Heat Lightning
Title: Heat Lightning The oppressive Atlanta heat had a personal vendetta against Josie Davenport. At fifty-two, she was no stranger to a fight—she’d gone toe-to-toe with teenage rebellion and won, buried her parents with a…
The cost of Freedom
This story contains sensitive content This story uses a derogatory word to describe Black people. The Cost of Freedom Elijah’s rough homespun cotton shirt clung to his back, glued there by the sweat that…
Gina’s Dilema
It was the hottest day of the year when all hell broke loose. Gina woke up already wanting to do everything else but go to work. She laid in bed lazily starting at her ceiling.…
Navigating the Heat
It was the hottest day of the summer, and the weather app on my phone gave me no comfort. The forecast said it would feel like 110 degrees. I didn’t know whether to laugh at…
The Day I Was Born
Community On a November morning in 1998, a restaurant worker named Danisha Farrell stepped out of the alleyway door of Paula’s Café, dragging an overstuffed trash bag. She pushed up the dumpster lid and froze.…