Street & urban fiction Books

While most kids want to be a basketball player or a police officer when they grow up, LAFAYETTE wanted to be a hustler. He became just that too, but he finds out that it isn't what it's cracked up to be. Sick of slinging nickel and dime crack...

The wake of an important underground crime boss is dramatically upended when his strong-willed and independent lover reveals herself to the family. She has to fend off the next of kin and eventually a confrontation between wife and lover ensues, but an...

In harsh lines and broad language, this is a portrayal of the "generation that doesn't have the courage to get lost"—the intellectuals of Greenwich Village, profane, parasitic, insolvent, the insecurity of their future, the...

A novel of a heart being torn apart by a whirlwind of secrets and one woman’s fight for true love. Adelphia Green and Anthony Grier have been in love since the third grade. When Tony hesitates at the altar, Adel starts to feel the threads of their...

A Peculiar Kind Of Love is a coming-of-age inspirational life story revolving around a lively and witty young lady named Drewlynn L. McCain (Drew for short).Drew has always had an interesting life; just at the age of four, Drew's mother, Joy Rivers,...

When Yvonna decides to take revenge on the organization which sold her into sexual slavery, resulting in a lifelong battle with a mental illness, she enlists her boyfriend Bricks, her best friend Ming, and her archrival Swoopes. The plan sounded like a...

Park Court is a fairly typical Melbourne neighbourhood, hosting a very diverse, multicultural community. Africans, Indians, Chinese, Lebanese, Sri Lankans, Christians, Muslims, straight and gay people, they all live there, and not always peacefully. What...

America is downtown earth and will not be ignored. Yet the question lingers: the last best hope of earth or the land that Satan blessed? 3 American Cranks takes you on a satirical roller coaster tour of the best and worse of the Land of the Free and the...

Based out of Bladensburg Maryland, 31-year-old Janet Stayley spent her life looking for a hustler. She never knew she would find one in her 15-year-old son, Kelsi. Surrounded by violence, drugs and lies, Kelsi murders in self-defense. Suddenly Kelsi...

Reign and Unique grew up fatherless and impoverish in the gritty, grimy, streets of Bronx, New York, so they had every right to be salty. These salty Chicks were in search of sweet licks to make up for what their single mothers couldn't afford...

Megan begins a new life without her father in it. Even worse is that her mother is in it. The two constantly bump heads as she comes of age. Fate moves the family out of their comfortable home into a strange new land.Megan struggles to learn her new...

The Bad Cop series concludes with this explosive finale. Megan finally realized her dream of becoming a police officer, but she quickly finds out it's not all cracked up to be. She still has to deal with family drama at home as well as on the job...

To understand her future we need to explore her past. In this first installment of the DOPE GIRL saga we travel back literally and figuratively to Longs, Mississippi.Monsters aren't born, they're developed. Witness the events that shaped the mind...

Cameisha is back in part two to the dope girl series. After seeing so much death and destruction she swears off selling drugs in favor of school.Her and roommate, the notorious Jackie, from Jack and ILL get off to a rocky start but soon become best of...

In this installment of the Dope Girl saga Cameisha and crew are faced with some difficult situations and decisions.Dasias' drug habit has come to light and must be addressed. Bilal has to choose between his career and the girl he loves. Jackie has...

In the 80's, crack ruled the city like no other drugs before. It changed the laws of the streets forever that made a lot of young gangsters willing to kill and die for nothing but the American dream.So many millions of dollars went through the hands...

Another Heartfelt Dose of Reality is a book of Poems and Two short stories. Heartfelt Poem: "Good Ol' Days" Boy! I remember those good ol’days / When things were so simple / Even when we were poor / We weren’t looking...

Embark on a Mystical Journey in the Heart of Africa! Step into the mystical realms of South Africa, where ancient legends clash with the modern world in "Moya: Letters of African Urban Legends Vol. 1." Immerse yourself in a gripping narrative that weaves...

"Imagine that everyone you have ever known or loved was forced against their will into a state of demonic possession and spiritual slavery. Imagine an unholy cabal of the world's richest and most powerful men directing this sinister plan in order to...

Roots are usually kept underground, out of sight, out of mind, like the necessities of the Underground Railroad kind. Black folks have been digging deep down in those roots for years. They have been pulling up from the roots in their hair to the cotton...

They're back! Tina, Tracy, Lisa, Jason, Rock, Tim, and G -- trying to make sense of where they've been and where they're going. Their future is clouded by the new people in their lives, the secrets some of them keep, and a couple of "blasts from the...

A love story about two young people wanting to spend the rest of their lives together. However, a night that's supposed to be one to remember is derailed. Despite the mishaps, Carolyn and Jayden refuse to allow anything to stop their love from exploring...

A Gentleman's Past is about Terrell, a hustler from the east-end of Richmond, VA. He leaves the drug game alone and decides to turn a new leaf after being robbed six years ago. He has everything he wants and needs except for a loyal female on his team...

Chris Miller a/k/a Brown, an intelligent man who started out making fake IDs as a teenager, has moved to the next level with his business. Chris has stolen credit and credit cards using alias names. He meets a young computer geek, Octavius, who has no...

A scarlet key, a bittersweet secret, a corpse with cryptic tattoos.When an envelope containing a key and address lands on his newsroom desk, veteran reporter Seth VerBeek is thrust into a thrilling crime adventure. His challenge is to investigate the...

A deadly serial killer that goes by the name Uncle Sam is on the loose terrorizing the city. By day he's a regular working man, but by night he transforms into a vicious killer that preys on single women. Everything is fine until Detective Anthony Stone...

The chicks you love to hate are back! After witnessing the vicious murder of her beloved sister, the infamous "Queen Kat", Nyse, vows to bring demise to the culprit responsible for her slaying. Which is none other than Fatal. Just as Nyse...

Nicole sat in her hospital bed lost in thought. Not only had she been shot & left for dead, but her best friendsince grade school the only female she loved & trusted like a sister was pregnant by her fiance. The man sheloved, the man...

Crazy Is As Crazy Does Part 2 is the continuation of Part 1, the novella. Amber Hayden is now fourteen years old and running a . neighborhood drug operation for Fats and Desi, her childhood friends. She's still dealing with a schizophrenic mother who...

As young as 9 years old, Bohead already craved greatness. Living in Haynes Garden Apartments, he built a multi-million-dollar drug empire with the help of three girls named Africa, Brazil, and Lexus. The three sisters treated Bohead just like their...

From the grizzly death of their beloved father to the murder of their disloyal mother, The Walker girls have survived everything the game has thrown at them, but when ANGEL, one of the sisters, is lost, FREEDOM and DESTINY are beyond consoling. No amount...

In a world where greed outweighs loyalty and trust is lent to no one, JUAN-JUAN and J-BO share an uncommon bond that defines the meaning of true friendship. Deeply scarred by their similarly troubled childhoods, the inseparable friends become allies who...

It was supposed to be quick, in and out. A put the time down type of lick, that’s all. But it all went so very wrong…fast. Jabari had this crazy passion for being in the wrong place at the wrong time and making a helluva lot of wrong...

When Miami gangster Dante flies out to New Jersey to tie up some "loose ends." The job is quickly sidetracked by a stop in upstate New York, Syracuse to be precise. While there, he reconnects with his blood Mother and other relatives. Like her...

In the streets, deals are made all the time. Some to keep the peace... others aim to disturb it. The alliance between Worlds and Fredd however, was formed to do one thing... DOMINATE! The two hard-hitting gangsters have a literal choke-hold on the East...

A new start always comes at a price. Dante 'Worlds' is fresh from the joint. Leaner but more importantly... wiser. He's smart enough now to not get 'caught up' again. But also knows a life of crime is unsustainable. His main goal now...

In Female Hustler Part 5, Aaliyah fights for love and Angel is left fighting for her life. Just when they believe they have it all figured out, the truth may destroy them both. Will one sister be willing to risk it all, or will they both be left with...

Angel was left for dead when the person she considered to be her best friend, set off an explosion that could have killed hundreds of people. As she struggles to get her personal and professional life back on track, she uncovers the truth that will...

Angel is out for blood after Darien is left for dead on their wedding night. Believing the person responsible for her husband's demise is none other than Nico Carter, she orders a hit on him. Will Angel realize Nico is her father before it is too late,...

The sheer energy and passion and intensity, the linguistic virtuosity of Eric Miles Williamson's latest novel, WELCOME TO OAKLAND, will leave readers breathless. The vigor and uncensored redneck honesty of T-Bird Murphy's blue-collar voice will at turns...

Highly praised by leading critics on its first publication, this collection of some of Fred Urquhart’s most subtle and skilful stories depicts the lives of a variety of Scottish characters, at home and abroad. He deals with social class and...

A brilliant novel about family ties, generational racism, and a mysterious murder that casts is shadow on a man fulfilling his mother's dying wish.James Kingsman hated the South.Raised by parents who had migrated north from Alabama years before his...

Mecca Revenge is about a brother blood lust for revenge. Its not your normal story of payback. This revenge comes with a twist. Mecca is Mayhem brother, he was once apart of Mayhem drug crew in Ave View Projects. Through his involvement in his brother...

2022 Reprint of the 1926 Edition.  Illustrated Edition. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Fire!! was an African-American literary magazine published in New York City in 1926 during the...

London in the near future. A familiar city where the faces of the passers-by are painted with pain and where thoughts are dark and restless. For one of the city’s lost residents, waiting for oblivion on the railway tracks late one night, nothing...

At just a tender age, Unique becomes a victim of wicked offenses that leaves her physically and emotionally scarred. Unable to confide in her mother, she takes matters into her own hands by killing the poison that has been destroying her. The outcome...

This is the first in an exciting and almost unbelievable series of books about life in the underbelly of New York City, a place populated by strippers and pimps, prostitutes and predators. The author was a New York State parole officer for thirty years...