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Stories with keyword: black

For the Love of Nubbins

Hired to sell very expensive, real-looking (and feeling) baby dolls for the holiday season at downtown NYC’s FAO Schwartz, Elna is stunned to observe how seriously the wealthy shoppers take these doll “adoptions,” and how their status and privilege comes … Continue reading →

Keywords adoption, African American, Asian, attachment, baby, black, bond, certificate, Christmas, color, doll, ethnic, ethnicity, FAO Schwartz, floppy, gifts, holiday, infant, Latinx, Live, Nubbins, nursery, NYC, POC, presents, realistic, shopping, skin color, staff pick, tone, weighted, white

Face to Face

Hallie adores her grandmother; they’ve been close all Hallie’s life, and the way Hallie’s witnessed her grandmother’s extroversion, generosity and kindness has shaped Hallie into who she is. But Hallie is also aware that her grandmother has some very ingrained, … Continue reading →

Keywords acceptance, black, Christian, conservative, family, gays, grandma, grandmother, homophobic, Jonathan, Kansas City, lesbian, Live, love, Maureen, MIssouri, moon, racism, racist, Rent, same-sex, sex, sex scene, sexual content, tour, touring, understudy, values

Dungeon Master

Growing up an albino black person with a lazy eye, Victor doesn’t consider himself very successful with the ladies – until he learns to dance. At 21, he starts hitting the dance nights at Prince’s Minneapolis club Glam Slam, and … Continue reading →

Keywords albino, BDSM, black, dancing, domination, Dungeons and Dragons, geeks, kinky, Live, Minneapolis, nerds, POC, Prince, role playing games, RPGs, sex, three way, threesome

24 Hours

In 2001, Gregory has just been kicked out of the navy for substance abuse issues (he’d been doing various drugs since adolescence), and his life has hit a rut; he’s renting sleeping space on a couch in Virginia, has no … Continue reading →

Keywords addiction, African-American storyteller, black, Black storyteller, crack, crack house, dealer, drug deals, drugs, grandmother, heroin, Live, meth, Navy, POC, POCI storyteller, St. Paul, substance abuse

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