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August 2003
0-9718191-6-5

The Eye of the Tornado
Michelle J. Pinkard

Poetry/Spiritual & Socio-political
$12.00

Years of trials and triumphs have culminated into one thought-provoking and praised poetic twister, The Eye of the Tornado; fifty poems for rhyme and reason. Michelle J. Pinkard uses the tornado as a metaphor for life to address spiritual, sociopolitical, and relationship themes in this coming of age poetry collection.

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July 2003
0-9718191-5-7
Pick-Up Lines
Michael T. Owens

Fiction/Relationship Thriller/ Humor
$15.00

Searching for a dream girl brings a self-proclaimed player more than he bargains for. Told from a male and female perspective, Pick-Up Lines introduces us to two twenty-somethings in search of happiness. At the onset, each tries to resolve the issues in their lives. For Leron, the complication is a one-nightstand who refuses to go away and whose psychotic tendencies flare when rejected. Meanwhile, Michelle deals with a stressful job, demanding boss, and a persistent fiancé who cannot fathom her not wanting to marry him. Despite all of the drama surrounding them, Leron and Michelle struggle to stay together.

Fiction/Race & Society
$15.00

Are you an Artist or a Racist? A tragic incident causes a famous, well-respected artist to change his views on race, whereas the same incident causes another artist to go in search of his own artistic voice.

Fiction/Family Relationships
$15.00

A professional football player's marriage forms an odd love triangle between himself, his independent wife, and his over-protective mother. Backfield In Motion is about family learning to make love & marriage work.

Fiction/Socio-Political
$15.00

A post-911 call for reconciliation, between the two choices oppressed people have- silence or violence. In essence, 'canon' is Cadet's representation of how lone gunmen, suicide bombers and the like process all of which they are presented, and formulate a plan of action.

Fiction/Religion & Teens
$15.00

Teen Angst and a Christian upbringing spar, as a young woman journeys to rekindle her spirit after a brutal attack.

Fiction/Crime/Family Relationships
$15.00

A young man turns to a life of crime when he realizes that after 25 years of hard work, his father will never achieve the security of a better life. Thirty years later, he is the head of a crime empire and wants his son to follow in his footsteps.

Poetry/ Love, Art & Society
$12.00

Continuing with the concept of a disenfranchised native population, Bard From Par Taken is a poetry collection juxtaposing the linear progression of the relationship between Art, Addiction (Love) & Society.

Fiction/College Relationships
$15.00

The quintessential, college relationship book is the journey of 4 friends experiencing the ups & downs of love. It is a thematic exposition of the "stock characters" that are oft-represented in modern art (literature, film, etc…) to represent Blacks, particularly the Black male.

Fiction/Identity/Sexuality
$15.00

A talented sculptor becomes the centerpiece of a love triangle with the man of her dreams, and the woman destined to become her reality. In Water in a Broken Glass, Odessa Rose paints a landscape where identities sculpted by art and narrow boundaries are put to the test of life and all of its possibilities.

Fiction/Relationships/Teen Pregnancy
$17.00

Tamlyn Blake: 17 years old, welfare mother of two, high school dropout, living in the projects. My new boyfriend… Hassan Colbirth: 23 years old, ex-convict, drug dealer, luxury automobile, with a child from a previous relationship. Undra E. Biggs' first novel immerses us into the daily lives of two young lovers struggling with adult issues, while trying to rise above their current situations.

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Fiction/Black Bohemian Culture
$19.95

An engaging tale of the last-hoorah summer in Baltimore for seven college friends. Narrated by Terence Hurston, a poet with thought-provoking questions, William's first novel is an accurate depiction of today's hip hop artistic culture. As Terrence heads into his last year of college, he is faced with bittersweet changes in his friendships, a pregnant girlfriend and career decisions. For Terence, the verdict will determine, not only, his artistic future but, the rest of his life.

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Fiction/Experimental/New Age
$15.00

Set in America and told from a Caribbean perspective. In this surrealistic portrait of a young Black man's life, Guichard Cadet introduces us to a teenager growing up too fast because he feels responsible for things that were done in the past. The Masks of Flipside is a journey into things seen and misunderstood, and those things felt but never seen, the line between religion and spirituality, the past and the future, being and becoming, Flipside and the cult.

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Poetry/Inspirational
$10.00

Party Ain't Over Yet is a positive affirmation, reminding us to always keep our heads up. Thema's poetry talks about us- everyday people, our struggles, our victories and successes.

Poetry/Love/Relationships
$10.00

These love poems take an in-depth look at the rhythm and the blues of the different 'SHIPS' - court, friend, relation, and abandon. Come listen as William Lawrence Jones shoots from the hip and hops into the terrain where love gets dirty and a decision must be made. The A# Blu's is a passionate, truthful display of how a man feels and deals with the women he wants in his life.

February 1996
0-9647635-0-8
LoneWolf's Cry
Guichard Cadet

Poetry/Socio-Political
$8.00

LoneWolf's Cry is a poetic memoir of a time when the political was personal; where romanticism, indigenous, revolutionary and spiritual poetry meet. Thematically, it is about embracing three cultures. At times the cry is tearful; and at others, it is a roar.