Fiction

What happens when there is no loyalty in love? SALEM: "I knew once I came back in the picture there would be some foul ish going on, but I wasn't prepared for what I saw. Kaylen, the woman I loved, was in a relationship with my homeboy. Someone I...

Originating from a happy home in the small town of Oxford, Maryland, Anna Baker finds herself facing challenges that push her to contemplate ending it all. After living a life experienced through hardship and adversity from love and shame through blood...

America is downtown earth and will not be ignored. Yet the question lingers: the last best hope of earth or the land that Satan blessed? 3 American Cranks takes you on a satirical roller coaster tour of the best and worse of the Land of the Free and the...

America is downtown earth and will not be ignored. Yet the question lingers: the last best hope of earth or the land that Satan blessed? 3 American Cranks takes you on a satirical roller coaster tour of the best and worse of the Land of the Free and the...

Now available for the first time in paperback, Wilfred Santiago's instant classic 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente is a human drama of courage, faith, and dignity, inspired by the life of the acclaimed Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star who died too young...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Longlisted for the 2021 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize. This hurricane of delirious, lonely, lewd tales is a taxonomy and grand unified theory of the boyfriend, in every tense. --Parul Sehgal, The New...

Ten Times OverThe PlanHere's a story about a young (nineteen) man (James Hope) and some of his closest friends. James and his friends have been together since they were twelve years old. After graduating high school and putting off college for a couple...

Catrina aka "Trixie"is a 40' ish attractive, blonde, African American divorced mother raising 3 sons in the inner city. She has survived 3 failed marriages, loss of a child, abuse of drugs and alcohol, infidelity, and verbal and physical abuse. Her inner...

" I couldn't care less what anybody thinks of me. They don't pay my bills. And there's nothing wrong with using what your mama gave you to get exactly what you want . . ." Celess knew she had to stop living the fast life and settle down, maybe even start...

The Youngest-in-Charge is a story that includes loyalty, trust, and value vs. murder, money, and sex-with lust, envy, and betrayal on the sidelines. Who wins in these mean streets that millions call the game. It's a million ways to get money and selling...

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the YearThe Tusk That Did the Damage is an utterly contemporary story about an ancient and majestic elephant, and his dangerous connection to the land and the people around him. Orphaned by poachers as a calf and...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ERNEST J. GAINES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE"With this splendid debut, Steven Wright announces his arrival as a major new voice in the world of political thrillers. I enjoyed it immensely." --John GrishamA blistering and thrilling...

Urban youth gangs are typically viewed as no more than training grounds for thugs and felons. This breakthrough anthology presents a far different picture, revealing present and former gang members' and street activists' artistic impulses, emotional...

Meet Reggie Saunders--a successful businessman living the dream with a fancy sports car, tailored clothes, expensive jewelry, and a penthouse office suite atop one of the largest buildings in suburban Washington, D.C. But for everything he has, there's...