The Things That Died With My Grandmother
There were four generations of us living in that house. Our family was spread out over three, no, four places back then. I was a baby....
Sack Full of Dreams
The bag made a thud as it crashed to the floor from its perch on the edge of the table, startling Edward, nearly causing him to drop the...
The Sideline Lounge - Strangers in Dark Corners
“No, they were undefeated in 1997.” “They wasn’t no undefeated. They lost to East Side and to them big white boys on the last-minute...
Watch Duty
The wind jerked the door from Roman’s grasp and slammed shut. The sound startled Deveraux and caused him to whip around with his weapon...
Sun Tea
I slowed down to watch two little girls run through the sprinklers. They laughed and screamed with each time they passed through under...
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37 percent. Chantel thought aloud as she looked for a seat close to one of the charging stations. There was no way her phone would...
The Nine Wise Men
In 1981, Lionel Evans sat in his father’s backyard with his father and grandfather, Uncle Corlando, Jimmy Lee from across the street, not...
Pillow Talk
Tia shut her car off and stared at the back of Ibn’s car parked in the garage. This was the third night this week he “forgot” that he was...
Serenity at Sea
Rashad stared into the horizon, thinking that someone thousands of miles opposite of his stare was doing the same thing. Staring into the...
Lean Emerald Cut
Nadia took a quick peek and then snapped her head back as if she was looking for her favorite flavor of tomato sauce. It had to be the...