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Qwantu Amaru (kwan-too a-mar-oo) has been writing since the age of 11. An avid reader, he has always aspired to write suspenseful page-turners and socially significant literature like those of his writing influences Richard Wright, Alex Hailey, Walter Mosley, Donald Goines, Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison and Stephen King.
Qwantu draws his inspiration from his modest upbringing in small towns and cities across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida.
In addition to Simmons Park, Qwantu has written four volumes of poetry: Light Bringer, After the Storm, Midnight’s Shadow, and LoveLost.
Qwantu is a member of the outstanding socially active poetry collective Black on Black Rhyme out of Tallahassee, FL. He has perfor…
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Lake City, LA September 27, 2002 Karen blinked her eyes open, staring directly into a sharp glow of bright, white light. Her sensitive irises watered and she squeezed shut her eyelids to protect them. She heard a clicking sound and the light disappeared. “Bout goddamn time bitch. You could sleep through fuckin’ World War III,” said the irritated voice of the man who held the flashlight. “Only been tryin’ to wake your tired ass up for the past fifteen minutes.” “Why’s it so dark?” Karen asked ...
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Lake City, LA September 27, 2002 Karen blinked her eyes open, staring directly into a sharp glow of bright, white light. Her sensitive irises watered against their will as she threw her hands over her face to protect them. Then she heard the unmistakable sound of a flashlight clicking off. “Bout goddamn time bitch. You could sleep through fuckin’ World War III,” said the irritated voice of the man who held the flashlight. “Only been tryin’ to wake your tired ass up for the past fifteen minute...
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Lake City, LA September 27, 2002 Karen Richard opened her eyes, staring directly into a sharp glow of bright, white light. She automatically threw her hands over her face to protect them, then lowered her weak arms back to her sides when she heard the flashlight click off. “Bout goddamn time bitch. You could sleep through fuckin’ World War III,” said the irritated voice of the man who held the flashlight. “Only been tryin’ to wake your tired ass up for the past fifteen minutes.” “Why’s it so ...
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Angola, LA October 3, 2002 - 12:30 p.m. A helicopter touched down on the prison helipad. The blue and gold seal on its side featured a pelican tending to its three young chicks in its nest, surrounded by the words UNION, JUSTICE, and CONFIDENCE. The outer rim was inscribed, State of Louisiana. The strong breeze generated by the chopper’s blades blew the Governor’s full head of gray-brown hair out of place as he descended from the chopper’s cabin. “Governor Richard, welcome to the Louisiana St...
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Angola, LA October 3, 2002 - 12:30 p.m. A helicopter touched down on the prison helipad –a blue and gold seal on its side featuring a pelican tending to its three young chicks in its nest. The words UNION, JUSTICE, and CONFIDENCE surrounded the birds. The outer rim was inscribed, State of Louisiana. The strong breeze generated by the chopper’s blades blew the Governor’s full head of gray-brown hair out of place as he descended from the choppers cabin. “Governor Richard, welcome to the Louisia...
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My grnadmother is screaming right about now. That last line was hellified for sure. Overall I really enjoyed this because of the characterization. You did a great job of projecting Harry's self-loathing onto the people in his life. The love hate pull between Harry and Caroline was very raw and very real. Top marks for description as I could see this scene play out before my eyes. Watch out for awkward sentences like, my phone was vibrating on the dresser across the room and I knew Caroline wa...
Thanks for submitting. I think you have a compelling if not done before plot on display here, but several problems prevent you from successfully achieving your objectives with this short story. First point, the dialogue between Ellis and William often feels forced and unrealistic. It improved as the piece progressed but you need to unstiffen the dialogue in the beginning. Second point, I can tell this was adapted from a novel because of the amount of backstory. For a short story like this one...
Thanks for submitting. This chapter has an interesting premise driving it, but I felt the execution was a bit lacking. It starts off to slow, there are some spontaneous tense changes you have to watch out for and you could do a better job at describing David's current situation. As I understand it, he is a man, frustrated by the life he is livig and the life he could have had had he not been hurt. And the events of this day are going to change his life. So I got the point, but you should expl...
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