@jadelove700.bsky.socialThe music was good. Really good. So good that, sixty years later, it's still alive, soundtracking films around the world.
"When The Music Stopped"
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@jadelove700.bsky.socialThey had good times. Good music. And greasy hamburgers.
They also had a gun and no way to take it back.
"When the Music Stopped"—A Coming-of-Age Story
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@jadelove700.bsky.socialShort Stories too!
Miracles😇
A 👺flight attendant
A suicide⚰️
A homicide🪦
A slap upside his head🤭
A castration🔪
A diamond bracelet💎
A spy👀
A Romance❤️
A Nightmare😵
#BookSky #STL #Motown #RomanceSky
#TrueStory #WomensFiction #AfricanAmericanVoices #DramaSky #ShortStoriesSky
@jadelove700.bsky.social@jadelove700.bsky.social@jadelove700.bsky.socialShort Stories
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A 40-year-old frump 👠
Flight attendant🤬
Superman & Oprah
A suicide 💔
A slap upside his head🤭
Laughter😂
Love❤️
#TrueStory #WomensFiction #DisabilityLit #PsychologicalSuspense #FictionFriday #AfricanAmericanVoices #DramaSky #ShortStoriesSky #ChickLitBooks
@jadelove700.bsky.socialOne of the few African Americans on campus, he’d grown up hearing 2 things: 'Make us proud' and 'To whom much is given, much is expected.'
The Summer of 1950—A Story of Race & Regrets
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@jadelove700.bsky.socialOne of the few African Americans on campus, he’d grown up hearing two things: 'Make us proud' and 'To whom much is given, much is expected.'
The Summer of 1950
#BookSky #WomensFiction #ContemporaryFiction #DiverseLit #ReadWomen #RomanceSky #AfricanAmericanVoices
@jadelove700.bsky.socialWhen he didn't come home for 10 days, she quoted Beyoncé: "You must not know 'bout me."🤨 FAFO
Fat, Forty and Frumpy—A Must-Read Short Story
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#DramaSky
@jadelove700.bsky.socialThis is a true story. She asked that I write it down & share it.
I've done my best, Marina.
In the Closet with Superman, Oprah & God
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#WomensFiction #DisabilityLit #AfricanAmericanVoices
#DramaSky
@jadelove700.bsky.socialRepeatedly arrested, blacklisted, branded a "sick comic," banned from TV & frozen out by club owners.
The Comedians—Even in the deepest gloom, humor finds a way to cut through.
#Humor #BookSky #AfricanAmericanVoices #TrueStory #DramaSky #StandUp #WomensFiction
@jadelove700.bsky.socialHe began leaving their bed late at night, always returning before her alarm went off. When she questioned him, he had answers. He always had answers.
Everyone Knew—A Short Story
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@jadelove700.bsky.socialHe didn't make love to her anymore. He was a pilot working around a lot of great-looking flight attendants. & she’d turned into an overweight frump.
Fat, Forty, & Frumpy
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@jadelove700.bsky.socialHe was just a college kid from Cali, and if she had to fight Satan himself, she was ready.
"In the Closet with Superman, Oprah, and God"
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@jadelove700.bsky.socialWhile she did not slap him on his deathbed, there WAS a deathbed slapdown, but it was far more devastating than a mere physical blow.
Fact vs. Fiction: The Truth Behind The Short Story
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@jadelove700.bsky.socialWas she angry? In every photo, she wore sunglasses. I always felt she was hiding a deep, quiet rage.
Fact vs. Fiction:
The Heartbreaking Truth Behind
The Short Story of "The Summer of 1950"
#BookSky #AfricanAmericanVoices #RomanceSky
#WomensFiction #ReadWomen
@jadelove700.bsky.socialShort stories about:
A 40-year-old frump who glows-up 👠
A rogue flight attendant🤬
Superman & Oprah?
A suicide 💔
A Biracial Girl who gets dumped😭
An Avenging Angel🔪
Laughter🤭
Love❤️
#BookSky #Romancelandia #ReadWomen
#AfricanAmericanVoices #TrueStory #ChickLit
@jadelove700.bsky.socialHe said she was too white, so she followed Josephine Baker, Langston Hughes, & Claude McKay to Paris.
Fact vs. Fiction: The Sad Truth Behind The Summer of 1950
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