Purple Moon by Diana W. During a purple moon, a Luminous of royal descent is to be married to a Verdem of the same to honor the peace pact of the Red War. Before the pact, the Luminous and Verdems were in a constant battle over the Jewel of Elin, shedding blood...
I Do? by Jennifer Robinson “Oh my God!” Gia gasped. “You are beautiful!” Tears pooled in her eyes as she made sure my veil was perfect. That’s what she’d been doing since my engagement; making sure everything was perfect. The full-length mirror in the bridal suite...
The Get Over by Ruthie Lenor “Whiskey, neat.” “I’ll have the same.” Jackson looked at the woman who had just sat next to him. Her heels showing off cute red toenails, skin the color of his morning coffee and a bit of thigh peeking out from under the overlay of...
He Touched Me by Sylvia Hubbard I was having a bad day. Two weeks from the worst break up of my life, some strange man put his hands up my dress and…Touched me. I should have moved. I should have been offended, but it felt… good. Rodney and I hadn’t been sexual in six...
The Evolution of Topaz Johnson by Nikita Haynie TOPAZ JOHNSON JUMPED at the vibration of the phone, startled out of sleep. She rolled over, peeked at the alarm clock, and groaned. She had two hours left before the alarm went off, she told Kelsey it would be helpful to...
Family by Natasha Sinclair FAMILY; a simple word with different meanings for different people. I tried to Google a definition, checking Oxford English; Collins and Urban dictionaries, but I never found a ‘one size fits all’ definition, because there wasn’t one; I...
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.