Category: Short Stories

Creighton’s Secret

Beenie is missing. Cain was the last one to see her alive…or so everyone thinks. Will Cain risk his own life to share his devastating secret?

This Land is My Land

John and Abby are newly freed and now live on the land that their family has worked for generations. The Emancipation Proclamation isn’t all that’s it’s cracked up to be. Will John and Abby fight for what is rightfully theirs? One thing’s for sure: freedom isn’t free.

Full Disclosure

Gene, Fred, and Aurora have been charged with the task of revealing a secret only high level officials at NASA and the White House have known about. Will they really tell it all? Or will they modify the truth to prevent a societal collapse?

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The Freedom Rider

Kweku has one thing on her mind: teaching newly freed Black people how to read. But her mission, though noble, is often downright deadly.

A Walk in the Woods

A young woman receives a small pink envelope after her grandmother dies with a simple note inside “It’s time now. Walk the trail.”

Visions of Capture

While watching the sunset in downtown Annapolis, Maryland, a woman sees a slave ship docking in the harbor. But it’s 2019. Is what she seeing real?

Oh Give Me a Rome

Come sit in the coffee shop and listen as Chaz, Dorset, and Angie banter back and forth about being writers.

One for the Money

Ollie and Myrlie have gotten themselves into one hell of a jam after Ollie acquired a rare book from an estate sale. Someone else wants that book and is willing to kill them both to get it. Can they get this rare book to the Library of Congress before they are both killed?

What Child Is This?

My 12 Short Stories in 12 Months is finally over. Here’s the last story I wrote to complete this year’s challenge!

Tuesdays at 10

It?s Tuesday. The man with the gold cufflinks is coming. He never eats what he orders which means a full meal for her to…

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