Roger C. Ambrose

Nicholas Martin. Artist Supremo. The official "sketch pad wonder-kid" and class cartoonist. Until, that is, Todd moves to town-- complete with Jawbreaker, his very own high-tech, glitzy, monster-machine character! Before Nick can say, "Start your pencils," Todd is moving in on his turf! There's just one thing to do: Nick has to win Eastfield's Winter Carnival poster contest and prove who's the best. But Nick has to face more than a poster contest. He has to face something tough, something that's making him angry, scared, and prideful all at once: Jealousy.

During their nightly poker game a group of lowlifes are terrorized in their own convenience store by a masked killer.