GHETTOHEAT® is a hardcore collection of thought-provoking poetry and powerful prose that focuses on the inner-city voices of Ghetto-America; poignantly displaying their socio-economic conditions. Exploring everyday people experiencing trials and tribulations of life in the mean streets, GHETTOHEAT® takes readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride and on a cathartic journey; revealing the joys and pains, strengths and weaknesses, economic pressures and spiritual struggles many endure within urban communities. With a multitude of complex characters and controversial issues, raw, real and riveting, GHETTOHEAT® is intense street-poetry in motion.
NOTHING’S SWEETER THAN CANDY!
Ever wonder if the man in your life who’s been incarcerated, turned to another with an alternative lifestyle for comfort? Meet Candy Sweets, a teenaged, pre-op transsexual who gets arrested and sent to federal prison, exactly one week before “her” scheduled sex-change operation. Still having male organs, Candy is housed with strong, masculine, handsome male inmates who haven’t touched a woman in years. Candy soon finds herself being caught in several love affairs with men having families, girlfriends and wives at home—waiting for them to be released. Yet, Candy doesn’t kiss and tell, she understands the code of silence: what happens in prison stays in prison.…
CONVICT’S CANDY deals with sexual identity, prostitution and homosexuality within the prison system, the interactions and relationships between the inmates and officers, infidelity and most importantly, explains how the HIV/AIDS virus spreads rampantly within the prison. It also reveals how the dangerous and deadly disease is transmitted within society, when infected inmates are released to go home.
ALL THE LADIES IN THE HOUSE SAY: A-O-W-W-W!!!
It’s 1983 and THE ROOFTOP roller-skating rink is the place to be! SKATE ON!, a coming-of-age tale about three teenage girlfriends from the Polo Grounds projects in Harlem, New York, learning life in the streets, getting into trouble and having carefree fun; while hanging out at the world’s most notorious skating rink, THE ROOFTOP. Meet the young ‘80s ladies:
Shani Smith – Darling, smart and naïve, this 15-year-old college student and devout Christian is growing bored of her sheltered life and “good girl” image; becoming more fascinated with fast life in the gritty streets. What happens when sweet and innocent Shani attracts Bricks, a ruthless drug kingpin from Washington Heights?
Keisha Campbell – Sexy, sassy and self-indulged, this 16-year-old materialistic girl is the “ghetto-princess” of Harlem. Extremely driven by money, power and the glamour of the drug world, Keisha, manipulatively goes to great lengths to get what she wants; even if it’s playing with fire by courting Bricks. Will lust and greed ruin her relationship with best friend, Shani?
Monique “Mo-Mo” Morrison – Rough, rebellious and raw, this 18-year-old inspiring rapper is a rebel without a cause; finding herself at war with the ghetto. An aggressive nymphomaniac, living minute-to-minute by any means necessary, will Mo-Mo succumb to the dangerous trappings of the inner-city?
SKATE ON! backwards into the ‘80s and reminisce on fashion, street and pop-culture, classic Hip-Hop, Dance Music and R & B at its best. Word up!
SHE LOVES IT HARDER!
Kai Toussaint is a young, gorgeous, cold-blooded teenaged girl with great ambitions of running the entire New York City drug empire. She has a taste for the fast life and a heart that’s too jaded for a young lady. Through chance encounters, Kai links with the city’s top players, ones who enables this feisty girl to live a dangerous lifestyle.
Fear isn’t apart of her vocabulary, as Kai lives life to the fullest while taking great risks. Hypnotizing men as she uses them, Kai has absolutely no regrets—getting everything she wants by any means necessary. But is everything too much for Kai when she gets caught up in a web of deceit, tainted love, murder and the strict codes of the street?
Take an adventurous journey with Kai from the back streets of South Jamaica, Queens to Mafioso territory in Jersey, to sunny Florida and to the jungles of Jamaica, West Indies, as you witness her courageous act of invincibility manifest itself into a twisted dilemma, one that Kai never saw coming; as she fights to stay on top in her quest to be HARDER.
A BITCH, A WHORE, A BASKET CASE AND A DYKE!
AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, a sophisticated, provocative story that chronicles the evolutionary journey of four flawed African-American women, as they overcome their individual struggles, and survive to become beautiful and stronger. Meet the four feisty, fascinating females:
Tristan, a beautiful, successful, financial guru who’s emotionally bankrupt: “Men call me a bitch! Because when it comes to business, I’m a man-eater.”
Mekka, the bold, sexy, exotic dancer who’s a single-mother of two: “Some people call me a hoe because I strip for niggas and hustle for cash.”
Shawn, a neurotic, Afrocentric, neo-soul goddess, who’s an elementary school teacher with substance abuse issues: “Some people call me desperate. The truth is
, I’m a basket case, a borderline alcoholic; I hate being by myself…”
Melanie, the cool, sassy, hardcore “‘round-the-way girl” with a sexual identity crisis: “I can see that he’s trying to figure out whether I’m a girl or a guy. It’s not easy to tell.”
AND GOD CREATED WOMAN is a ground-breaking tale of perseverance, filled with many moral messages. Taking readers on an emotional journey with enticing plots, twists and turns, Tristan, Mekka,Shawn and Melanie are forced to realize the true essence and beauty of a woman.
BOSTON’S BOLDEST “BOY-TOY”!
London’s got a huge secret…and doesn’t want it to ever come out! As this attractive, aggressive, androgynous teenager relentlessly tries to hide this dangerous scandal, charming London constantly battles great turmoil, the unpredictability of inner-city streets, verbal lashings and extreme physical abuse from an alcoholic father—while enduring an exhausting tug-of-war of a tumultuous love triangle.
Bouncing back-and-forth to the urban streets of Boston and Detroit, after being seriously rejected from family and ostracized from home, young London experiences a series of life-altering events that test London’s strength, courage, survival skills, identity, and the quest for real love, acceptance and understanding.
LONDON REIGN deals with sexuality, relationships, monogamy, gender roles, love, lust and betrayal.
THE GIFT AND THE CURSE.
Lost to the hands of a tragic past in Haiti, the lives of two brothers separated during their early childhood, are pulled into a twisted course of destiny they can’t escape. Gary Romulus, an urban ex-convict blessed with supernatural gifts, is plagued with constant haunting nightmares of his origins. Andrew Taylor, a distinguished, a wealthy industrialist, living the life of privilege and power, is totally unaware of his true history.
When their present opposing lives collide in America, both Gary and Andrew are faced with the truth of who they really are, and the knowledge of their undeniable future. Witness the extraordinary journey of SONZ OF DARKNESS, as the two brothers battle against a coming tide that will stop at nothing to claim them, but will ultimately destroy the world itself for its victory.