Being DavantE

DavantE Williams senses his mother slipping away. As her only child, he can easily discern between the usual buoyancy of his mother's spirit and the now weakened trace that is leaving. DavantE's skin prickles as the shadows of loneliness threaten. He cannot lose her now. He is too young. Barely seventeen. An almost-man.

Mother moves on, leaving DavantE to struggle with grief. He shuffles through his last senior classes like a ghost trapped between two realities. In one, he must muster his energies to prepare his senior project for graduation. In...

The Last Princess of Saint-Domingue

She is the King's principal wife, a Queen of the highest rank in the small African village. Hers is the admiration and respect from the villagers, especially from Mamma, the local shaman.

Mamma sees trouble coming. She hears the whispers in the twilight. She notices the subtle change of the wind. The ancestors' calls. They chant to her. Beckon her. Instruct her on what to do when the trouble comes.

The Queen learns of the news from Mamma, but is un-phased by Mamma's warnings. Instead, the Queen chooses to focus on...

The SWAT swarm Mona Blaise's house like heavily armed black bees to a honeycomb. They surround the exits, the windows, the basement door. With bated breath, they wait for the take down. This take down will be one for the history books. For the notorious Mona Blaise, drug kingpin, is defeated and finally shut down.

Or so it seems.

Mona is indeed arrested, tagged, booked, and chained. Yet she accepts her fate with a wink. She knows full well that her paid workers, many of whom are police and judges, will eventually release her. Mona is fearless and strong. Powerful and...