Womenofcolour Stories

The night Maelys was born, a storm made a decision for her. A desperate woman, a coerced midwife, and a courtyard where someone died in the rain conspired to place one infant in a palace and erase another from the record entirely. Twenty-two years later, someone has come to unmake it, and she has twenty-two years of righteous fury, a powerful patron, and the specific weapon of a truth that supports multiple stories at once. Raised in the painted corridors and orange-blossom courtyards of Solenir Palace, Maelys knows how to read a room before she enters it, how to wear humor like armor over something more serious underneath, and how to survive in a court that admires her with one hand and doubts her with the other. She has been exceptional here her entire life. She knows what exceptions are for. When the girl she unknowingly replaced arrives with documents, damage, and the kind of righteous anger that is the most dangerous kind because it is not entirely wrong, nothing careful is enough anymore. With a conspiracy threading through the court's most elegant rooms, a bodyguard who has been keeping a report in a locked box for eight years waiting for the right person to receive it, and a crown prince who asks before he touches and is not without fault and is learning the difference between those two facts, Maelys must fight for her name, her life, and the identity she has spent twenty-two years choosing rather than receiving. This is a slow burn interracial historical romance with explicit intimacy, graphic violence, and a world that does not soften its edges for the comfort of anyone in it. It is a story about what is owed and what is chosen, about love as a continuous practice rather than a destination, about darkness that stays and is carried rather than resolved, and about a woman who refuses, repeatedly, in every room that tries to define her, to let anyone else decide who she is. Dark. Tender. Permanent. Earned. ©️ _RelleLebby_ // R. L.

It's a short story. By short story, I mean one shot. It's a little gay. Two beautiful black folks. Erm- that's it. That's the story. I hope you enjoy it.

Andrea Emmett is a 21-year-old geeky office worker for Fantasia Magazine who's unlikely in love. She's been friends with benefits with Derek James for three years, but not once has he shown that he wanted more out of the relationship. Just when Andrea was about to give up on that entirely, her friend and co-worker Stephen Knight invites her to a cafe with a few of his friends. When she gets there, she meets Ryan Carmichael who is just as geeky as she is, if not more. Will she be able to cut ties with Derek and start something new with Ryan?

summer of 1995 was perfect for kennedy clark... until it wasn't. july seventeenth 1995. greenlake will never forget it. she will never forget it. one minute she's at secret white boy hook up tommy leerys cabin with all her "friends" who would've dare be seen with her out in the real world the next all six of those same "friends" are dead leaving just her and golden retriever boy tommy. skip two whole school years later kennedy is a senior in high school and the rumor that she killed all those kids still echos in the halls and the name given to her by the great racist town of greenlake "finale girl" still remains. everyone thinks she did it. everyone except eli tran. despite living next to each other since the day the both were conceived and being the only non white kids in town eli and kennedy never befriended nor spoke to each other, but that all that changes when the rumor of the so called murderous acts of "finale girl" kennedy clark come true.

❝ Heavy is the head that wears the crown ❞ Emily Grimm is a seventeen-year-old high school student. She is surly and stoic, unhappy with everything. At the beginning of senior year, she finds out that she is not human but part of a race of extinct supernaturals called the Grimm. The Grimm are physically strong, able to regenerate quickly as well as wield magic. She quickly realizes that being a Grimm is a lot more complicated than being super strong. She must learn to control her new powers and the violent urges that come with them and fight the dark powers inside her that are pushing to be unleashed. Cover design by @Sinadana This book is not suitable for younger readers. Ideal age: teens 16/17+ [due to some mature language and situations] #LGBTQ+

Star shot the final free throw watching in what felt like slow motion to her, as the ball swooshed into the net. Joy filled her body as the buzzer ran and her point appeared on the score board granting her team the win. Her teammates quickly piled on top of her sharing the shared happiness over the win. Star dropped to her knees thanking God and kissing her hands to sky. Urgency filled her wanting to find Love and kiss her. Thank her for her support and see her beautiful crooked smile flashing her golds while wearing her jersey the perfectly complimented her brown skin but she wasn't there. Of course she wasn't there, why would she show up for the woman who broke her heart? _____ Hey everyone thank you so much for tuning into my story. I am taking my writing seriously now so this book will 100% be finished this year God willing . The reason I wrote this is because I simply cannot seem to consume enough black lesbian media and I want stories where homophobia and racism aren't a issue. We already deal with that in real life so fiction should be a place where we can escape (IN MY OPINION). Black lesbians that deal with regular problems and navigate them healthily ( sometimes). I am aiming to post once a week or every two, so can't wait for the progression of this story! Much Love, M.J

A year ago, he was sent to kill her. To him, she was just another mission. She was just another target. What he didn't know, was who he was up against. A year after HYDRA's demise, his target was still alive. He failed his mission. But she wasn't about to fail him. She was named after the collector of souls, but this Grim Reaper was determined to save his life. 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃 • bucky barnes x oc • • based on avengers:aou & ca:cw • book two of the grim reaper trilogy • • woc/poc • • started on 10 January 2020 • • 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃 •

Hello there! Now that the deadline for The People of Colour Literary Awards has passed, fret not if you missed it or if you didn't have a book to enter. We will be putting up prompts up in this book where we challenge you to challenge yourself and write write write! We will be posting different and interesting prompt challenges in here every 1st of each month. Most of them will be collaborations with other campaigns on here that are similar to what we are trying to achieve here on wattpad. I look forward to seeing your entries!

❝THIS IS JUST LIKE BUDAPEST ALL OVER AGAIN.❞ IN WHICH I PROVIDE FEMALE FACECLAIMS FOR YOUR CHARACTERS.

Swara Kingsley's your average 15 year old- a little sleep deprived, foodie, and bored of quarantine. A simple re-reading of her childhood favourite book causes her to pass out... and wake up in Severus fucking Snape's potion class. How will she handle living in the Wizarding World? Harry Potter and the Wizarding World all belong to JK Rowling (Frick you)

Perks of being normal - the dead leave you alone. Unfortunately, Laurel can't catch a break. Being haunted by her dead mom is one thing, but now there's a hot elf appearing in her bedroom offering her a job in the Otherworld. Raise the dead king and make him choose an heir. But when a cloaked figure tells her that the king was murdered, who can you trust?

This is Irva's first year in high school. This is also her first time taking a school bus and the first time meeting Ted. Soon the bus and Ted are synonymous with one another. She needs the bus as much as she needs Ted. Will Ted bust her out of her shell? But then again Irva is too stuck up to need Ted. Find out what happens when Ted takes Irva for a ride...

After years of building a life abroad, Amina Kamara seems to have everything she once dreamed of - independence, opportunity, and a carefully curated identity that fits seamlessly into her adopted world. But when a package of handwritten letters from her late grandmother arrives unexpectedly, Amina is pulled back toward the home she left behind: Freetown. Each letter reveals stories of resilience, sacrifice, love, and faith - pieces of a family history Amina never fully understood growing up. As she returns to Sierra Leone for the first time in years, she is forced to confront the parts of herself she quietly tucked away in order to "fit in" elsewhere. Caught between two worlds - the life she built and the roots she inherited - Amina begins rediscovering language, tradition, community, and the version of herself that once felt whole. Through tender reunions, painful truths, and moments of quiet revelation by the Atlantic shore, Letters from Freetown explores identity, diaspora, generational memory, and the invisible thread that ties us to home - no matter how far we travel. But when Amina finally stands at the edge of the ocean - the same waters that carried her away years ago - she must ask herself: Was she ever truly meant to leave... or was she always meant to return?

ella is your typical average Nigerian, moving to a whole new continent was definitely going to be hard. but it gets a whole lot harder when you mix in secrets, love, jealousy, heart ache and deceit. this is not what she signed up for! will ella cave in or grow a pair and face these new hurdles life has thrown at her. read and find out!!

Cora Sophia Brookes is trying to "make it" in New York's Harlem in the 1920s. Although surrounded by artists, poets, and jazz musicians, her life is a far cry from the glitz and glamour of the Cotton Club. A struggling artist, she does not have time for love. Nor does she believe in magic. Even as a child, Cora knew that it was just a fairy tale. Why then, does she have moments where she feels as if someone is missing? Why does she have brief periods where she would swear magical creatures such as pixies exist, and that she has seen them? Why does she feel as if she has forgotten something very, very important? Disclaimer: I do not own Fantastic Beasts or any of its characters. Only Cora is my own.

The life and times of a bisexual superstar Sidney and her partner- in-crime, love and adventure, Emerson. a non-linear love story.

*Dystopian/Fantasy Layna follows in her father's footsteps by joining the armed forces to protect her increasing family. At the same time, things start to change in town, and Layna's letters home start to make less and less sense. Layna's letter's hold the key, but will her family back home be able to realize that in time to save themselves? ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO TRANSLATIONS ALLOWED. [CURRENTLY ON HOLD]