Black Queer Literary Fiction

All my life, the stories been living in me like blood—thick, restless, demanding to be spilled. Now they're finally breaking free, cracking me open like an egg that's been too long in the shell.
These tales got weight. They carry the ache of love that ain't supposed to exist, the fire of folks who choose their hearts over their lives. Raw truth wrapped in beautiful hurt.
I'm new to letting my insides show on paper, but boo, some stories don't ask if you ready.
Welcome to my fiction!

Two families torn apart on a Georgia plantation. Two souls who found each other 185 years later.

Souls That Won't Stay Buried

When Marcus dropped the pills and heard drums that weren't his heartbeat, he saw memories that weren't his life—and suddenly knew his husband was the only thing standing between him and death.

Black Queer Literary Fiction

J.R. Whittington

Nov 914 min read

MIXED UP: A Black Queer Blues About Gods, Devils, and Impossible Choices

Carl Richardson is too light for some spaces, too dark for others, too gay for his church, too religious for his desire - and when his secrets collide on a rooftop, everything he thought he knew about God, love, and survival gets turned upside down.

Black Queer Literary Fiction

J.R. Whittington

Sep 214 min read

Richardson & Finch ( A Black Gay Fictional Love Story Untold)

Between Two Waters

What happened next was like falling into a river that had been waiting your whole life to carry you home. Richardson tasted salt and sweetness on Finch's lips, tasted freedom and something holier than Sunday morning. And when Finch whispered his name like it was something sacred, Richardson's body opened like a flower blooming in darkness.

Black Queer Literary Fiction

J.R. Whittington

Jul 257 min read

J.R. Whittington

New York NY

Souls That Won't Stay Buried

MIXED UP: A Black Queer Blues About Gods, Devils, and Impossible Choices

Between Two Waters

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