Africanamerican Stories

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Maybe it was the alcohol. Maybe it was his cocky attitude. Maybe it was my incessant need to clap back. Or maybe it was the increasing realization of what the position we were both in looked like. I. Don't. Know. But I know it wasn't work-appropriate. I smirked, raising my eyes to meet his, "I swallow a whole lot better than that." ___ Beverly Blake stands at a crossroads. Facing great difficulty in choosing what she desires for success and what she desires between her stockings! After the unexpected arrival of a new company hire, she suddenly, more often than not, found herself mixing business with pleasure... ...and you know what they say about that.

Formerly known as Clara: Struggles Of An Halfcast What did people think when they saw me? How do they react? They treat me differently, sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes overwhelming. *** Clara is a Sixteen year old girl who feels like her whole world is against her. Dealing with the death of her mother, will she be able to handle her new family, the secrets and new relationships?

A'ight, let's get this bread. My name is Kendrick King. I was bitten by a radioactive spider and for about a year, I've been Chicagos' one and only, Violet-Spider. I'm sure you know the rest. Fought some gang members, had a run -ins' with the Chicago Police Department, exploring the great world of paleontology, my dream job, etc. But outside the mask, I'm just your "typical" High School Junior who's trying to balance school, social, and superhero life

"Okay big head." "...Berlin I knowww you not talkin'"

Basically a lookbook for names, male and female, for people of color. Mainly people of African descent, but I may include some names that are considered South Asian/brown as well. Suggestions are appreciated.

When her mother left her a fortune, Nina thought her life would finally fall into place. But money has a way of revealing who people really are. Her best friend becomes her lover, but Ty's loyalty comes with a price. And Nina learns the hard way that she's not the only woman in Ty's life.

Sneak peak snippets: "Please STOP making TikTaks with the supernatural fog that wants to eat us! MB, you're the first one we're going to sacrifice if you don't move!" The kids froze at the sound of Pastor Parks' voice before rushing to grab recording phones off the grocery shelves. "Youth Pastor, um, is this one of those end times signs? Because I know that we've all read the book of Revelations but, um, just wanted to check in?" The way he said it told Pastor Park that he had not in fact read the book of Revelation. The book that they'd been reviewing all month. "You know you have to pay for all the things your youth kids are using, don't yah?" the youth pastor sighed before glaring at the group of boys opening another box of Ding Dongs. "A bunch of ding-dongs for some ding-dongs," the grocery store clerk snickered but tried her best to keep a straight face at the man's look of annoyance. Synopsis: Pastor Park just wanted to get his youth group to their annual winter retreat. Driving thirteen kids ranging in age from 12 all the way up to 24 wouldn't be what he considered the best time of his life. Especially not when they all lacked any semblance of volume control. So you can imagine his ire when forced to stop the van for another bathroom break, a mere 30 minutes from their destination. Kids who didn't even need to use the bathroom pile out of the van, and he watched resignedly before following. Fifteen minutes later while cruising the creepily empty grocery store, he hears the sound of kids screaming and sees an ominous green fog surrounding them with no way out. They never taught him how to handle this kind of stuff in seminary school. One-sentence summary: A youth group, volunteers, and a youth pastor get trapped in a grocery store by a supernatural, ominous green fog. Genres: slice of life, comedy, romance, coming of age, fantasy, christian

Aaliyah Williams is about to start her senior year when her life turns upside down. The boy who just moved there unknowingly caused her and her best friend's friendship fall out. How will they end up falling for each other, going to college, and maintaining a life together through and post senior year?

Sean Gillan's passion lies in his education, his work values as a part-time cashier at the family-owned general store, and helping out his grandparents at a family farm while being a faithful member of his church. He has little time for any frivolous and is certain that all he needs is in his small town of Central Georgia, despite his citified parents and siblings citing that he needs to get a life and get some air in his lungs. Sean has little time for anything other than what he needs, so much so that he lands in the hospital after passing out during his post-graduation party at church. Fearing that he was in danger of burning out and knowing that he wasn't going to survive long if he overworked himself, the whole family decides to ship him off to his gay uncle's home in Newport, Rhode Island so he could attend college there. Sean wants none of it, citing that he's fine with his small-town lifestyle. But once he learns that his grandfather sold the farm, home, and business and that he was to attend college up north instead of trade school in Adams Falls; Sean's fate is sealed. But then he's forced to join his adoptive cousins and uncles for some ice cream and meets two domineering young men fresh out of high school. And they...well, let's just say that they want to show Sean Gillain the TRUE meaning of having passion in his strict life. And maybe Sean doesn't think that moving to Newport would be so bad after all. He'll never know unless he gives it a try.

Kailani is just like every other young girl in college. All she wanted was to graduate and make her family proud, but she also just wanted to fit in and find friends that she could call her own. Not only that she wanted to find someone who would love HER and not what she could do for them but of course, not everything in life is easy. She goes through many trials and tribulations but in the end..was it worth it?

This Sequel follows Tyrese, Nia, Dre, Tee, Jaylen, and Ariyah as they leave their high-school years behind and step into adulthood, college, love, friendship, and bigger dreams. Three months after graduation, the girls have their own apartment, the boys remain together in their house, and Greater Focus Enterprises is growing into a serious business. As they balance college, relationships, independence, and the future they're building together, they'll discover that growing up can change everything-but it doesn't have to change who they are to each other.

Heru and Re are twins (light and dark magic) found by a ragtag group of "heroes" before an enlightenment in the universe. Along with Ezra (Guardian), Elijah, and a few gods, they face off against local and otherworldly threats. As they find out more about themselves, they realize that a decision made in a past life had the most insane ripple effect. A mixture of different mythological pantheons written differently than what we're used to.

Come home. But not everyone is invited. The Gardeners: The Return is the first book in an Afrofuturist trilogy set in 2040, when ancient beings called the Gardeners arrive on Earth with an offer. Those who receive it must choose between everything they value and a freedom no one before them had. The arrival divides communities, churches, and households. It forces questions about liberation, belonging, and what we owe each other when the impossible becomes real. This is a story about faith, family, and the weight of choosing your own deliverance.

Danielle knew Maurice "Beast" Jackson was fine. Dark skin. Locs past his shoulders. Tattoos covering his body. A thick beard, dangerous eyes, and a voice low enough to make a woman forget what the hell she was talking about. But none of that mattered. Beast was her friend. The one she could call when a date went wrong. The one who knew when she was lying before she finished the sentence. The one who could sit on the phone with her for hours talking about everything and absolutely nothing. He was also the man who had slept with her little sister. Once. Years ago. A mistake neither Beast nor her sister cared to repeat, but one Danielle never forgot. So when familiar conversations start lasting a little longer, innocent looks begin feeling a little heavier, and Beast starts standing just a little too close, Danielle convinces herself she's imagining it. Until Beast admits she's not. Now the man who's spent years learning her moods, habits, and body language is using everything he knows to recognize the one thing Danielle desperately wants to hide: She wants him too. Danielle knows some lines aren't supposed to be crossed. Beast has never been particularly good at following rules. And the more she tries to remind him why they can't go there, the more Maurice Jackson seems determined to find out whether the woman who knows the man beneath "Beast" might be the only woman capable of taming him. Everybody calls him Beast. Only she calls him Maurice.

What happens when a young woman puts her trust into a complete stranger. Things aren't always as they seem. Karena is dealing with her difficult past, being forced into a life she never asked for, fleeing her captives only to stumble upon a people and introduced into a new way of life she is not familiar with. When Karena has given up on people she comes across "him". The one who changed her life forever.

Deji has spent his entire life hidden in the forbidden Forest of the Genies, raised by a mysterious healer, watched over by spirits, and bound to Eri, an owl whose eyes he can see through. But when a goddess rises from the Sacred Lake with a terrifying warning, everything changes. **Evil is coming from the sea. The rivers will run red. And the son of the wolf will awaken.** Armed with a glowing scroll, a strange guiding gourd, and a prophecy he barely understands, eighteen-year-old Deji is sent to Shaka - the very kingdom his mother has forbidden him to enter since childhood. There, he crosses paths with Sanmi, Shaka's celebrated young champion, and Adufe, the beautiful princess promised to him in marriage. But Deji's arrival coincides with something far more dangerous: a mysterious ship appearing beyond the horizon, carrying pale strangers who come bearing gold, wine, gifts, and promises of friendship. Shaka welcomes them. Deji does not. Imprisoned as a sorcerer for trying to warn the king, Deji begins uncovering secrets buried long before his birth - secrets about his family, the fall of magic in Shaka, and the strange woman who has visited his dreams all his life. Then, on the night of Adufe's wedding, the strangers reveal why they truly came. The celebration becomes a massacre. Shaka burns. Its people are chained. And Deji is forced into a brutal journey through forests, rivers, betrayal, love, loss, and war - a journey that will tear apart everything he believes about his past and awaken the destiny hidden within his blood. Because Shaka is only the beginning. Beyond its ruins lie the Seven Rivers, seven kingdoms, an ancient prophecy, and a gathering darkness that threatens them all. And somewhere within that prophecy is a name the gods have been waiting eighteen years to awaken: **The Wolf.**

Famous world-wide female volleyball player Winter King has held a love for volleyball since she was a youngster gaining her the courage and pride to do whatever it takes to rise to the top. Even so though, every celebrity has their dark side. Running was Winters only option from her obsessed mother. Obsessed with the fame, fortune, and glory. When running away is her only option she finds herself in Torono town without any other choicies left. She finds herself in Karasuno High She finds herself falling in love But most of all... She finds herself cross-dressing.. ❝She's like a dove and a Phoenix combined. Graceful and free but with enough strength....she can destroy and kill a whole flock of birds...including us...in one blow...❞

ONGOING! Couture Magazine: the most prestigious fashion publication in the world, where hemlines are sacred, deadlines are deadly, and the coffee runs are... surprisingly literal. Every intern who walks through those gleaming Manhattan doors dreams of landing a full-time position-complete with vision, dental (including twice-yearly cleanings), and an endless supply of designer clothes fresh off the runway. Sure, the demands from editors, photographers, and even the notoriously temperamental writers can be exhausting. But an intern's day at Couture is pretty ordinary, right? WRONG. Alcide Lancaster is about to discover that his summer internship working for the iconic-yet-terrifying Ellen Montclaire comes with a few... unexpected job requirements. Like why he and a select few employees-including the formidable Editor-in-Chief herself-are the only ones taking mandatory two-hour lunch breaks. Why his thirty-to-fifty-something coworkers look suspiciously athletic, eerily youthful, and are borderline obsessed with eyewear that definitely isn't just a fashion statement. And why A-list celebrities who stop by the Couture offices seem less interested in the magazine's latest cover shoot and oddly fascinated with Alcide himself. But most importantly... What does any of this have to do with Alcide's late family, their disturbingly narrow worldview, and the real reason they wanted him out of their lives forever? All excellent questions for a young man trying to survive a summer packed with Fashion Week chaos, superpowered coworkers who treat the office like their personal runway, and a boss who's less Anna Wintour and more fierce-but-loving grandmother. Between navigating new friendships, an unexpected romance, and enough secrets to fill an entire September issue, Alcide is about to learn that in the world of high fashion... Not everything is just an illusion.

They say you never really forget your first love. They also say distance makes the heart grow fonder. That couldn't be truer for Soriyah and Mekhi. Mekhi was a hardheaded, ambitious, tough kid who grew up too fast. He wanted his peers' money and respect, and by the time he reached 27, he had gotten all he could ever dream of. A hood celebrity, some feared and respected him while others envied and hated him. On the outside, he was the man who had everything, but on the inside, there was a void that never seemed to get filled. Soriyah was the complete opposite: brains, beauty, and drive. She was determined not to let the streets swallow her whole. Instead of chasing Mekhi's fast lifestyle, she was chasing something bigger. Something better--a doctorate and a future that would allow her to raise her children better than she had been raised. At 26, she found herself making the hardest decision of her life. Homecoming season is always a trip down memory lane. A weekend of fun and adventure, or at least that was what Micah was expecting, but sometimes those memories have a way of changing everything. One party turned into bullets flying and people scattering for cover. What was chaos was frozen as Soriyah and Mekhi find each other, sparking old feelings and rekindling a forgotten friendship. Love doesn't come easy for them, as their stories were written for completely different paths. Together they face twisted tragedy, tests of loyalty, plenty of temptation, and a lesson that sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants and first loves never die.