Celebrateblackstories Stories

"I really can't believe you're denying me in bed as a punishment, Jadesola." He growled, his voice laced with a dangerous edge to it. I paused in the middle of applying my beauty mask but refused to grant him my attention. "I believe I am not talking to a mannequin, Jade? Or are you going to ignore me as well?" When he met with silence, he stood up from the bed and began to walk closer to where I sat. He really wanted me to talk huh?! "William, you went ahead and did what I requested, no, I made you promise not to do. And you expect me to jump into your bed like a dog on heat afterwards? Why consult me now if you can make your decisions on your own." My body still sat in front of that mirror, but it was far from relaxed anymore, being in the same space with Williams always yielded that result. "I'll have you know that I am still your husband, Jade!" His clouded expression of frustration made me smile inwardly. "And I hope you also recollect I'm still your wife." I replied with just as much force and stood to my feet. In a relationship that was written-off as a failure, sparks with intense electricity is what had always been avoided. That was of course, until Cupid decided to shoot arrows and feelings are caught. Is it supposedly a disaster when the union is seen as a doom by possessors? SLOW UPDATES! STARTED OFFICIALLY: 4th of August, 2020 ENDS OFFICIALLY : -

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]

They thought the hardest part would be going to war. They were wrong. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, this powerful story follows a group of young lovers and friends as they are torn apart, tested by time, and forever changed by what they endure-both overseas and at home. A story about love, loss, trauma, and resilience, Soldier Of Love explores what happens when the war follows you home.

A secluded island. A cute dog named Oscar. The perfect way to wait out the pandemic? --- Every Dog Has His Day is the second short story in my new series New Writing Wednesdays. I am so glad to share it with you! Have a read and let me know what you think.

A cyber marshal has one job, getting her prisoner safely into custody. The only thing is, she has to take a trip across several galaxies to get the job done.

In the prestigious halls of Royalty High School in Lagos, Nigeria, the elite students are known for their wealth, beauty, and popularity. Perfection is the standard that everyone strives to achieve. The students are expected to excel in academics, sports, and social status, but beneath the facade of perfection lies a world of secrets, insecurities, and hidden desires. In a world where appearances can be deceiving and perfection is just an illusion, "Not So Perfect" explores the struggles and triumphs of young adults as they navigate the high-stakes world of high school and discover that true strength comes from embracing their flaws and imperfections. "Not So Perfect " is a captivating tale of friendship, love, and self-discovery set against the backdrop of Nigeria's elite high school scene.

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"Never ever did I know I will fall in love." "Never ever did I know I will kill my own sister." "Never ever did I know I will be raped." "Never did I know I will become an addict." "Never ever did I know he would have smiled at me." "Never ever did I know I would've loved him." "Never ever did I know he would have left me." "Never ever did I know I will ever smile again." Rewind back to where I said I loved him and he would have left me. Carter Janelle Samuels never ever knew she will go through so much in her life, from her getting raped on a vacation with her family to killing her own sister,let's not forget getting hooked on drugs. She finally finds a ray of hope in the form of Seth Griffin James but we all know 'good things they say, don't last forever.' 48_Dark romance_ 1/1/2021 49_Addiction _14/1/2021

❇️ 2018 WATTYS WINNER! The Originals category ❇️ - "The Breakfast Club" meets "Nancy Drew" in this most unusual YA Mystery. SUMMARY: Five high school students, with little in common other than being descendants of the town founders, are forced to work on a history project together. But when their history project uncovers evidence of a long-buried town secret, the kids must piece together the clues behind their discovery before its legacy comes back to haunt them. ***** Using ACTUAL, archival material (some dating as far back as 1776), The Descendants weaves a tale of mystery and intrigue, constructed entirely from real photographs, documents, and snippets of history from a small, rural town in New Hampshire. What Dan Brown did with conspiracy theories in "The DaVinci Code" and Ransom Riggs did with historical photographs in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," I will attempt to do in "The Descendants," but with teen protagonists and the Cheshire County Historical Society. :-) Why? 'Cause I'm crazy like that! Yeah, I know...History?! Blah! But it actually turned out really fun! :-)

[ᴘʀᴇᴠɪᴏᴜsʟʏ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ] "𝐎𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐞'𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞." - 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰. _________ To Grace Matthew, the misunderstood daughter of the district pastor, things like big red Fs on her report card and Denola Coker would make for a nightmarish reality. Except for the unexpected visit from the figurative angel of doom, more interested in playing a twisted game of cat and dog than having a tea party like any visitor should. In this thrilling tale of the hate that abides in love, the truth sheltered in lies and secrets dancing in the open, Grace would understand that the greatest of her fears should be love. ____________ 𝐀 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫. 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬: @𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭_𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐲 (𝐌𝐄) Started: 7th October, 2020.

Betrayal by the ones you love is painful. You tend to ask yourself questions as if you are the one at fault.Thoughts that are not meant to be shared by talking but only written words will help ease the pain. When people fail to understand me I turn to writing for refugee. This is the first time I have felt confident to publish my work. Lack of encouragement and support is the problem but now I feel I should at least do the this if I fail I fail the least I could to is try!!

Taylor Martinez is a police officer. Normal, right? Correct! She is! Only problem is, when you're African-American; not everyone says so. Then when after a run-in with the Ku Klux Klan, she finds herself in a place where no one shares her ethnicity. Will she be accepted? And, just as important, will she find love?

'Home for the Holidays' takes an unexpected flip when Alicia has to spend the christmas break of her freshman year on college campus due to travel complications. Celebrating christmas by herself shouldn't be much of a big deal, but when it's on another freaking continent-- thousands of miles away from her family-- it's obvious Alicia will catch the 'Scrooge and Grinch' syndrome this season. Maybe if the long-haired girl with the extra chunky boots and goofy, lopsided smile decided to invite her over instead of roaming outside without a coat like a psychopath, she'd have a merry Christmas after all. But things like that take miracles, Alicia doesn't believe in those.

[FINISHED] Thank you everyone for making this contest possible! We are currently unsure if the Summer/Winter Zodiac Awards will return next year but stay tuned for updates.

Ch 1- Ch 6 available on wattpad. The rest of the book (45 chapters) is available for purchase on Amazon, eBook and paperback. The first thing people think when they see Nat walking the streets of The French Quarter in New Orleans is, "so young and pretty, such a shame that she's homeless". Then they don't pay her anymore attention as she plucks their wallets right out of their pockets. That was her life. Stealing just to survive. Unless she got a big job; setting wealthy tourist men up to get robbed and that day she had found the perfect target. It wasn't until she was stabbed and losing consciousness that she learned she was his perfect target. Waking up in a small, grimy room with five strangers around her, she's enlightened that she's been kidnapped by none other than the Mass Grave Killer. It was simple. He kidnapped ten people, held them for two years, and then buried their bodies in a mass grave, and he had been doing it for over six years already, but there was no way that Nana was going to lie down and let him kill her. If she could survive fighting grown men for tent space, she could fight another for her life. Every day of those two years she fights for her life and when time is almost up she finds the strength to kill the man that tortured ten people for two years and finally escapes. She's free, but not without scars. For the next two years, she tries to piece her life back together between the flashbacks, nightmares, and anxiety attacks, and just when she thinks things are looking good, she comes face to face with her nightmares. Tha man she killed has come back from the grave, and the only thing he wants is to start over with her. Having to constantly look over her shoulder, she now has to run for her life and try to catch him before he catches her.

Teenage life. The thrills right? Well there are not only thrills in a teenager's life, there are also betrayal, fear, backstabbing, Emotional disorder, depression, addictions etc. The feeling of thinking you know someone even if you know you don't. The depths of betrayal, the secrets lurking around coming to find you. Yeah! Intriguing right? Well there's one last thing though, Trouble lurks around.

Ewa must face certain death to able to take care of her sick little brother and survive the beast that is war AND the Beast she meets in the Ebora Forest. An Afro-centric tale of a warped Beauty and the Beast, where it could mean the death of everything she holds dear, or the salvation of her people.

Nasteho Ali is a lonely, overachieving, devoutly Muslim Somali Canadian social justice warrior. Henry Ho is a lonely, underachieving, nihilistic atheist Chinese Canadian edgelord. Nasteho's biggest secret is that she's in love with a K-Pop Idol who routinely crashes her dreams to escape his nightmares. Henry's biggest secret is that he hopes his dreams of his dead dad telling him useless trivia about his favourite bands are genuine visits from the afterlife. Other than the coincidence of attending the same Ottawa high school, these two aren't connected in any way. Or are they? As destiny draws them closer, their secrets will become bigger, their beliefs will be tested, and the mystery that haunts them both will begin to endanger them and their new found friends unless they work together to solve it.