“If Hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been Eddie Felson” (Time). The novel that inspired the classic film starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason, The Hustler tells the story of Fast Eddie Felson, a young pool player who hustles suckers in small towns, looking for stake money so he can reach his goal: a marathon match in Chicago against Minnesota Fats. An exploration of guts, stamina, and character, and of the difference between winners and losers, this tense, gritty tale is “a wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance” (Time Out).

I make my living as a hustler, and I'm great at it.I don't have a single tell and I use that to my advantage to manipulate any situation.I've always known what a person is about to do before they've even decided.That is, until I met Penelope. I can't get a read on her, and what's worse, she doesn't want anything to do with me.Which only makes me want her more.Now I'm in for the hardest hustle of my life.Somehow I have to convince her she belongs with me. Good thing I'm always up for a challenge.

Ali, a drug dealer/business man, tries to change the way the game is played by giving back to the community. His life take a serious turn when a local rival, a crooked cop, his pregnant girlfriend, and his little brother comes into the picture. A gritty street tale that everyone will enjoy.

When the police kill her husband in the presence of their young son, Shy McGee becomes a single mother trying to raise boys to men. Her 17-year-old son, Prince, channels his anger into an effort to become king of the streets. Seeing her son try to step up and take his father's place, Shy has his back. Cherise is Shy's best friend, but she doesn't like what she's seeing lately. Cherise has taught her son, Raequan, only one life lesson: how to run hustles. Now Cherise and Raequan are tired of watching the McGee family prosper while they remain at a standstill. Prince and his identical twin brother, Jayden, are attacked, and the wrong brother takes the bullet. Like an angry mother bear, Shy fights to find out who masterminded the incident. When she discovers the truth, there is no question about how far she's willing to go to protect her young-minded hustler.

A rollicking portrait of the kings of the cues

When your heart is pounding milliseconds times a hundred-thousand-fold and your adrenaline is pumping to the overflow capacity, then and only then, are you engaging in the Philadelphia nightlife, where this could be the last day of your life or the first of many nights that you dance with the devil. Will you stand and deliver and make your presence known in this environment? Or will you duck, turn tail, and run? Or will you defy the odds that are stacked against you and rise above the mayhem and be a positive motivating force in the fabulous city of Philadelphia? This tale tells the journey of two black men born of humble Southern beginnings that came to the city of brotherly love and changed their fates. This is a Philadelphia urban tale!