African American Humor

According to Max Disher, an ambitious young black man in 1930s New York, someone of his race has only three alternatives: "Get out, get white, or get along." Incapable of getting out and unhappy with getting along, Max leaps at the remaining possibility. Thanks to a certain Dr. Junius Crookman and his mysterious process, Max and other eager clients develop bleached skin that permits them to enter previously forbidden territory. What they discover in white society, however, gives them second thoughts.

Savannah Carlson has one month before she hits the big four-oh. With her best friends, Jamaica and Ronni, she’s making every weekend toward that milestone count—party-wise. Vanna’s plans go awry when her shady, no-good, unreliable, estranged husband, Caleb, dies in a boating accident. The real sucker punch lands when Vanna is arrested for embezzlement at his funeral. Her man certainly is the gift that keeps on giving.

Are you a fan of Jack Reacher, John Wick, and The Equalizer?! Meet Ray Price. Ex-Cop, Ex-Plosive! "There's so many laugh out-loud moments, you almost forget everyone is fighting for their lives." Ray Price's days as a Detroit cop are over. When word drops that his estranged younger brother is missing, Ray escapes from his broken career--and even more broken marriage--to return to his small Michigan hometown looking for answers. Teaming up with an on-the-run hooker, Ray quickly becomes convinced someone involved with the powerful, corrupt family running the town made his brother disappear....

They come from different worlds, but they were meant for each other... She’s an activist who hates the rich. He’s a billionaire with a heart of gold. Both of their worlds are changed when they meet, but will it be for the better? Alisha He’s not like anyone I’ve ever met before – rich or poor. We come from different worlds, but I can’t control my feelings when we’re together. I fall for him mind, body, and soul, but will that be enough to crack his defensive shell and prove my love to him? Ivan She’s a pretentious activist who acts like a child most of the time, but I ...

Jacobi spotted me on the prison yard wandering around like a pet with no owner. And once we hit the showers, he decided to claim me as his. On the outside, I would have never taken the bait from someone like him. It would be a stain on my masculinity. I'd be alienated from everyone for being such a sissy. But prison has different rules. Here is where a man like me, who'd bend to another man, belongs. Word is spreading that the biggest man in our wing has claimed the smallest. Even the guards know--do they look at me funny because they want in? Regardless, I'm about to abandon all shame to ...

Few television shows revolutionized comedy as profoundly or have had such an enormous and continued impact on our culture as In Living Color. Inspired by Richard Pryor, Carol Burnett, and Eddie Murphy, Keenen Ivory Wayans created a television series unlike any that had come before it. In Living Color shaped American culture in ways both seen and unseen. Now, Homey Don't Play That! reveals the complete, captivating story of how In Living Color overcame enormous odds to become a major, zeitgeist-seizing hit.

Hot Mr. Scrooge is my neighbor. Hope The man loathes Christmas. What person doesn’t warm up to the best holiday of the year? The cabin I purchased mentioned it needed light work, not a gut renovation. Looks nothing like the picture. The brooding beast next door said he’d help spruce up the place if it will get me to leave him alone. Deal. Because who wants to be around the Grinch longer than they have to? Even if he’s tall. Has a gorgeous face you can stare at all day. And a body you’d love to mount on your sleigh repeatedly. Then I wondered could I help Mr. Non-Christmas ...

"You can be beautiful, even more beautiful than before." This is the seductive promise of Dr. Nzinga’s clinic, where anyone can get their lips thinned, their skin bleached, and their nose narrowed. A complete demelanization will liberate you from the confines of being born in a Black body - if you can afford it. In this near-future Southern city plagued by fenced-in ghettos and police violence, more and more residents are turning to this experimental medical procedure. Like any father, our narrator just wants the best for his son, Nigel, a biracial boy.

Melanie Hyde is a young lady that leaves an impression on people no matter where she goes. From her pretty girl looks to her vibrant personality she turns heads and makes for good company. But being young and on top of her game she has no real time to settle down. That is until she runs into the right one. While she wasn't looking for love, Melanie locks eyes with Xavier. Why not give him a chance, right? He's tall, brown, and handsome. She thought that this would be a short lived thing but she was wrong. He came to play for keeps. He wanted it all. Dive into Swagger So Right to see how ...

In 1920s America, a plague is spreading fast. From New Orleans to Chicago to New York, the "Jes Grew" epidemic makes people desperate to dance, overturning social norms in the process. Anyone is vulnerable and when they catch it, they'll bump and grind into a frenzy. Working to combat the Jes Grew infection are the puritanical Atonists, a group bent on cultivating a "Talking Android", an African American who will infiltrate the unruly black communities and help crush the outbreak.

Venus Johnston has a great job and a long-term, live-in boyfriend who happens to be a drop-dead gorgeous doctor. She also has a weekly beauty-parlor date to keep her long, nappy hair slick and straight. But the tedious hours and harsh chemicals in the salon have long grated on Venus. One frustrating day, she trades in the long hair for a dramatically short, natural cut and sends her commitment-balking boyfriend packing. It's a bold declaration of independence and one that has effects she never could have imagined.

Weighing in at 320 pounds, Winston "Tuffy" Foshay, is an East Harlem denizen who breaks jaws and shoots dogs and dreams of millions from his idea, Cap'n Crunch: The Movie, starring Danny DeVito. His best friend is a disabled Muslim who wants to rob banks, his guiding light is an ex-hippie Asian woman who worked for Malcolm X, and his wife, Yolanda, he married from jail over the phone. Shrewdly comical as this dazzling novel is, it turns acerbically sublime when the frustrated Tuffy agrees to run for City Council.

Fast-Paced Steamy BWWM Crime Romance Jordan Ehrhardt just met the woman of his dreams… Too bad she belongs to a rich, white real estate developer named Big Donnie, who treats her worse than dirt. Beautiful ebony-skinned art lover Alexis catches Jordan’s eye right away… she just has that something, a smile and a warmth he couldn’t turn away from if he tried. When Jordan and Alexis begin to spend time together, their passionate chemistry is off the charts. Just as their hookup begins to grow into something real, Alexis’s ex comes back with an ax to grind: if Big Donnie can’t have ...

A wedding and a murder...Star football player and NFL hopeful, Michael “Bumper” Hackett is getting married. Word’s going around that it’s a shotgun wedding, and there just might be some truth to it, seeing that the bride-to-be is showing a baby bump. But before the ceremony can even get started, the poor groom collapses from what appears to be an asthma attack. Unfortunately, things aren’t always what they seem. Romaine knew it was a bad idea to have a wedding at the funeral home, but newly elected justice of the peace and sole proprietor of the Ball Funeral Home & Crematorium, ...

“An amazing serial story of Black genius against the world” is how Black Empire was promoted upon its original publication as a serial in The Pittsburgh Courier from 1936 to 1938. It tells the electrifying tale of Dr. Henry Belsidus, a Black scientific genius desperate to free his people from the crushing tyranny of racism. To do so, he concocts a plot to enlist a crew of Black intellectuals to help him take over the world, cultivating a global network to reclaim Africa from imperial powers and punish Europe and America for white supremacy.

June 1957. One hot afternoon in the backwaters of the Deep South, a young black farmer named Tucker Caliban salts his fields, shoots his horse, burns his house, and heads north with his wife and child. His departure sets off an exodus of the state’s entire black population, throwing the established order into brilliant disarray. Told from the points of view of the white residents who remained, A Different Drummer stands, decades after its first publication in 1962, as an extraordinary and prescient triumph of satire and spirit.

Two Billionaires Battle for a Beautiful Bookworm As a romance writer, Dakota Barnes knows quite a bit about billionaires, but when she’s hired to pen a memoir for one, her life changes drastically as two powerful men use her as a pawn. Can she trust the billionaire she loves? Will the other billionaire have no remorse or regrets when he seeks vengeance? Dakota Barnes From the moment I meet Robert, the youngest and hottest billionaire on the planet, I’m drawn to his personality and body more than his money. As a writer barely scraping by, I’m tempted to screw him over for my own ...

Tara was tired of going to bed every night alone and waking to an empty house. Here it was, another Christmas passing by, and she didn’t have anyone to spend it with. She made a promise to herself to break free and have some fun. No more living life cautiously. And her sexy neighbor would be the perfect person to help her practice what she preached. Bashir had seen his beautiful neighbor in the area every now and then, but he’d never had an opportunity to introduce himself. Either she was heading out, or he was turning in. He felt that he would finally get his chance when he saw her ...

Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. When his marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants to divorce Carmel and live with Morris, but after a lifetime of fear and deception, will he manage to break away?

Rose, a successful Chicago publicist, reunites with her best friend from High School, now a famous Hollywood actor, after a 10+ years break in their friendship. Old flames rekindle and through their love affair, and help of their outrageously quirky and laughable friends, Queen, an unabashedly flaming gay man and Whoopi, a sports columnist, they bloom and learn love like people is multi-hued and the key to happiness and love is accepting love and ourselves for what they are.