Blacklit Stories

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

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]

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.

The old saying goes "if you can't have the one you love, then love the one you're with" but what if living without the one you love, is the only reason you love them? If you really knew the person you claimed to love, would you still love them as much?

She seemed to have the perfect life and loving marriage, until things took a turn for the worse. Zada came home to a horrific sight and realized her secrets have been exposed by someone who wanted revenge. Now Zada must play the game in order to seek vengeance for her wife.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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

It's been smooth sailing for Evie Harper lately. Business at her café is booming and her new man seems to be on a mission to keep a smile on her face. But when her actions directly lead to one of her clients getting murdered her happiness quickly turns into guilt. Even worse, the older woman died before Evie could get paid! Just when she's about to cut her losses, opportunity comes knocking in the form of a woman begging Evie to find the killer before things get even more out of hand. Now, Evie's got to race against the clock to find a murderer, help a kidnap victim, and ease her guilt for causing all this in the first place. Being the good person she is, of course she takes on the case out of the goodness of her heart...not to mention a three thousand dollar bonus waiting if she succeeds. Evie Harper Mysteries: Book 3

It's the summer, and the last Quincy Todd wants to be bothered is any and all responsibilities. With his parents on his back about the importance of choosing the right college, excelling in his upcoming senior year, and the pressure to put his sports dreams to rest; all the teenager wants is the opportunity to live as freely as his friends like to believe he does. The only other thing on his mind? Girls, of course. Stumbling upon the latest object of his affection while applying for a job, he finds himself having to work harder than usual just for even millisecond of her time. For the first time, he finds the chase worth it. Kerri Rogers is always living in her own world of delusion, choosing to be the positive spirit that balances out the pessimism provided by her step-sister. In a house of attitudes, and restricted by a controlling father; her only salvation is a little job and the bit of time she gets to spend with her best friend. With no big goals and a bleak social life, all she wants is a simple summer filled with fun, some sort of excitement, and money flowing her way. The last thing she expected? To catch the eye of one of her high school's BIGGEST playboys. Unmoved by the slick lines and pretty boy looks, she quickly sets herself apart from all that he's used to. And, unlike everyone around them, she soon finds that he's not really what he makes himself out to be. ** Title, Cover, and Synopsis may change later.

Karisha Larue finds out the hard way that life never goes how you want it. One blow after the next, it keeps swinging at her, yet she always gets back up. But how much more can she take? She also finds out that what goes around doesn't always come back around. But will taking revenge into her own hands clean the slate? Or will it create a pool of blood that she'll eventually drown in?

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.

"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.

This is the third book in the "Unapologetically Me" series. If you haven't read "Unapologetically Me" and "A Silenced Gift" please don't read this story until you've read them. This is a spin-off following one of Fatima's best friends, Chanel Henderson, on her journey to find "what's best for her." For Chanel, meeting Trey Songz was initially only supposed to be a fantasy. However, all of that changed from the moment they first laid eyes on each other. What was supposed to be the fulfillment of only one night of pleasure, turned into something more and at the same time nothing at all. And it lasted longer than either believed it would. While watching her two best friends, Fatima Ward and Autumn Allen, move on in more serious relationships, she decides that it's time she give being in a relationship a try. As much as she wishes it could be with Trey, she knows Trey can't give her more. What started between them was based on sex, it was never meant to be anything more but "fun." She tries to move on and find love with a "normal guy," but everywhere she turns, Trey is there. Will she follow her heart or do what makes the most sense? © 2017 D.S. Little All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the author, except as permitted by U.S. Copyright law. ************