Genres : Literary Fiction

This is a marriage made in hell. A marriage that is set out to fail.At least that’s what I think. And I have every right to think this because I, Belle Gist, was just forced into love.Forced into an arranged marriage.But it isn’t with just anyone. It is with Thorton “Thor” Kensley, Heir II to the Kensley Family Dynasty, one of the very rare Black multi-billionaire family dynasties in the world.Thor and I knew each other our whole lives, but...

In a world where a city once engineered empathy into a living network, the collapse of “perfect peace” releases consciousness into weather, oceans, and eventually the biosphere itself forcing humanity to choose between connection and control, sincerity and privacy, repair and rest. "Every ending remembers its beginning."The Solace Cycle is a speculative science-fiction novella told in movements mythic, intimate, and morally serious about what happens when empathy becomes infrastructure. The series begins with Dr. Edda Sol and the City of...

BECOMING is an uplifting poetry collection of inspirational poems and articles about living a life of fulfillment. The author draws upon her own experiences, inspirations, and what she feels most passionate about. The poetry in this book is written about various topics; however, its main theme is about utilizing your God-given talents and gifts in such a way that leads to a fulfilling life. It is the follow-up to her to her award-winning poetry book collection, Unscrambled Eggs.

Some books chase spotlight. This one was built for the quiet.The Record of What It Cost is a curated archive of unsent letters from love, labor, and consequence. Not a memoir. Not fiction in disguise. A record. A witness. An offering for the nights when the world is loud and your silence is louder.Omari Vale writes like someone keeping receipts in the dark. These letters move through desire and fallout, family math and inherited absence, faith that flickers, survival that...

Larry Tolleson is confronted with a choice and not one of his making. His mother decided he was bright enough to start school a year early. Larry is entering his senior year in high school when his mother realizes that decision didn't give him the best start in life. She agrees with his guidance counselor that he should take a do-over year to let his body and emotions catch up to his intellect.Larry approaches his senior year full of hope....

All 80-year-old George Ivers wanted was a quiet Thanksgiving with his wife in their cozy Southport, North Carolina home. Instead, he gets a bevy of unexpected (and very much uninvited) guests ringing his doorbell like a game show buzzer, each more hilariously eccentric than the last. George is a comical mix of Archie Bunker’s sass, Fred Flintstone’s stubborn streak, and Mr. Magoo’s oblivious charm. A master of sarcasm and low-key sabotage, George cooks up schemes to send his guests packing,...

Liam O’Shea had a plan: get his degree, get a job, and get on with it. But when his long-lost father, Francis Henry O’Shea, suddenly kicks the bucket and leaves him an unexpected fortune, Liam’s carefully structured world takes a sharp detour. The question is, what kind of man inherits a golden-ticket windfall from a father who long ago perfected the art of absentee, dumpster-fire parenting? The answer: a very bewildered one. Francis was a self-made success—if by “success” you...

Darfur, 2006: There was not much room in the tent. There was less room on the cot. She lay, intertwined with Alex, staring dreamily as light wisps of sand sifted in front of the lamp. Alexander Barr stands on the edge of society. Humanity, devoid of civilization, is bared before him, raw and visceral. Sketches from the Periphery, MP Summers’ debut novel, is a gripping narrative that delves into the complexities of the Darfur Conflict through the eyes of Alexander...

Rosalia Scalia’s UNDER THE RADAR, her second short story collection, offers a poignant look at characters grappling with grief and loss in various forms. Each story reveals the raw emotions—anger, numbness, confusion—that accompany their journeys, as they navigate a world seemingly oblivious to their pain. In the title story, set in the 1970s, we follow Hope and Kenny, a young couple whose plans to marry are shattered when Kenny reveals he’s gay. “All the Small Joys” explores the clash between...

These poems and prose poems were majorly written in the 1980s. I used to visit st Pauls, the Afro Carib area in Bristol at midday and write every afternoon in the early 1980s. When I moved to London in the mid 1980s, I would write in the various squats I lived in, after going out during the day. At times I would write art manifestos, remnants of which are contained in this collection. My work at this time was influenced...