If It Aint Pit It Aint Shit

To win his freedom, a slave becomes a gladiator Rafe is well over six feet of muscle, with a warrior’s body marred by only one scar. Long ago, this slave’s owner promised him that if he won fifty fights in the pit—fights to the death against men of all colors—he would be granted his freedom. In his first fight, Rafe slipped, and his opponent cut his side. The pain showed him his true purpose. Since then, he has never lost a fight, and he has never again been cut. Rafe has only eight fights left before he can claim his reward, but Ezra Clayton is not certain he wants to free the greatest gladiator the South has ever known. As the deadline draws near and the blood continues to flow, Rafe knows that if his freedom is denied, he will have to take it, as he has taken so many lives: with his two bare hands.

all units respond to sawn store on Jaybird rd they said its ugly out there and its getting uglier the caller said them bessemer boi's out there with choppers and pistols Man was da guy who was with jasper at the time of his accident he calling telling jroc & them bessemer boi's that its some brighton niggas trying 2 go in lil jasper pockets and take his bike while he knocked out on da ground bleeding badly the crowd grows bigger & violent cause them bessma niggas said aint nobody going in his pockets and who been trying 2 get his bike as they saying that some car lights hit the scene its his homie jrock he hopping out yelling at the crowd what happen to my homie and who trying to go in his pockets niggas I'll put 1 in yall stanky azz try it now jroc walks up to police going off on then tells the amublance driver yall hurry up and get him from over here with these niggas then the dispatcher call on the 2-way telling the ambulance driver hurry up and get the victim to UAB while the ambulance was on the interstate they was passed by deek he worried and crying he beats the ambulance to the hospital now he waiting on them to show up they get there and deek asking them what the hell took so long cause he came from work in mccall and still beat them 2 the hospital they unload lil jasper he looking bad they said it not looking good thats the word on da streets some said he lost his arm some said a leg and arm others was saying his head came off folks starting to show up at the hospital to find out bout lil jasper its crowded as hell its family and friends its so crowded until the nurse's came and asked who is he is he famous and as she was asking that a m/c came threw the door the nurse said look at the crowd

Three friends. One slim chance to beat the streets. But even when you fight your way out by any means necessary, cold hard cash is still no guarantee you'll escape . . . Secret. Penny. Isis. Two sisters, one best friend. Between neglectful parents and growing up in Miami's worst neighborhood, the three have had each others’ backs since forever. So there's nothing Secret won't do to grab the cash flow and glamorous lives she, innocent Penny, and idealistic Isis surely deserve. And she and lowlife fixer Kirk have the perfect plan: transfer rich folks’ wealth to new accounts, cleverly make withdrawals, and line their pockets . . . Soon it's raining money, exclusive condos, fast cars—and major bad-news trouble. 'Cause Isis just found real love and now wants out of the game for good. And when a merciless enemy, a disastrous old scam-gone-bad, and unexpected betrayal turn the girls’ glittering world inside out, how far will they game each other—and risk their friendship—to survive? Praise for Saundra’s Her Sweetest Revenge “Mya is an amazing character and despite some of her choices, I rooted for her all the way.” —Mary Monroe, New York Times bestselling author “An entertaining and drama-filled story. Saundra’s vivid depiction of this girl from Detroit makes this book an extremely fast read.” —RT Book Reviews “Saundra writes page-turning experiences that readers feel. . . . Drama at its best, her character Mya is fearless.” —Tamika Newhouse, author of The Ultimate No-No series

When Janine, Aiden Fesyo's long-term girlfriend, announces she's earned a promotion and is leaving, she also informs him that he has a four-year-old child out there somewhere. Janine vows the child will never be found. Aiden believes otherwise. In his search, he encounters people linked to members of the latest team on the "HorrorShow," a 3D sorreality contest where contestants pass through nine circuses on California Island to win a trillion-dollar prize. The team consists of a spangled banner of races and troubled pasts, assembled by the government to stave off bankruptcy. There's a gay Hispanic gymnast whose lover died of retroviral plague; a Native American stunt coordinator whose cowardice caused a catastrophe; an Aborigine swimmer obsessed with her brother's death; a genetically engineered "fiteball" player caught in a point-shaving scandal; a Bosnian movie star who strangled a starlet; a Japanese American prostitute and assassin; and an African American "bizzyball" player, dreaming of the child she aborted. The team contends with hot-headed centaurs, homunculi bikers, mutant hairdressers, clumsy ninjas, talk show hosts in army tanks, and distortion fields that carry them through space and time. Aiden and the team unite in a climactic encounter with a triple-bodied Satan, who explains why God is playing a game with the universe.

Recounts the true account of how Genore Guillory, an avid animal lover who cared for stray dogs, was found shot, stabbed, beaten with a baseball bat, raped, and mutilated in a small Louisiana town.

Ben Snakepit returns with an all-new book of daily diary comics, continuing to draw years of his life, day-by-day in three panel comic format. Not knowing what the future will hold and no matter how mundane each appears at the time, an apparent narrative always begins to emerge in Ben's life as characters re-appear and interact with him at "Some Shitty Job," at the local tacqueria, or at home. As the title implies, Ben transitions from the pants-pooping idiocy of youth to the dark, sobering responsibilites of adulthood. Read along in amazement as he quits his bands, gets a real job, has a kidney stone removed and much much more. A truly existential text that can be 18+ fun for the whole family!

What Jonathan Lethem did for Brooklyn, Matt Burgess does for Queens in this exuberant and brilliant debut novel about a young drug dealer having a very bad weekend. Alfredo Batista has some worries. Okay, a lot of worries. His older brother, Jose—sorry, Tariq—is returning from a stretch in prison after an unsuccessful robbery, a burglary that Alfredo was supposed to be part of. So now everyone thinks Alfredo snitched on his brother, which may have something to do with the fact that Alfredo is now dating Tariq’s ex-girlfriend, Isabel, who is eight months pregnant. Tariq’s violent streak is probably #1 worry on Alfredo’s list. Also, he needs to steal a pit bull. For the homecoming dogfight. Burgess brings to life the rich and vivid milieu of his hometown native Queens in all its glorious variety. Here is the real New York, a place where Pakistanis, Puerto Ricans, Haitians, An ­glos, African Americans, and West Indians scrap and mingle and love. But the real star here is Burgess’s incredible ear for language—the voices of his characters leap off the page in riotous, spot-on dialogue. The outer boroughs have their own language, where a polite greeting is fraught with menace, and an insult can be the expression of the most tender love. With a story as intricately plotted as a Shakespearean comedy—or revenge tragedy, for that matter—and an electrically colloquial prose style, Dogfight, a Love Story establishes Matt Burgess as an exuberant new voice in contemporary literature. The great Queens novel has arrived.

In 1959, newly-widowed and pregnant Ruby Washington and her thirteen-year-old half brother, Easton, board a bus in rural South Carolina, destined for Oakland, California. There, far from the violent events that forced her to flee her home, Ruby hopes to make a new life for her family. Ruby gives birth to a daughter, Lida, and strives to raise the girl and Easton. But as their Oakland neighborhood changes during the turbulent 1960s, the three are driven apart by forces that Ruby cannot control. Easton becomes involved with civil rights activism and the Black Panthers; Lida, keeping a hurtful family secret to herself, spirals into a cycle of dependency and denial. Finally, Lida's sons Love LeRoy and Li'l Pit must fend for themselves in the inhospitable streets of America, leaving one city for another, searching for a home. Centered around three generations of a family and set against the larger dispossession of African-Americans, Leaving is a blend of history and intimately-observed everyday life-a remarkable debut novel.