Blackliterature Stories

"A church that lived and died by pretty lies." In this small Southern town Josephine believes she understands the life she's been given. She is the preacher's wife, she makes the iced sweet tea and smiles when expected. As Josephine continues into motherhood, she begins to notice what the town celebrates, what it erases, and who is allowed to be forgiven. When a famous blues musician returns home, old loyalties, old sins, and the quiet certainty that nothing buried ever truly leaves drifts back into town. The truth does not arrive all at once. It seeps in slowly, like something in the water-through glances held too long and names never spoken. By the time Josephine understands the cost of what has been protected, it is too late to undo it. Some things are never meant to be poured out. They are sweetened, decorated with lemon, and called tradition.

Welcome to the O.V.O.S Awards page! O.V.O.S. stands for "Our Voices, Our Stories!" We wanted to create a platform that celebrated the works of all genres of Black Literature on Wattpad. With the O.V.O.S. Awards, we hope to form a community and a way to promote the best Black stories found on Wattpad. If you are interested, please read on for details about the selection of judges, nominations and voting. These awards and this page, in general, are meant to be positive. No negativity, bullying, or any form of hate or abuse will be allowed or expressed on this page!!!

This is a memoir essay I wrote about my experience with my Father. I wrote it for my Creative Nonfiction class, and it was hard writing it, but in writing it i realized somethings about myself and my father, hopefully you will too -MelaninBisou

In the year 2084 located in Barrow Alaska, now known as CanAmerica 28 year old Thomas Williamson renamed 2040a struggles to find his way in society. He happens upon a woman fleeing her pursuer. He offers the woman a quick get away and immediately becomes infatuated. The woman, 3217 is struggling to conceal her involvement with an illegal organization that smuggles citizens from the oppressive country to freedom.

This is the story I wrote for my ENG 354 Class, Everybody there said they liked it so I decided to publish it

She was an alluring enchantress while he was a lunatic ruling his own world.... will she betray him for her duty? "will you be able to live with a debt of the fact that you are the one who killed me?" Their separation was decided when they first met.... Best ranking: 🥇 in "Black Literature" 🥇 in "Cbixmafia"

In a near-future America where "protection" is the new face of possession, single mother Nia Marshall must make an impossible choice: surrender herself and guardianship of her children to a white suburban family-or risk losing them to the state. What begins as a temporary arrangement quickly becomes a suffocating system of control, erasure, and surveillance. Her name disappears. Her children are renamed. Her autonomy-digitally and legally-revoked. But Nia isn't alone. As her eldest son Malik builds a quiet resistance, the truth behind the "Family Asset Protection Act" begins to surface, revealing a legacy of ownership disguised as care. Months later, Nia vanishes into a black-site prison, her voice weaponized by the system and her son Malik becomes the reluctant face of a fractured uprising. As the government rewrites history in real time, the resistance uncovers a devastating truth: the clause wasn't a flaw-it was a plan. CLAIMED and its explosive sequel UNCLAIMED are a haunting saga of modern-day control, generational defiance, and the war over memory in a world where truth must be reclaimed.

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.

• Teen Fiction Prompt Winner for Aim to Engage • It all started on a Sunday is a 500 word entry about an assassin on her first assignment.

✨ Hope of a Society - Season 2 ✨ A father returns. A son is stolen. A nation is on the edge. After years in exile, Nicholas Moyo comes home - only to find his son missing and the world he left behind more dangerous than ever. Across continents, secrets unravel. Betrayals burn. And the fight for truth becomes a war for blood, legacy, and love. One boy. One father. One chance to rewrite history.

In the seedy underbelly of Spartanburg, South Carolina, where criminals lurk in the shadows, strippers dance for money, and prostitutes sell their bodies to pay rent, a dangerous game of temptation and morality unfolds. Detective James Thompson has been working the streets for years, trying to rid the streets of all criminals who wreak havoc in the streets. But when a string of innocent lives are taken in a series of brutal murders. He knows he's up against something far more bigger and dangerous than he has ever faced before. As the FBI is called in to assist with the investigation. Tensions run high and the pressure mounts. But when a beautiful young woman is kidnapped by one of the city's most notorious drug dealers. James finds himself in a race against time to save her before it's too late. Meanwhile, Destiny a young stripper trying to make ends meet, finds herself falling for the charming, and dangerous drug dealer who frequents the club where she works. Despite knowing the risks, she can't help but be drawn to him, even as she struggles with her own sense of morality. As the investigation heats up and the stakes get higher. James and Destiny find themselves caught in a web of temptation, lies, betrayal and danger. Will they be able to navigate the treacherous waters of the criminal underworld, or will they be consumed by the darkness that surrounds them?

Tavion an 18 year old from Columbia SC trying to find himself during his senior year with Heartbreak, Friendship, Hardships, and most importantly Love

A young girl makes a hard choice to help alleviate her mother's stressful life by preying on someone else. Stealing from the rich to give to the poor was much harder than she thought.

"𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚, 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚, 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚, 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩."

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.

In a near-future America where "protection" has become the new face of possession, single mother Nia Marshall is forced to make an impossible choice: surrender guardianship of her children to a white suburban family-or risk losing them to the state altogether. What begins as a temporary arrangement to keep her sons safe slowly becomes a suffocating system of control, erasure, and surveillance. Her name disappears from records. Her children are renamed. Her autonomy-digitally and legally-revoked. But Nia isn't the only one living under the clause. As her eldest son Malik quietly builds a digital resistance and secrets begin to leak into the open, the truth behind the nation's "Family Asset Protection Act" threatens to unravel. CLAIMED is a haunting, incisive tale of modern-day ownership masquerading as safety, where the most dangerous prisons come wrapped in politeness, and the fight for freedom begins with remembering who you are-and daring to speak it out loud.

Two women caught up in two different worlds until one day those worlds collide!

They didn't know what they truly desired. The one thing that was evident though is the chemistry they shared, despite it lasting only a brief period. Although they went their separate ways, the door was left open for the union to be rectified.

The slow unwinding of a woman. ** None of the images used in this content or the cover are mine. The pictures are simply sourced to use in what I create. I do not take any credit for them. If you would like your image acknowledged or taken down please let me know. **

Miriam Ferdanide Von Rosa II is a just a regular vampire in a modern x mideval world. But when some village boy challenges her authority by not leaving her manor when told she finds out her name has been trashed! In order to regain her former status and save her pride she must confront who ever had to balls to speak on her name. But her new found status is far from what it was before.