Always look both ways . . .

Always look both ways . . .

The best time to kill someone is when they’re going through a door. While passing from one place to another, most people are a little off guard. Distracted by the subtle displacement separating here from there. He hit me in the upper part of my left temple as I was...

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They really said it…

They really said it…

“Now ain’t the time to be sentimental, sistuh. The dead is dead, and the livin’ is livin’. Some of de livin’ is just holdin’ on, but dey still among us. We need to do all we can to keep it dat way. We gotta do dis work. You gotta take me to his grave.” Delilah Ashford...

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Spirituality

Spirituality

What fascinates me about African American history is how we sustained ourselves through the American experience. As I researched for a story about a man time traveling to 1955, I was drawn to the medicinal and spiritual practices within Hoodoo. If the term makes you...

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Why Historical Fiction/Fantasy?

Why Historical Fiction/Fantasy?

Where else could someone look at a photograph and create a story of stepping into that picture like it was an airport gate? How does an adult get to indulge in the fantasy of changing the world that came before? Only in the world of fiction. If you could travel back...

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