It was after midnight. Mark forced his frail, slender body through his bedroom window, climbed down the grill and scaled the wall to meet Anthony at the corner of Chosen Few Avenue. Daphne and his sister were asleep. He didn’t want to wake them by going down the stairs and opening the front door. He … More {Excerpt} Batty BWOY by: Max-Arthur Mantle
The people on the hill liked to say that God’s smile was the sun shining down on them. In the late afternoon, before scarlet ibis bloodied the view of sunset, light flooded the stained-glass windows of Bird Hill Church of God in Christ, illuminating the renderings of black saints from Jesus to Absalom Jones. When … More {Excerpt} The Star Side of Bird Hill: A Novel by:Naomi Jackson
Prologue I was fourteen when my world changed. I was fourteen when I started to discover the real me—the real Zachariah. That was four, almost five years ago. That’s when I first laid eyes on Tony. He was thirteen. I was at my mom and stepdad’s house when Tony came over. He was friends with … More {Excerpt} Life of a College Bandsman by:Jaxon Grant
Chapter 1 June 2009 Much of the trouble started when that video I made, but didn’t really make, hit the Internet. I was on my second round of Grey Goose and tonics with my best friend Kyle and his longtime love, Bernard. It was a seventy-degree Sunday evening in June, just before the large rush … More {Excerpt} Play It Forward by: Frederick Smith
Confusion clouded my thoughts. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought Quincy fucked with dudes. He had too many females on his dick all the time. And never would I have thought that I’d see him naked. The only thing more appealing than the long, uncut piece of meat between his legs was … More {Excerpt} Ballers & Bangers (Hoop Dreams) by:Gavin ML Fletcher
~For Jamilla~ So many love her, but only one can have her, and the shitty part is, that I’m just not that one who will ever have her. Oh what I would give to have her to be mine. Oh what I would say, just to hear her say that shit back. But this thing … More {Excerpt} Niya 2:Dreamers Paradise by: Fabiola Joseph
Damon sniffled and blinked back tears as he eased up the volume of “Old Friend” by Phyllis Hyman. He took a sip of champagne and nodded his head to the easy piano melody of the song as Phyllis’ haunting voice saturated his living room. His mother played a lot of Phyllis Hyman music while he was growing up, and … More {Book Excerpt} Harlem Boys by: Armani Williams
