Urban skønlitteratur

BLOTCHY is willing to risk everything including his morals and values for love. But sometimes a man's best efforts aren't appreciated by a selfish lover. Will Blotchy realize that he's investing his all into something that is fated to fall?MYESHA rekindles her relationship with her older sister, BRANDI, but old memories along with them deeper resurface and threaten to tear them apart once and for all. Will these sisters be able to overcome the past? Or will their story end in betrayal and heartbreak?Meanwhile, BOBBY is willing to put it all on the line for KAD's freedom; a mistake he made once before and it ended up causing him to get locked up himself. But this is a war that's within, as Bobby must decide what it is he cherishes the most. Sometimes, IT'S JUST ME AND YOU. Other times, it has to me just about ME. Is this the time for Bobby and the other players in this saga? If so, what trouble lies in wait for each of them?

The Sosa gang are back to face a much more powerful Outlaw crew than last time. This go 'round the gang will have their hands full trying to overcome and survive the hardest fight of their young lives. Twin from the Sosa Gang finds out that his dad, Imam Ahmad, is one of the leaders of the Outlaws and now he's forced to choose between his father and his gang. Where will his loyalty lie?Vera, OG Kane's ex-wife, is making a name for herself in the game, but when faced with issues, how will this queen be able to force her way into the Philly drug trade without dying? Meanwhile, Sosa's mom Ashley escapes from a mental hospital and runs off to Colombia where her legacy is entrenched. When she teams up with her son will it be a blessing or a curse?With Janasia being a DEA agent and a leading Outlaw member, will she be able to hold her crew together or will she go down with them? With so much uncertainty and deadly turmoil brewing, will SOSA be able to stop the city of Philly from turning into another war zone?

BOSS is a low level pimp with big dreams of being number one in the game But so far those dreams have evaded him. He finally gets his big break when his father dies and leaves him The Holy Bible of Game. After reading it Boss implements the strategies he's studied and he soon begins his ascent.As time moves on, the game reveals its ugly side and Boss must do much more than mack women in order to live up to his name. When jealousy and envy begin to show its face amongst his circle, Boss learns the life of a pimp is a lonely one and the same ones he trusts are the same ones he has to keep in his scope.It's a dog eat dog mentality when it comes to attracting women, attaining wealth and being the best to ever do it. Above the fame and notoriety, things turn brutal and to survive, BOSS will have to master the art of BLOOD AND GAMES.

Can they make it home before dawn? Six friends try to stick together in this apocalyptic tale of love, loyalty, and survival. Aria Porter is the one woman in the world prepared for what's happening today. Today is the start of a new world and she's stuck behind a slow-moving school bus making its rounds in the heart of suburban Atlanta. In a new city with new people around him, Trent Bryant is not a stranger to adjusting to a new situation. After relocating to help out his best friend, he's excited to start something new away from the city of his birth.In the city he loves, Paul is finally surrounded by all of his best friends and his mom. As prepared as he'll ever be for the next stage in his life, His day is phenomenal.Allie Peters was a no-nonsense nurse with a work ethic that required her to put away her younger self's behaviors for a more mature outlook on life. She took one day off to help her friends through another milestone without their parents. Who knew that that day would be a new beginning for them all? Trina Porter-Dixon was a mom with a purpose. After her parents lost their lives three years ago, she lost herself in grief and activities. The grief was inevitable, and the active lifestyle pushed her husband away. Is it too late for happiness? Carver Dixon was ready for love and life. He started the day with a spring in his step and a smile for everyone he met. Carver never expected what happens next. Can they make it to the safety of home before dawn?

They say love comes easy. But for Steve, a devoted boyfriend, loving Angelia puts his life in grave danger thanks to her string of dangerous flings. Will love conquer all? Or will it lead to Steve's bitter end? Steve has had his fair share of heartbreaks. All thanks to one woman: Angelia. Even with Steve's soft heart, his stable job, and his penchant for forgiving her unfaithfulness, she just can't seem to stop cheating on him. As Steve tries to build his life from the ground up with his uncle Swift's help, he comes across a path filled with personal development, positivity, and success in the cocaine business with his new Mexican cartel plug. Even better? He meets a possible new beau: Shila. Now, Shila is leagues different than Angelia. She has her life together. She's a successful entrepreneur, a good lay, dedicated to Steve's growth, and more devoted to his wellbeing than Angelia will ever be. More importantly, Shila knows sensitive secrets about Angelia that will break Steve's sensitive heart. But instead of telling Steve all the sordid details, she opts to play fair. And by "fair", she intends to hook him with mind-blowing sex, her money-making dump truck business, and knowledge about how he could get his CDL license. With the constant push and pull between these three main protagonists, the story spirals into complicated twists and turns. Will the complexities of love and betrayal plunge them into a dangerous situation that they can't get out of? Find out for yourself in "Fifty Shades of Snow" - A captivating story of love, betrayal, lust, and danger that's guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat!

After being imprisoned for the assault of an arch rival, KAVONI has reentered society with a scheme that'll require spilled blood, boldness and no compassion for the opp. Armed with a fully automatic and a merciless heart, this monster will manage to migrate from mud to marble.However, while submerged in the waters of newfound success, Kavoni is unaware of his movements being monitored by an unknown enemy; an enemy who intends to steal his riches along with his life.When a series of events threaten to seize his hard-earned accomplishments, will Kavoni summon the strength to hold on to his much-coveted crown? Or will he succumb to a shrewd nemesis with an overpowering sex appeal and the wettest place on Earth?

In the last volume of the popular Urban crime drama series 50 Shades of Snow, Steve's cocaine distribution biz got kicked up a notch and cash started to flow but so did the relationship problems with Angelia and the potential for getting wacked.In 50 Shades of Snow, Part 3, Steve's drug syndicate is growing at an incredible rate, as supplies get even bigger, the product's demand grows, and the new team members are added to the team. But as things in the crime business usually go the bigger you get, the more dangerous everything becomes, with competition looking to move in on your turf, and possible legal entanglements is more likely.So, being a sharp businessman, Steve starts hedging his bets by diversifying incomes after an old friend named Aaliyah teaches him a thing or two about real estate investing and buying Crypto, while their rekindled relationship blossoms. Meanwhile, his fiancée Angelia works to control Steve with sex and threatens revenge on Shila, after she helps Steve get back onto his feet again.There are more questions than answers as this intense Urban crime thriller unravels. Will Steve stay in the cocaine business after he notices that he's being followed and he catches wind that the DEA is snooping around? Will Steve and Angelia stay together, or will he end up with Aaliyah or Shila? Is everyone on Steve's team staying solid?

HERMAN "BIG WORM" PATTERSON, a heroin kingpin from Chicago's gang-ridden west side, has finally reached his end goal. He's saved up five million dollars and stashed it away at a northwest Indiana storage facility, in the town where he plans to settle down and retire from the drug game for good.But on what was to be his final night in Chicago, Worm is shot and critically injured, and when he awakens from a coma months later, he learns that his storage locker has been auctioned off to the highest bidder.Worm sends in two carloads of certified gang members to track down and recover his millions, only to find out that the woman he thought had purchased his storage locker actually hadn't, and the man who had-MARKIO EARL- may be a lot more gangsta than he ever could have expected.Will Worm's grim determination to recover his millions lead to success? Or will Markio's unmatched gangsta reign supreme? Find out in Super Gremlin 1: Switches and Dracos.

In the urban crime drama Fifty Shades of Snow - Part 1, former football star struggled to gain street cred as a small-time cocaine dealer in an attractive, but potentially deadly drug underworld. Now, several months later in 50 Shades of Snow, Part 2, business is good. It turns out that Steve has a real knack for selling drugs and the quality and price of his product has turned him into a plug that nobody can touch. He's expanding, and his drug cartel supplier, Karo, is sending more cocaine with each drop.Even Steve's cheating girlfriend Angelia is even getting in on the drug dealing action by serving her side man, Jon Jon, while making him think it's for her dad, who used to be in the dope game. But when Angelia cuts ties with Jon Jon, the hardened street thug knows that he lost a connection that he will never be able to find again, so he begins plotting a heist to take Steve for everything he's got.The urban fiction thriller gets even more intense and chaotic, when Steve takes a business trip to Mexico and Karo has a huge surprise for him when he arrives. Steve's love life also threatens emotional carnage, when he proposes to Angelia, but then catches her in a lie that makes him want to kill her. Just when he thinks things can't get any crazier, Steve receives a text from a friend, and it leads to an even more serious turn of events.

An anthology of short fiction themed around Birmingham written by authors attending the Author City 2023 event at the Council House Birmingham on 15th July 2023. Stories by Lee Benson, Jill Griffin, TG Campbell, Andrew Sparke, Pat Spence, Dawn Torrens, Martin Tracey, Punam Farnah, Mike Chinn, Maggie Fogarty, Jane Andrews, Catherine Hytner and Darren De Toni.

""This book is the closest thing to a fragmented autobiography..." The reader will obtain great insight about me as a filmmaker, as a storyteller, and in the way my life makes one thing, and all others mix." This is how the author defines this volume in a brilliant introduction that also sets a perspective: the twelve tales that comprise it encompass several eras, from the late sixties to date, all of them reflecting some of his most intimate obsessions, as well as his evolution as an artist"--

Outlaw artists wage war on Big Tech to reclaim San Francisco for themselves.

"Aware that danger is lurking around the corner, Kira surrounds herself with help, namely her fiancâe Dylan, but when he comes up against her father about a life-threatening issue, Kira must determine where her loyalty lies"--

Discover to Which Extent Can Woman's Fury Go When a Man Breaks Her Heart!They say 'hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,' but how far can she truly go...Omies was a gangsta that had it all... fast cars, fine clothes, hot women, stacks of cash, and street cred. Omies' roommate Carlos was a laid-back drug dealer who also had a day job, but he didn't live the flashy hustler lifestyle that his roommate seemed to love. Instead, his son and money were his main concerns.But now, their world is about to be turned upside down as Omies' main chick Sasha seeks to destroy his world. Omies screwed her over not once, but twice, by letting his side chick Hillary get in the way, and now she's thirsty for revenge.Will Sasha get her revenge, or will Omies manage to save his ass? How will Carlos react to being dragged into Omies' drama - will he back him up or turn against?Sexy and gritty, Stack Before You Splurge (Exclusive Revised & Improved Edition), is an explicit and captivating urban fiction crime drama that will show you to which extent a heartbroken woman is ready to go to have her revenge.Dark characters, sexy street love, and fast-paced street justice will take you on an action-packed journey through the brutal and dangerous streets of Pontiac and Detroit. Revel in the page-turning story that will leave you wanting for more.

The rules of loyalty have been broken, and the decisions PILLZ make starts a chain of events, leaving more people dead in the streets than he could ever imagine. Now there's heavy weight on his shoulders.Powerful figures still want answers about OMAR's murder, as a gang war takes place in Amityville, New York, between homies of the same set. As Pillz finds himself trying to clean up the mess he started, MONAY comes out of the shadows to confront these powerful figures.Monay lets them know that anybody can be killed. Anybody! Now that the one she opened her heart up to has shown his true colors, will Monay allow her love to overrule what has to be done? When the smoke clears will THE GORILLAZ IN THE TRENCHES be wiped out?

Joy had everything flowing smooth in her life - a huge house, lots of cash and expensive cars - until her drug dealer sugar daddy boyfriend takes a rip and gets sent to prison, and then life gets real...Hailing from the tough street life of Pontiac and Detroit, Joy now had the lifestyle of her dreams... until her life began to spiral down unexpectedly when her boyfriend was sent to prison for several years. It didn't take long for her best friends to become foes, when she couldn't maintain her luxurious lifestyle without the support of her man. Joy herself was never a hustler, but she always dated them. While her boyfriend Daniel, a convict in prison was trying to make sure Joy was straight, she was living like they still had it. Searching for the easy way out of her predicament, Joy became desperate for cash and survival... She begins contemplating adultery for protection and a new cashflow.Sitting outside her sister's house, Joy pondered on the risks and rewards of creating a love triangle with her sister's husband...

With his wife, ALEXUS COSTILLA, THE COCAINE PRINCESS, now lying in a coma and facing hundreds of federal indictments for allegedly masterminding Mexico's most ruthless drug cartel, BLAKE "BULLETFACE" KING must now run the Costilla Cartel while simultaneously managing his record label, Money Bagz Management, and performing in sold-out stadiums all across the country.But there are enemies in Mexico who don't particularly care for an African American rap star being in charge of things, and a group of Black Disciples in Chicago's infamously deadly Englewood neighborhood that are out for a chunk of the billion-dollar fortune Bulletface has accumulated over the years.Will Bulletface withstand the ultimate test as the first black drug cartel boss in human history? Or will this powerful icon finally get brought down to his knees?

Now that their secret identities have been revealed, MICHAEL VALENTINO is shocked when he comes face to face with the person who formed the group of deadly women known as THE MURDER QUEENS. The one person who he would have never imagined doing such a thing is the very soul behind these infamous women. Michael and his older brother, JAMES, has turned his ever-growing stable of beautiful women into a family business. A risky but lucrative hustle that could cause more harm than it's worth. Is there time for Michael to walk away? Or is he already in too deep? ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿The same women who cause fear in the lives of many will be called on to save Michael from an infamous fate. If the fatalistic women come through for Michael, will he feel indebted to them? Or will THE FAMILY BUSINESS outweigh everything and ultimately become Michael's undoing?

When the brilliant young thug JC got released from the Big House bruised and damaged, he vowed he'd never go back. He hit the streets of Pontiac heartless and determined to succeed, but he needed a new hustle to avoid going back to prison. Then, he discovered Facebook - and an endless supply of desperate, gullible older women that he could seduce with his irresistible charm, kickin' 6-pack physique, and loaded package. White, Black, and Mexican women were all fair game for JC to take full advantage of, while hypnotizing them with mind-blowing hood love. And, after just one night of adventurous passion with JC, they all gave him the extravagant lifestyle he was used to - $4K shopping sprees, driving luxury cars for free...and sexual escapades in swanky suburbs like Farmington Hills every night. But none of JC's sugar Mamas know about JC's dark side...nobody, besides his new squeeze Kelly - a beautiful, smart woman his own age that JC met through his Facebook page and quickly fell hard for. JC's love for Kelly softened his street-hardened personality, but he still had some dirty laundry from his past to take care of, before he fully commits to her. The ex-convict has dangerous drug cartel enemies that he needs to whack, and he won't sleep until they are dead, and his mission is complete. Kelly has a nose for trouble, and when she starts picking up on clues when she's around JC, her anxiety for JC's safety quickly grows. What will Kelly do, when her snooping leads to her stumbling up on her Man, in the middle of a blood bath? Will she narc on JC and turn him in for murder...or will they live happily ever after? Women Lie, Men Lie is A. Roy Milligan's dark and sexy debut Urban Fiction book in his popular best-selling crime drama series. If you're a sensuous woman, this gritty urban novel will have you wondering where and when you can hook up with the seductive JC, while at the same time hiding your credit cards and protecting your bank statement. If you're a gangsta, you gotta find out how JC's story ends - in the lap of luxury...or in a body bag.

Kelly was so in love with JC that she just couldn't shoot him in the head... So, she shot him right next to his heart; not trying to kill him, like her husband Marvin wanted. That was the biggest mistake of her life, because now JC is pissed at everyone and this time there will be no talking, just bullets flying.JC's burning anger had time to smolder, as he did his time as a convict in prison after being abandoned by his homeboys, just when he needed them most. Instead of celebrating his freedom when he got released from jail, JC quickly discovered that Merido is Kelly's stepdad and he was set up from the start. JC sends Kelly a very deep message and disappears from Pontiac, Michigan, promising he would see her soon.When he returns, it will be time for revenge and retribution... and a series of thug murders, robberies and paybacks will be justified, when JC evens the score.Women Lie, Men Lie 2 is a gritty crime drama set on the unforgiving streets of Pontiac and Detroit, Michigan. If you like edgy dark characters, sexy hood love and fast-paced street justice, you'll love A. Roy Milligan's action-packed crime thriller.

The intense crime drama is quickly heating up in Atlanta, Georgia as the body count rises, and the FBI is hot on the trail, as stacked up dead bodies draw unwanted attention.After losing the woman he truly loved, JC escapes Pontiac and finds himself trapped in Atlanta, with all the straight-up gangstas there lined up against him. Determined to succeed and feeding on that angry grief, he makes an internal promise that he will not hesitate to kill anyone that gets in his way.Without knowing it, JC had just fallen into the lap of Kelly and Merido's drug cartel family, in the unknown and dangerous city of Atlanta, where there was a steep price to be paid for slipping. After Kelly identified JC, they headed to Atlanta to exact their revenge on him, planning to make him suffer for days in ways he could not even imagine.Women Lie, Men Lie 3 is A. Roy Milligan's most explosive and sexy Urban Fiction chapter in this best-selling crime drama series. Will hardened criminals Kelly and Merido get to JC and whack him before the DEA arrests him? Or will JC once again slip through their grasps and flee to another state...country...

Through a series of chapters spanning a number of metropolises across the globe, this book addresses the way cities have given rise to key aesthetic dispositions, acts of linguistic and cultural translation, topographic and global imaginaries, and narratives of self-fashioning that are central to debates in World Literature.

Valeria knows there's more than lightning in the storms gathering each night to rain down terror on the residents of Seabrook.There's dark magic...and pain.And it feels personal and familiar.Against everyone's advice, she heads straight to where it strikes every night. The river where her boyfriend Kenji died three years ago was lost to the currents, and his body was never found.But when she's led into the storm by a haunting voice crying out for help, the clouds send down more than cold rain. The protection charm she'd given Kenji, infused with her elemental magic, falls to her hand. She's faced with the possibility that the man she loved is somehow caught in the atmosphere. And that the whispers of murder and danger aren't just her imagining words in the storm's winds.But the name whistled around her like a warning sends her into shock. It can't be...Now she's racing to find a way to free Kenji and save herself from the one person she never thought would hurt or betray her...

Iben ved ikke, hvad hun vil med sit liv. Hun er droppet ud af universitetet og har fået job som telefoninterviewer på et analyseinstitut i København. Men det er selvfølgelig bare midlertidigt. Problemet er, at hun ikke ved, hvad hun ellers skal lave. På arbejdet bliver hun hurtigt god til at ringe mennesker op og få dem til at tage stilling til spørgs­målene i spørge­skemaerne. Men desværre er Iben ikke helt lige så god til at tage stilling, når det kommer til spørgsmålene om hendes eget liv.Hverken-eller er en roman om at være­ ­ung og de mange valg, man skal træffe i overgangen til voksenlivet. Om venskab, forelskelse, uddannelse, karriere og tvivl. Mest af alt tvivl.

The year is 1970. The place is an Irish Catholic working class neighborhood in the south side of Chicago. The parish of St. Justin Martyr. Gary "Weezer" O'Donnell is about to enter the eighth grade and feels that it is time to put away childish things and to start exploring the process of growing up. But he has questions. Many questions. Father Tom Mallon has returned to St. Justin after some financial misfeasance at his prior church assignment. He grew up in the parish almost two decades earlier. Both of his parents had died while he was young and he found himself living with his Uncle Wally, a kind man who made his living collecting gambling debts in the neighborhood. Through Uncle Wally, both Tom and his best friend, Freddy Gallagher, acquiescence the ways and means of the gambling world, yet Tom keeps his promise to his mother and becomes a priest. But old habits die hard and Tom has his own set of questions. It is then that the paths of Father Mallon and Weezer O'Donnell cross in fateful and ironic ways that leave each of them satisfied that sometimes your questions can't be answered and you just have to let it be at that.

Beautiful disaster. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of her.Who hurt you?The first question comes to mind when I open my mouth to greet her.Although it wasn't the easiest to reach, I knew her heart was pure. Gentle to the touch yet stubborn as a bull, she made it hard to resist her. Unintentionally, she sank her hooks in me. She was the calm before my storm. A thunderous, darkening storm with lightning that graciously exposed the paternity of my brother and me. Though the gloom of it all lingered above both our heads, the winds that accompanied the storm were the breath of fresh air that I needed. Instead of the hovering clouds producing gazillions of little droplets of rain, they showered me with new siblings, nieces, nephews, sister-in-laws, and brother-in-laws. For so long, it had just been me, my mother, my cousins, and my brother. But, then there was her and eventually, them. Simultaneously, I found my father and my forever. And, I was ready for whatever when it came down to them both.Victim of my despair.That's what I believe him to be.Why must you continue hurting yourself to love me?It's the question I desperately want to ask the man who sees no flaws in such a flawed woman.Persistent, he was - unintentionally making it most difficult to bury my trauma. Forgetting the past and what it had done to me wasn't easy. I lived with the consequences of it all each and every day. But, him, he made me want to. The issue was, I couldn't. Not for him. Not for me. Not for our future. So, instead of stringing him along, I prayed each day that he'd find someone to fill the void that his heart must've suffered from because I couldn't. But, he didn't want anyone else. He wanted me. I just didn't have myself to give. Not to him... and not even to me.