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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Larry Benjamin, author of Damaged Angels

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Larry Benjamin, author of “Damaged Angels”
(Beaten Track)

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“Damaged Angels” is my first collection of short fiction. The stories give voice to the invisible, the damaged: the drug addicts and hustlers, the mentally ill and the sick and the questioning and the men who fall in love with them.

Often dark, always lyrical and evocative, these stories are the stories of those who color, and love, outside the lines.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Damaged Angels”?

Larry Benjamin: In the acknowledgements, I wrote”…to all the men and boys who inspired these stories—you gave your all. I hope I gave as much.” And that really was my inspiration—the men and boys I’ve met along the way. In some cases they were friends, in others, just casual acquaintances, in one instance it was my brother and some were much, much more to me. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Larry Benjamin, author of Damaged Angels →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dyphia, author of “Dicmatized: The Doctor Is In”

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Dyphia, author of “Dicmatized: The Doctor Is In”
(Gemini Phoenix Publications LLC)

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Dr. Lenese Stringfield Puts the “Sex” in Sex Therapy as she takes the profession by storm with her new and innovative techniques. Her seductive nature and sexy demeanor has her clients eating out of the palm of her hand – among other things.

Lenese has loved once and lost. If she can’t be with the one she loves, she will love the one she’s with. But, amazing sex doesn’t come without a price tag.

Too bad life has a lesson to teach this freaky therapist! She will soon learn that Karma is the ‘one bitch’ that has everyone’s address. Fooling around with another woman’s husband is dangerous, but falling in love with one can be deadly.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Dicmatized: The Doctor Is In”?

Dyphia: My grandmother always wanted to be a writer, so I dabbled in a little erotic poetry myself. One day, my cousin Neiima Edwards read some of my poetry and told me I should write a book. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dyphia, author of “Dicmatized: The Doctor Is In” →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… V. Brown, author of I Am Her, The Mistress

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V. Brown, author of “I Am Her, The Mistress”
(G Street Chronicles)

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“I Am Her, The Mistress” is about a chick named Tyquasia “Ty” Roberts who is a good girl turned mistress. She was born and raised in Miami, Florida. Ty finds out some secrets about her boyfriend Benzino when he gets locked up. She packs her stuff along with a large sum of his money and heads to Atlanta to start a new life.

In Atlanta, she runs into one of the hottest club promoters/party host Down South, Nasir Cruz. They are instantly attracted to each other. The only issue is that he’s married to Lorraine Cruz a high fashion model.

“I Am Her, The Mistress” is filled with love, lust, lies, deceit, and murder. Friends become foes, and the people that you think are one way are totally different.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “I Am Her, The Mistress”?

V. Brown: I initially got the inspiration to write “I Am Her, The Mistress” from an experience that I had a couple years ago. Although the person I had this experience with wasn’t married, they had been with their significant other for quite sometime. This individual was also a club promoter/party host. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… V. Brown, author of I Am Her, The Mistress →