Blacklit Stories

a story about falling in and out of love. Bear with me, this is my first book! Book 1: Published 02/2020, Completed 04/2022 Book 1 Shut Up & Listen (complete) __/ When the one secret that kept childhood best friends Cole and Cobe at a distance is finally revealed, they become closer than ever in both the best and worst ways. Book 2 Shut Up & Listen: A Little Late (complete) __/ New relationships shed light on old forgotten ones, bringing up heartbreak and trauma. When familial strings long frayed are tied back together, will it the knot hold or will the effort be a little too late? Book 3 Shut Up & Listen: The Nullification of Black (complete) __/Feeling wind-like, Lonnie aka Black fends for himself in this long awaited growth spurt. History is revealed. Reputations are put to a halt! Friendships become love! Wounds are healed! But, something has to die for a new thing to thrive, right? Right?! no1 in #blacklit [12.16.2020-present] no2 in #detroit [12.31.2020] no1 in #celebrateblackstories [04.01.2021] no1 in #lukejames [09.04.2021] no4 in #socialissues[05.13.2022] no2 in #blackbxb[05.15.22] no1 in #urbanbxb [10.22.2022] no12 in #youngromance [11.23.2023]

If we're the adults, then where did all the kids go? A story about young people figuring life out. #1 black poetry [08152021] #1 blacklit [08162021]

Vontell, complicated, self-aware, exhausted twenty-something takes the summer to recoup from the success of his first award-winning film. Running from the intensity of love and the sureity of friendship, he falls into a deep pit of uncertainty and gets pulled out by the exact people he's been hiding from and unknowingly pulls them out of a few things too. Von and his friends are all just trying to make it through the toughest of ages; the twenty somethings. [published 1/2021]

What if there were an au. And in that AU, all the black students at Hogwarts...formed a black student union. And say hypothetically, I wrote about this. I think it would be banger. This is just a collection of oneshots, featuring the black characters of the wizarding world.

sometimes the things you love the most you put in cases for memory's sake.

"Blood of the creature..." Visibly estranged from her incarcerated twin brother, the beautiful and cunning Tyler Zeroni lives comfortably on the desiccated Camp Green Lake grounds as The Warden's beloved adoptive daughter..... That is, until a new camper arrives, triggering a series of events that reveal her ancestry, potential, and the true meaning of love. Stanley/OC ||Desperado Book #1|| Top Ratings: #1 in caveman [1/1/22] #1 in x-ray [4/28/21] #1 in holes [5/15/21] #1 in blacklit [4/29/21]

A compelling story that documents the experiences of five college sophomores: Jewel, Shaun, Dirk, Lavender, and Coba. This story explores the modern social and racial complexities of being black in higher education. With the illustrious predominantly white institute (PWI), Carnie University and the distinguished historically black college (HBCU) Nickelson College as their stages, this group of friends battles racial oppression, overcoming self doubt, and claiming self reliance as they search for their own meanings of black American Exceptionalism, black classism, and most importantly, Hip-Hop as our inheritance through their respective callings. Welcome to Black Excellence: this is The Call.

To every woman who ever had to rebuild herself from ashes- after love lied, friends flipped, and the truth got twisted. You were never weak. You were never the problem. You were just too real for the room. -Tonisha

A girl semi-stalks a guy via social media live events. They meet in person and the connection is undeniable.

"I'll stop, but it's not today....I don't wanna feel my face, I don't wanna feel my face, look I don't wanna seal my fate." - Rod Wave✨ A story of three friends masking their insecurities with false personas, what's new? Drugs, sex, lies, money, whatever it takes to keep up with the images the girls have to portray.

Since birth, everyone has told Pecola Robinson that she was ugly, unwanted, and unworthy of being loved or loving herself. And Pecola had accepted this as fact. Thus, she has always tried to change and shrink herself so that she could be accepted by people, even adopting the name Robin as her preferred name to get people to love her while simultaneously allowing her to disappear and hide within and from the world of Eagleland. However, a year-long study abroad experience living amongst the Finali people across the globe presents Pecola the opportunity to take responsibility for her own happiness by moving on to heal from her trauma with the support of other women in her life or continue being defined by her trauma and existing as the tolerated good girl known as Robin. cover by cil @sereneur GENERAL | LITERARY | BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION tw: trauma; gendered violence/intimate violence; anxiety/depression

Halle McKinney is tired. Tired of feeling stressed, tired of missing her brother, tired of people asking if she's okay. One day, in an attempt to empathize with her dead twin, she almost drowns in the Atlantic, and is saved by the only other black boy in town, mistaking her self-journey for a suicide attempt. In a effort to get the boy off her back, agrees to an inane bucket list challenge to show her that "life is worth living after all", showing her that there's more to life than just ocean waves and heartbreak.

The future seems bright but, the past is a darkness Victor cannot shift. When Victor finds a head on his table he understands the message, loud and clear.

[status: open] The Golden Awards is an initiative dedicated to the uplifting and celebration of Black Literature of various genres!

no child wants to mourn their mother alone. but no child wants to share their mourning with perfect strangers either. for the siblings nine, their mother was no ordinary mother. each of them being sent with their father for raising, they knew nothing of the others or their mother. when siblings strange get summoned for the memorial of their late mother, things can go awry. but what can really be considered normal when no one knows what to expect? -hula

To find without seeking is the greatest pleasure of all. It is gratifying. It is euphoric. Imagine how many would truly find themselves once they stopped soul searching and just...

After the sudden death of a childhood friend ahead of Awards Season, Hollywood icon, Draya Bolton, is forced to revisit her past under the microscope of fandom culture.

Zaydence Denholm is in trouble. She and her best friend are crushing on the same guy. On her part, she views this as the ultimate betrayal. This crush alongside overbearing and emotionally detached parents, and a complicated relationship with food is a recipe for disaster. How will she survive and will she learn what it truly means to be a good enough friend? Read "The Good Enough Friend" to find out! Rating : PG-15 Content warnings include - suggestive dialogue - mild language - slut-shaming - toxic academia - disordered eating Started Publishing : September 2022 Finished Publishing: November 2023

In Ravendale, even the concrete bleeds. When Biggs turns up dead in the trunk of his own ride, tagged "RAT" in red, the whole city starts whispering. The Concrete Mob, the Black Hounds, and the Vale Lords are circling - each hungry for blood, money, and power. Jayy Carter writes the streets like a diary, Deuce fires back with bullets, and Detective Hill keeps score with secrets. At the center of it all? Two keys, a burned-out church, and a box that could bury them all. Ravendale doesn't give second chances. Truth is currency. And every page drips with blood.