Now and then Carnival time comes at the time of the good Saint Valentine, and then sometimes it ... Read more
African American Literature Short Stories
Total Stories: 29
It was cold that day. The great sharp north-wind swept out Elysian Fields Street in blasts that made ... Read more
“Gimme fi’ cents worth o’ candy, please.” It was the little Jew girl who spoke, and Tony’s wife ... Read more
When the sun goes down behind the great oaks along the Bayou Teche near Franklin, it throws red ... Read more
Sister Josepha told her beads mechanically, her fingers numb with the accustomed exercise. The little organ creaked a ... Read more
There is a merry jangle of bells in the air, an all-pervading sense of jester’s noise, and the ... Read more
The swift breezes on the beach at Pass Christian meet and conflict as though each strove for the ... Read more
Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be ... Read more
I The old woman stood at the back door of the cabin, shading her eyes with her hand, ... Read more
I When it is said that it was done to please a woman, there ought perhaps to be ... Read more
I The pianist had struck up a lively two-step, and soon the floor was covered with couples, each ... Read more
Branson County, North Carolina, is in a sequestered district of one of the staidest and most conservative States ... Read more