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Close Encounters of the “Angry Black Woman” Kind

Barbara Bruner by Barbara Bruner

The e-mail message was as jarring as the sound of an alarm clock on Saturday morning. Especially since I didn’t know the…

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“Emma”

Karen Frederick by Karen Frederick

Sometimes she thought it must be loneliness that made her see things. She could see the dark lord’s face peering down from…

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Granny & Lucille

Bree McAlister by Bree McAlister

Today is our long day. We need to drive nearly 200 miles to cross state lines. Mom and I take shifts, plying…

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Were Fairytales Meant for Us?

Jiana Marita by Jiana Marita

Quickly and carefully, I crossed the street with my best friend at the time. Her name was Jalia, a tall and skinny…

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To quote Erykah Badu: “I am an artist and I’m sensitive about my ish…”

Jamilla VanDyke-Bailey by Jamilla VanDyke-Bailey

Virginia Woolf once said: Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and…

FICTION | SHORT STORY

“Intervention: Luz Ortega”

Jennifer Celestin by Jennifer Celestin

Luz had faked a pregnancy in order to get the attention of her ex-boyfriend Johnny Rivera and kept it going for six…

FICTION | SHORT STORY

“Simple Mind Play on Crazy Rose”

Nikita Anderson by Nikita Anderson

About time, Rose grumbled under her breath as she snatched up her two half-filled garbage bags from the ground and made her…

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Halle Berry Was My Mother Until A Junkie Found Me

Lyon Amor Brave by Lyon Amor Brave

I am going to tell you the sad pathetic truth about me. I am a foster child and nobody loves me. I…

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Us + Sandra Bland vs. The State

Jeannine A. Cook by Jeannine A. Cook

“Call the motherfuck….Call the….” I make out muffled screams from outside. Barely there. From the comfort of my bed, I ignore. People…

Family/FICTION | SHORT STORY

“Cracked Flowerpots”

Theresa Sylvester by Theresa Sylvester

It’s not right for a daughter to see her father naked. I’m sure my father knows this, and deep down in her…

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Family/FICTION | SHORT STORY

“Age-isms”

Jackie Oldham by Jackie Oldham

I. Rose stood in her tiny, cluttered living room, trying to remember why she was there. “Go brush your teeth and find…

FICTION | SHORT STORY

“Waiting Room”

Sylvie Soul by Sylvie Soul

My eyes shot open. I must’ve dozed off. My head was pounding. Perhaps it was the bright, fluorescent light in this cold,…

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Delky, Tevin Campbell, and The Promise of Today

Candace Jozef Semien by Candace Jozef Semien

I hope tomorrow will bring a better you, better me I know that we’ll show this world we got more we could…

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“tea at miss daisy’s”

Jacquese Armstrong by Jacquese Armstrong

Many days we passed Miss Daisy’s house and yelled hi. She would usually call us up on her front porch to visit.…

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Black Stories are Educating & Traumatizing Me

Choya Randolph by Choya Randolph

Has it happened to you? Maybe you’re scrolling through Twitter searching… no, damn near begging for a meme of happiness… then BOOM!…

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