Urbanlit Stories

Sometimes you can have it all and still want more, sometimes we have it all and not know it. Siblings Amina, Asad and Asim Maalik seemed to have it all. Though things were rough growing up on the west side of Baltimore, they always had each other and their strict loving parents. One impulsive decision from Asad sends their lives into a cyclone of drugs, guns, fast money and tragedy. Secrets and lies will be uncovered as they find out who they truly are. Follow the Maalik siblings in their coming of age. Will they survive the west side together?

I decided to wait until everybody was sleeping to go through with my getaway plan. I packed all of my stuff, what was left of it anyway, into a duffle bag and debated on whether or not I would use the window as my escape exit. The other option would be going through the living room and that would cause Mama Junie to wake up. That in itself was one of few risks I wasn't willing to take. If she didn't wake up, Sierra or Sequoia would and they cause trouble I don't need. I weighed my options. If I jumped out the window from this second floor apartment, the most I'd get is a fractured ankle or a sore knee, depending on how I land. If I go through the living room, Mama Junie would probably catch me and beat me and I'd be on lockdown until somebody finds me. Azuri's life has always been anything but sweet. Well, at least for the last 8 years it has been. Her mother, Rhonda, went into prostitution when she was eight and as for her father, Azuri never knew him. She's not even sure if he's alive or not. Of course, like any other abandoned child, she was forced into Chicago's foster care systems. After being placed in over 20 different foster homes, she decides she's had enough. Running away through the Southside of Chicago didn't help Azuri's much until she ran into Quincy Kennedy. Quincy aka "Que" , one of "Chiraq's" most ruthless kingpins and a surprisingly successful businessman, helps Azuri find a home away from home while trying not to get attached. Circumstances lead them right into each other's arms though, as two people who thought they didn't need anyone to help them get by, meet their match.

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?

𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 #1 youngteen 08/07/22 #1 urban lit 12/13/22

UPDATES Monthly Mallory is a good girl. She's loyal. She's smart. She's beautiful and could have any boy she wants. However, a tragedy shakes the way she views the world and herself in it. She's convinced that disappointment is a reoccurring nuisance that she's set on outsmarting. If disappointment is inevitable then she just won't try. But when a longstanding friendship has a potential to become more will she go against everything she's taught herself not to hope for? Including love...

Synopsis Lyrica King is the daughter of a Kingpin. She came up in the drug game learning all there is to know about it, living her best life without any regrets all while the world was being handed to her. Nothing was off limits to Lyrica and that wasn't just in shopping. Although, being the daughter of a Kinpin had its ups and downs. Thank God Lyrica made sure she kept her head above water. Outside of being a genius in math and science, she also was beautiful. Every man's dream, the only thing she lacked, was love. Lyrica's father stood in the way of that. Pierre (Sir) grew up in the drug game. Starting from his great grandfather passed down to his dad and then himself. Once Lyrica was born, it broke the chain, causing Pierre shift to keep his family safe. Upon moving, he ran into some trouble from his past. Unfinished business resulted in the death of Lyrica's mother. Life takes a turn for Lyrica at the age of seventeen. She meets and falls in love with Shoota, The son of a Drug Lord. In her eyes, everything about him was great. The only problem she was having now was her father. Pierre has crossed paths with Shoota's family but couldn't put his finger on when or why. So, Pierre forbade Lyrica from seeing him again. On her eighteenth birthday, Lyrica's father was killed, leaving everything left up to her. Will she take her father's place and become the Queen Pin of New York? Or did Pierre remember Shoota after all and was killed?

Rod is everything any young girl could dream of. Smart, handsome, caring, still with qualities as rich as those he still finds himself belittled and unappreciated by the love of his life. CANDY. But with the looks of an African Beauty Queen along with her humorously hypnotizing personality it's practically impossible for him to remain angry for too long. Besides, he's from the suburbs, while Candy on the other end is from THE HOOD, the allure of her Ghetto fabulous lifestyle is far too appealing to him. He's shocked and Candy knows. But while on a weekend vacation to Atlanta Rod shows Candy that while he may appear softer than the thugs she's grown up around he is undoubtedly the only real MAN she's ever known.

A fateful blow to the stomach would change Cynthia White’s life forever, exposing the truth about her family’s long kept secrets. Born and raised in Winston Salem, NC, Cynthia, or Cee Cee as she is called, is raised by her father and grandmother after the death of her mother. Vernon does everything to make sure his daughter never wants for anything, providing a picture perfect life and sheltering her from the hard streets that he once knew. An incident at school changes all of this when Cee Cee meets Chuck and her hidden promiscuous ways are exposed. Will the one secret that she kept from her friend Chuck prove to be the deadliest, or will the secret that her family has been keeping be the smoking mirror? Available now on Amazon.com, Barnes an Noble, Kobo, Ibooks

to two teens (One black and one white) facing the emotional, physical and racial hardships of raising a baby in their teen years. Coming together to become parents is hard but the trials and struggles they are faced with when the baby is born is even harder. Going up against money problems, school hassles and old school mentalities. 16 & Pregnant. A interracial teen couple, raising their biracial baby.

Found by proximity. Connected by trust.

A crusade of vengeance passed down through the generations.

Bad lil' thang, fine as hell. If you got a man, let him know the God is coming for him. And if you don't, let these dudes know you belong to the God. - Atif Known on the streets of the Chi as God, Atif has no interest in being with one woman and one woman only. Bumping into Kapri was an accident, but there was something about her eyes that told a story of beauty and pain. Something told him he had to make her his wife. They call you God, right? Then you should know not to mess with me because I'll break your heart. - Kapri Chicago's wild, wild west side was known for gunfights and shootouts on a daily basis. Kapri grew up as a product of her environment determined not to stay that way. Little did anyone know she was keeping a dark secret that no one would understand if it ever got out. Running into God twice in one day made her wonder if it was persistence or purpose. Living this double life was crazy, but when I found out my husband cheated on me I was determined to get back at him and his family for keeping it a secret - Tanjalyn Tanjalyn had her own cross to bear; stuck in a loveless marriage yet torn between her husband and the man who could easily be the love of her life. Discovering her youngest child is Prince's biological daughter leaves her with a decision: tell her husband the truth or allow her baby girl Jenesis to call both men Daddy. The fact that she was married was the ONLY thing stopping me from putting her name on the deed to this house and the bank accounts. - Prince "Y'all just pretty boys with quick tempers." Prince and God heard that and more for the majority of their lives growing up on the streets of Chi City. When he walked into the Burger King and saw the girl behind the counter roll her eyes before taking his order, he knew she had potential. One date turned into one night, which turned into a messy situation two years later. In his eyes, Tanji and Jenesis were his family. And he planned to protect his family at all costs.

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This book is a squel/ spin off of my original book "Gutta Baby". It's crazy how quickly things can change from one day to the next. One day you're daddy's little girl alongside your twin sister, the next day he's being murdered by his mistress's husband. Your mom is on drugs leaving you and your sister to fend for each other by any means necessary. In the blink of an eye, all because of the decisions of those around you. *** Monday updates ***

The story of a wife who's taken as much as she could and finally snapped!

Ain't got nothin', won't be nothin'. That's the motto that most of the boys from the east side of Brooklyn went by. Some of them were thieves, drug dealers, murderers, or even rapists. They were an array of criminals, but all for one reason - to get by. Then there were the others, the ones who were athletes or writers or engineers, talented people who actually had a ticket out of the hood. Then there were people in the middle who got along with everybody but never really chose one side. People like Max. When you float along in the river that is the ghetto, you may think you're unbothered, but there is always something waiting. There will always be a stick in the water, and for Max, it all came at the wrong time. Most of his friends were on the criminal side, but he was just about to get his one-way departure ticket before things came crashing down. There were only two possibilities: either he got stuck in the hood forever, or he lost his life. After living here for so long, you realize that those two are one and the same.