A Personal Matter by SM Grady Lisa peeked out of her window just in time to see a black Honda speed off down the street. She’d thought she heard a car idling in her driveway just minutes before, but by the time she got to the window to check, she couldn’t really tell...
Vera Parlay nervously tossed under the Italian silk sheets of her king-size bed. On that autumn night, according to the clock, she only slept a few hours. From the looks of things, no one else was alert on her $61 million dollar estate in Bel Air, Los Angeles....
It was 3 a.m. and the patriotic light display in Jamarcus’s rearview mirror made his heart plummet into his size 12 Jordans. The sight of two police officers creeping to the driver’s side of his black Chevy Impala sucked the air right out of his lungs. At this moment,...
“Nikki” by S. L. Murray She stared in the rearview mirror. Looking for something, anything to change her decision. But there was nothing. No expression on her face and no life in her eyes. Her brown eyes used to be full of life. They used to sparkle and...
“Miracle on 42nd Street” By Eartha Watts-Hicks I had just left the hair salon at around 11:15 pm. Karen, my best friend, and owner of Eternal Beauty, occasionally gave me a lift to the Gun Hill Road train station on her way home. I was hoping to be able to...
“The Social Butterfly” by Danielle Calhoun The Social Butterfly Stage: Brooke begins to put her hands in the air and move her hips, as her box braids swish left and right across her shoulders, hooting and hollering, drawing attention to herself as her...
For women of color to continue the conversations that we have in the nail salon, beauty parlor, church, and during our lunch breaks at work. This is a place where you can kick off your shoes and get comfortable.