epub |eng | 2020-07-16 | Author:Douglas S. Reed

CHAPTER THIRTY The Old Man has a story to tell. But the Old Man says, “I don’t tell my story to everyone. I only tell those who are believers. You ...

epub |eng | 2022-10-11 | Author:Djaili Amadou Amal

My family searched for me in the days after my flight, until discovering by great coincidence that I was in Gawaza, a small village near Maroua. The day I deserted ...

epub |eng | 2000-10-25 | Author:Kristin Hunter Lattany

TWENTY AFTER MY LONG, hard day, I know I won’t be up to cooking, so I do something that’s against all my usual rules. I buy a large bucket of ...

epub |eng | 2015-08-29 | Author:Rod Cornelius

Lil’ Miss Shady Gone, girl, with your bad self! Saw me enter the room and you straight up left. I know he’s your man, but I ain’t gon’ say nothing’! ...

epub |eng | 2020-12-15 | Author:Ed Pavlic

Cass emerged from the washroom, clicked a penlight in his right hand and, in his best attempt at an usher’s instruction, murmured a low, –This way. Ndiya followed. When she ...

epub |eng | 2013-01-14 | Author:Courttia Newland

Reality is pain. What determines real in the outside world is defined by electrical impulses that make contact with our nerves, and in turn our brains. What determines pain in ...

epub |eng | | Author:Tina Martin

* * * After darting through traffic, I’m finally home. Cain has spoiled me, so I’m a tad disappointed when I pull in the driveway and he doesn’t come walking ...

epub |eng | 2014-03-20 | Author:Maxine Clair

chapter 14 On the weekend following the funeral, October made herself comfortable on the side of Aunt Maude’s bed, wondering about her—what she would do without Aunt Frances. She remembered ...

epub |eng | | Author:Ran Walker [Walker, Ran]

21 In the middle of the night, we wake up the neighbors. 22 Later, they wake us up in return. 23 I am sore and tired by the time I ...

epub |eng | | Author:Tina Martin

Chapter 5 Ahmalee After we close up the store for the day, I take the familiar drive to my home – my Knightdale home – a place I miss more ...

epub |eng | 2008-07-28 | Author:Bonnie Glover

Then came the Friday night when her pains started. She knew the tightening in her back was a labor pain. She got up from the chair and got her purse ...

epub |eng | 2014-10-15 | Author:AlTonya Washington

Chapter 9 “Coming!” Tielle made no move to leave the bed. Smiling, she wondered at how many times she’d cried out that word during the night before and into the ...

epub |eng | | Author:Tina Martin

THE DRIVE ISN’T far but by the time we arrive back to her friend’s house, she’s dozed off. I sit here and admire her beauty for a moment before I ...

epub |eng | | Author:Ran Walker [Walker, Ran]

Our bodies are still sticky with the remnants of whipped cream and chocolate syrup, and the bed is damp from our perspiration. My abs are burning, and I’m still trying ...

epub |eng | 2012-11-19 | Author:Daniel Slager

I started at shooting guard again that basketball season, and we won the city-league title. Hank came to every game. He threw a party for Betty and me after the ...