction writer and humorist whose work has appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Jokes Review, and Lucent Dreaming.