RUGBY KISSES

A brutal love letter to self-destruction

Then I saw the morning sky: 
 Heigho, the tale was all a lie;
The world, it was the old world yet, 
 I was I, my things were wet,
And nothing now remained to do
But begin the game anew.
A.E. Housman

Rugby Kisses is a savage, sharp-tongued descent into the chaos of addiction, and the grim hilarity of a life lived just this side of collapse.

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An overturned, scratched metal locker door hanging half-open in a dim, grimy locker room, its paint chipped and dented from years of collisions. Inside, a neatly folded, pristine rugby jersey glows under a streak of cold fluorescent light, surrounded by empty prescription bottles, crumpled betting slips, and a single crushed rose. Condensation beads on the tiled walls, and a flickering light overhead casts intermittent, jittery shadows. Photographic realism, wide-angle lens from an eye-level perspective, with the jersey centered in the frame as the quiet, ironic heart of the chaos. The atmosphere feels tense, sardonic, and moments away from spiraling further out of control.









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RUGBY KISSES is a darkly funny novel about addiction, friendship, and the razor thin line between survival, relapse, and redemption.





The author lives in El Paso, Texas, with his talented wife, Nora, and their two rescue dogs. A former Marine, he bears a single tattoo—a rugby player named Fuzzy—in honor of his late brother, Patrick Bettise, who introduced him to the sport he loves.

Surrounded by his extended family and the desert heat, the author continues to write when not shouting at the television. Rugby Kisses is his first novel.







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