Product Description: In this diverse collection of short stories, with settings ranging from Mississippi to New York City, Ran Walker explores a myriad of themes, such as unrequited love, forgiveness, and hope. Whether a grandmother’s secret is discovered by her granddaughter, a writer falls in love with the painting of a woman, or a college professor is invited to rap on his student’s mixtape, these stories paint a vivid picture of a world where music, love, and life intersect...read more

Product Description: For the first time in the history of Daily, Mississippi, the election ballot is completely divided, with a black and white candidate running for each office. Even more, the newly districted senatorial seat is up for grabs. David McKlusky, a millionaire lawyer seeking to establish his own legacy outside the shadows of his wife's family, dives into the race, only to be consumed by personal issues that threaten to derail his candidacy...read more

Product Description: The year is 1997, and Troy Dobbs has just graduated from Ellison-Wright College in Atlanta. For Troy's graduation gift, his Aunt Flo allows him to housesit her Brooklyn Heights brownstone for a month while she travels abroad. For the first week, things are cool and uneventful, but when a beautiful movie star shows up at his front door to return something she borrowed from his aunt, Troy's humdrum vacation is tranformed into an adventure that he will never forget...read more

Product Description: Ranging from horror to erotica, these previously published stories, written between 2007 and 2013, are collected here in one volume for the first time. Stories included: “Jessica and the Mattress” "Simple Mathematics" “Dancing in My Dreams” “The Voyeur” “To Get Bread and Butter” “Portrait of Venus” “Fondling My Muse” “On the Eve of Tomorrowâ€...read more

Product Description: Ali Shepherd wants to break it off with his girlfriend of just over a year but hasn’t managed to work up the courage to pull the trigger yet. When she drags him along to a local art gallery one day, Ali finds those amorous feelings beginning to stir again, but this time they're not for his girlfriend; they're for the Woman in the Painting...read more

Product Description: Dizzy and Lailah are life-long best friends who, on a whim, make a deal at the age of 20 that if they are both single by the time they turn 30, they will simply marry each other. While Lailah has long since forgotten this promise, Dizzy hasn't...read more

Product Description: Ran Walker’s first “short story mixtape” pulls together a varied collection of seven stories about black men and how they are shaped by the relationships they enter. With topics ranging from break-ups to awkward first dates, 16 Bars is a bold, unflinching, and even humorous take on what goes on in the minds of black men when romance enters the picture...read more

Product Description: Chauncey "Cool" Brown has just been named one of Soul Sista magazine's 25 Most Eligible Bachelors and the news couldn't have come at a better time. His business, C&J's Rare Grooves, is struggling to stay afloat, but Soul Sista has a suggestion that could change everything: write a column for their website where he documents his dates with three women selected by their readers...read more