“Like Ice Cream With Sprinkles” There once was an old woman… with gray hair and wrinkles… who had a chat with a young girl… eating ice cream with sprinkles. The old woman told the young girl… “laugh until you can’t breathe. Play every day of your youth… until the day your youth …
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Excerpts from “I’ve Got A Story To Tell” Available Now On Amazon. Click Here To Read The Entire Book “A Her And His-Story” 1853. Virginia. September. White hands grabbed her black baby in the night. Remember. Black Women were bred like cattle. Slavery. Raped by slave masters. She could lose her life if she put …
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Preying In Church Copyright © 2019 Corey Porter All rights reserved. The story you’ll read may be overwhelmingly disturbing. The words I’ve written down that describes my encounter are true. I often think back to that 10-year-old boy who had no idea how much danger surrounded him. I pray this story opens the eyes of …
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AN EXCERPT FROM THE SHORT STORY “PAIN KILLERS” The Murder Of 17-Year-old Vince Jacobs Jr. (2007) My body feels numb. Who would shoot me? Why would I be the target of someone’s rage? I could still see the Nike sneakers and the blue scarf hanging out the pocket of the shooter’s pants as he ran …
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“A Mother’s Love, A Son’s Regret” (Excerpt) By. Corey Porter As a child, I’ve told her she made me sick. I’ve reminded her often that she was annoying. I’ve told her to shut up in front of my friends one day. That made me feel tough, cool, grown, which is everything a teen wants to …
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Introduction When I would read Blogs such as this I often finish the book frustrated. There would be an author I had never heard of telling me he sold 300 thousand books within a year of publishing it. I would wait patiently as I continued to read hoping he would tell me exactly what …
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