African American Short Stories

She swiped right on love—but ended up fighting for her child’s life. Will Trish ever find the love she deserves? An African American Urban Short Story - Trish Johnson thought she had life figured out—smart, ambitious, and determined to succeed. But after landing a job that barely pays the bills and finding herself tangled up with Jackson, a smooth-talking but irresponsible man, she realizes that love and stability don’t always go hand in hand. As she struggles to provide for her daughter, Alia, and navigate the chaos of her ex still living in her basement, Trish reflects on how she ...

Mesha and Jason are two siblings who grew up on the rough streets of Detroit. They were thick as thieves, and Mesha actually was one while Jason got into the life of selling drugs. Mesha, being the eldest, had always been overprotective of her little brother. From the streets to women. In an attempt to protect her brother from a secret and any further heartache concerning his daughter, one day, Mesha takes her overprotective antics to a whole other level. One that may leave their bond broken forever, if he finds out. Lela is a female who is know for scamming and coming up with schemes to ...

African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were accounts by people who had generally escaped from slavery, about their journeys to freedom and ways they claimed their lives.

A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and 60s America. In this first and only collection by a masterful storyteller finally taking her rightful place in the canon, Oliver’s insightful stories reverberate into the present day.

Major Key Publishing presents a collection of four short phenomenal stories written by six extraordinary authors that will blow your mind. Each story is filled with a combination of bad boys, sex, drugs, lust, and love-- but not necessarily in that order. All is fair in love and war, and many of these characters are determined to fight until the end just to get their own version of a happily ever after.

In the nine expansive, searching stories of A Lucky Man, fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members and confront mistakes made in the past.

A collection of Christmas stories written by African American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century to the modern civil rights movement. This landmark collection features writings from well-known black writers, activists, and visionaries such as Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, and John Henrik Clark along with literary gems from rediscovered writers. Originally published in African American newspapers, periodicals, and journals between 1880 and 1953, these enchanting Christmas tales are part of the black literary tradition that flourished after the Civil War.

His Name is Snake. He Wants to Be King of the Streets. He’s put in the work and is on his way up in the drug game. When he meets Charity Jones, a sexy, younger white woman, his world is shaken to the core. His crew, his baby mama, and even his mother do NOT want him to get in a relationship with Charity. Her name is at odds with his career. After a night of passion, they fall for each other. Come what may, they are determined to make the best of what they have in their life. Will they be able to escape the dope game? BMWW Interracial Romance

Zuri Baker is a plus beauty who hides behind the camera. At the age of thirty she has had only two sexual encounters. Tired of wasting her time and giving her body she throws herself into her work until… King “Killa” Carter is a boss who stays out they way and stacks his bread. He can have any woman he wants, but is very selective when it comes to women. One night out with his cousin he lays eyes on a very beautiful woman. He’s not called King for nothing. King gives Zuri more than she ever expected. Hot and steamy passion leaves them both speechless and wanting more.

You thought that things were crazy in the first series, just wait until you read the sequel. Melissa and August just want some peace in their life, but it doesn’t seem like that’s going to happen with everyone from their past resurfacing. No matter how hard everything becomes between the new couple. Mike and Cassandra were finally in a place in their life that they loved, and they were in a place with each other that they loved even more. Carissa thought that she had lost everyone and felt that she was never going to be accepted again, so she did the only thing she felt was right. Side ...

Grace could get any man she wanted physically, but obtaining love seemed to be impossible for her. Although she appeared to be very strong, independent, and very charming, she was empty on the inside. Grace had a great career and achieved many accomplishments. However, when it came to her love life, she felt like a complete failure. Until she decided to no longer be held captive to sexual abuse in the past.

Michelle Carter is ready for a new stage in her life. She is a resident at a prestigious Miami hospital, and her path to becoming a doctor has required many sacrifices, including a failed relationship. Though to be honest, her ex was a jerk, and now Michelle isn't looking for a new guy anyway. She's concentrating on fulfilling her dream of being a doctor, and nothing else matters. Except somehow, bad luck follows her, and she manages to get into huge trouble at the new job. Lex Makarov is a painfully handsome local billionaire, a son of a Russian oligarch and his only heir. He isn't used to...

From a young age Brailynn had to face and go through so many trials. Trials you wouldn’t have believed, someone her age would be able to conquered, survived, and still remained a bit sane. The living proof of it all were her healing scars from her past. Each scar reminding her of what she had survived, and why she should remain living. Everyone has a story to tell when it comes to every scab or open wound on or inside their body. They either got it from playing too hard, running too fast, or in Brailynn’s case being abused. She tried to seem as normal as possible without drawing any ...

What happens when two people meet by accident? Cashlynn Myers and Quadir Jackson meet in an odd way. Upon their unusual meeting, they thought they would never see each other again, until they meet again by coincidence. The fiery attraction leads them to an erotic place of no return. One snowy night alone, the two burn up the sheets with fierce and unadulterated sex like never before. Will lust and erotic pleasures be all they have, or will it all turn into a blazing love affair like no other?

Sapphire Wright has been dealt a bad hand. A week before Valentine’s, her fiancé kicks her out into the freezing cold. Two cold lonely nights she spends in front of Chandler’s Hotel. One night, her life changes in the blink of an eye. Lincoln ‘Linc’ Chandler stumbles upon Sapphire when he gets back in town from a business meeting. One look at the beautiful creation before him, and he knew he needed to help. In a short time, the two fall for each other. In this steamy, passion-filled tale, two souls will be snatched and connected. **Disclaimer** This is a short story!

Some of the best-known and most influential pieces of crime fiction have been from African American writers. Be it Walter Mosley's great Detective Easy Rawlins, or the mean streets of Harlem at the hands of Chester Himes, the stories and characters in this anthology have shaped the mystery genre with their own unique viewpoints and styles. Contributors to the collection include Robert Greer, Chester Himes, Walter Mosley, Cary Phillips, Frankie Bailey, and Richard Wright.

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In episode six of Confessions of a Straight Police Officer, Things get interesting when Natalie, Officer Landon’s girl, admits she’s open to a threesome. But when Officer Justin Landon chooses Trent as the guy he’d like to be the third wheel, things take a turn in a direction neither one of them could anticipate. Is their relationship ready for a threesome or is someone going to get jealous? Take the bribe and I’ll let you slide deep inside. I’m Officer Landon and I'm a straight police officer who fantasizes about being with men. My weakness is black men. I desire to be with them ...

Sa’id is a man of power in the city of Atlanta and its surrounding counties. Staying low-key while ruling over majority of the region’s drug supply is the least of his concerns. With a family of nine—including himself—Sa’id has six children that he loves very much. As for his wives, Ubah and Yalina, he finds himself ineffably wanting something more that, due to their beliefs, they just can’t provide. After a night of dinner with his family, Sa’id feels the need to get out of the house as a means to cease his nagging verbal stream of consciousness. He hooks up with a trusted ...

Ali Park would be cute, hell, even dateable, if she didn’t annoy me all the time. Everything was a competition between me and her. I was the number one student in the finance major, she was number two. Everyone knew it. Since freshman year, we’d been bitter rivals, always getting high marks in class, signing up for the same extracurricular activities, and having an enough recommendations from professors and employers to fill a book. If you looked at our resumes side by side, they’d be similar. Only a .005 gpa separated us from number one and two. I didn’t have to look to know that ...