American Short

Henry Dumas' fiction is a masterful synthesis of myth and religion, culture and nature, mask and identity. From the Deep South to the simmering streets of Harlem, his characters embark on surreal and mythic quests armed only with wit, words, and wisdom. Championed by Toni Morrison, Walter Mosley, and Quincy Troupe, Dumas' books have long been out of print. All of his short fiction is collected here, for the first time, and includes several previously unpublished stories.

Johnny, a seasoned player in the Detroit underworld, confronted his son, Detroit Black, over stolen goods, suspecting betrayal. Meanwhile, Sandy secretly manipulated Bobby, Shaylean’s love interest serving in Vietnam, to sway his loyalties away from Shaylean and toward herself. Through carefully planted doubts about Shaylean’s connections and hints of her own interest in him, Sandy cast herself as Bobby's ideal choice, intensifying the tension between loyalty, manipulation, and ambition in this complex family saga. Author: True Story.

Austin Dupree, a widowed pastor from Texas, never thought he would fall for Lyra Levoe, a plus-size supermodel who recently moved to the small town of Finlay. However, as their connection grows into a romance, a jealous church member begins to plot against Lyra. Will this big city Cinderella be able to keep her Prince Charming despite the odds?

Tia, Ton'ya, and Tammi are not only making moves in the game, but they're doing it in the bedroom too - and anywhere they need to get what they want. Tia is quick with her razor-sharp mouth, and she carries an equally sharp razor to slice a throat if need be. Ton'ya is loyal to a fault but will fight back if threatened. Tammi is the brains of the operation. They have collected more bodies than a Manhattan hooker working the lower East Side. What happens when the heart gets in the way of making money?

Meticulous, funny, eccentric - Mary has always been mindful of the complex role she plays as a professor of history. Her lectures are carefully written out beforehand; her departmental loyalties ambiguous. She is so careful, in fact, that she began to see herself as flat, dull, and lifeless. The closing of Brandon College, the institution she'd spent more than fifteen years at, changes everything. Forced to find another position, Mary finds herself at an experimental college in rainy Oregon.

I can't keep my eyes off my big black neighbor. He's got everything I'm looking for in a man. But is he too big for me? Can he really fall for a younger white woman like me? It's time to find out. I've got a plan…and it involves seduction. Warning: This is a naughty interracial story. Adult readers only.

“What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted,” writes guest editor Carl Zimmer in his introduction. The essays in this year’s Best American Science and Nature Writing probe at the ordinary and urge us to think more deeply about our place in the world around us.

About STRUGGLE She has always seen me for who I am… Not what I was trying to be. And it frightens me that despite the things I’ve gone through, she still seems to be waiting on me. My struggles caused me to run from her, but her love stayed solid. Even when I turned my back on her and left her holding to fend for herself, she never gave up on me. Most women would never want the challenge of being with a man who’s decided to do the total opposite of what the world feels is right. But she’s convinced… Her God told her that I was her husband and she doesn’t care what I’ve done, ...

The birth of the United States of America signaled a deadly struggle that cost the lives of thousands of American and British soldiers. The conflict between the mother country, Britain, and the colonists didn't start overnight; it was series of events over a decade that finally led to the first shots being fired at the battle of Lexington and Concord. This bitter war would drag on for years, with battlegrounds scattered up and down the eastern seaboard of the now United States - few were spared the effects of the war.

Tales of the Out & the Gone reflects the astounding evolution of America's most provocative literary anti-hero. The first section of the audiobook, War Stories, offers six stories enmeshed in the vola-tile politics of the 1970s and 1980s. The second section, Tales of the Out & the Gone, reveals Amiri Baraka's increasing literary adventurousness, combining an unpredictable language play with a passion for abstraction and psychological exploration.

Established by the leaders of the country's only successful slave revolt in the mid-19th century, Cross River still evokes the fierce rhythms of its founding. In lyrical prose and singular dialect, a saga beats forward that echoes the fables carried down for generations - like the screecher birds who swoop down for their periodic sacrifice, and the water women who lure men to wet deaths.

He's the one man I've always counted on and now I want more than I should. I want him. I can't resist his hard body, his dark skin, the way he looks at me and makes me feel like a real woman. Tonight, I will have him. Warning: This is a taboo interracial erotic romance. There is lots of hardcore action. All characters are adults and not blood related. Adult readers only.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure… Sadie Fitzsimmons must choose between total destitution and marriage by proxy with someone she’s never met. When Sadie steps off the train to meet her new husband for the first time, life in Nebraska is not at all what she had expected. Torn between honoring the vows she spoke to a stranger, and her desire to be free of all obligations, Sadie must face the consequences of her choices. Hamilton Foster had worked hard for his successes. All that was missing from his perfect life was a family of his own. Sending home to Boston for a wife seemed like a ...

A livewire debut from Dantiel W. Moniz, one of the most exciting discoveries in today's literary landscape, Milk Blood Heat depicts the sultry lives of Floridians in intergenerational tales that contemplate human connection, race, womanhood, inheritance, and the elemental darkness in us all. Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls, women, and men who find themselves confronted by extraordinary moments of violent personal reckoning.

A woman headed nowhere, a cowboy looking for purpose, are snowed in together during an unexpected Christmas blizzard. Neither are looking for romance. Love has other ideas. As the first snowflakes began to fall gently from the sky, Amy Mitchell found herself driving along a deserted country road, her mind filled with a sense of aimlessness. Not wanting to spend Christmas at her planned destination, she wanted hope and to escape the pressures of her everyday life and find some semblance of peace. Meanwhile, Dawson Jackson, a rugged cowboy with a troubled past, found himself on the same ...

A woman fleeing a horrible fate. A lonely man yearning for love. Brought together by a twist of fate, will they find a Christmas miracle? After her mother died, Pansy Robbins’ life changed forever. Forced to cater to the whims of her step-sisters, ignored by her step-father, and pitied by the servants and staff, she has no one to turn to. Neither mistress nor maid in their stately Savannah, Georgia home, Pansy lives caught in limbo. When an unwanted engagement is arranged for her, Pansy escapes Savannah to find a new home in Colorado. But when she arrives in the town of Hidden Pines, ...

After breaking up with his longtime girlfriend, Tyrese is heartbroken. Using the money he saved up for her engagement ring he goes to Las Vegas where he meets beautiful stripper, Aaliyah. After hitting it off in the club, the couple agrees to go on a date where a romance blossoms. Things get hot and heavy between the two and Tyrese realizes that Aaliyah is more than just a rebound. This African American erotic romance is less than 7,000 words and is for mature readers only.

Though the Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on our lives is as recent as today's news. Informed by the latest scholarship and exploring the major themes that have shaped American constitutional history: federalism, the balance of powers, property, representation, equality, rights, and security, this book places constitutional history within the context of American political and social history. As our nation's circumstances have changed, so has our Constitution.

A special Christmas Collection of delightful old West romance stories all in one binge-worthy collection. A Tin Star for Christmas - A temporarily blinded sheriff! A woman secretly in love! Both set to marry someone else. Can this Christmas get any worse? Candy Cane Christmas - A grieving sibling, a man without hope and two orphans that bring them together. Viola - Angel Creek Christmas Brides - A Southern Belle looking for peace after the war - An outlaw turned rancher, determined to start over - Can two people from opposite worlds find happiness together in Angel Creek this Christmas? ...

Hope Hammond is best friends with Faith Abernathy and has grown up around her brother Davis. Recently, an attraction has surfaced between the friends. As the new relationship starts to form, problems caused by the American Civil War have reached a boiling point for the Hammond family, leaving little room for Hope to focus on love. Davis Abernathy wants to be a soldier and fight for the Confederacy, but his family is against him joining the war effort. The only thing he wants more that serving with honor is to marry Hope, but their relationship can’t progress with her father refusing to ...