Desperation: Tales of Pain, Desire, and Betrayal

by Amber Gray, R.R. Midnight, Keisha Kennedy-Coal

Amber Gray’s assembled some of the darkest stories for your reading pleasure. Men and women betrayed by their loved ones, forced to their knees, or blackmailed past what they can pay. In “You Want Fries With That?” a restaurant owner uses her employees for pleasure and profit. When law enforcement begins closing in, what happens when she decides to kill her wife? In “Leverage,” a used car salesman blackmails a poor working girl. He will either have his money or her. What happens when she finds another way? In “The N***** Bitch’s Bitch,” the two boys learn the hard way that black women are not to be trifled with. What happens when they find themselves at the mercy of a dominatrix? In “Take My Daughter Please,” a woman finds compromising pictures of herself on the Internet and realizes that her daughter Trish is the culprit. What happens when Trish brings a very dangerous man home, and Mommy sees an opportunity for revenge? These dark stories are not for the faint of heart or the merely curious. There are no happy endings here. In some of these stories, you'll be happy to get them over with.

129 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 20, 2019