"It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else." – John Waters
Sheila on the Mend
E-book
Professor Sheila Hudson is newly divorced from ex Kharla and trying to put her life back in order at fifty-two.
She's taking the summer to focus on her research, but finds herself falling for a sexy club owner and untangling family secrets in the
process.
She learns more than she bargains for while confronting hot flashes, anxiety, and the possibility that someone is out to get her.
Release Date: 10/15/24
From BLF Press
This is Not About Love
$13.95
"What is a Love poem if not a declaration of the ways we love ourselves through others? In This is Not About Love, Krystal A. Smith does just that, showing us pain and healing and lovin’ on yourself. Smith writes, “Forgiveness is not a weapon / it is a learning, it is a lesson / to give to yourself” and this is so true and evident in this collection. This is Not About Love is not about shame, it’s not about holding grief, it’s not about sorrow; Krystal is writing about forgiveness and we all needed that.” —Jason B. Crawford, author of Summertime Fine
“The poems in author Krystal A. Smith's debut collection, This is Not about Love, are everything we need in this moment of isolation. They examine loneliness and togetherness in all their forms -- by choice, by necessity, and by force of circumstance. These poems' longing, desire, pettiness, humor, and devastation mirror all that it is being in and out of relationship.” —Jason Herndon
This is Not About Love: Poems explores the complexities of human emotion and relationships via memory, experience, and imagination. Smith reminds us that love is not a singular emotion, and romantic relationships are not paramount to happiness.
Two Moons: Stories
$14.95
Krystal A. Smith
Praise for Two Moons:
"In all, Smith writes with raw emotion in powerful, voice-driven prose. Reading Smith is like wandering between dreams; her stunning, fantastical worlds play by their own rules, challenging the imagination and encouraging deep feeling." Booklist
"Krystal A. Smith writes of shape shifters, magical herbalists, and women ripe for love. Her collection of stories marries African American mysticism to speculative fiction announcing Smith’s solid place in the next generation of Afro Futurists. With its sensuous language, deftly drawn characters and engaging narrative style, Two Moons shines bright." Jewelle Gomez, The Gilda Stories
“Two Moons takes readers on a whimsical journey to where ordinary women become goddesses and where Black Girl Magic is never denied. You’ll want to dive into these stories and never leave.” Susana Morris, co-editor of Sycorax's Daughters and the Crunk Feminist Collection
Top five favorite in the short stories category on the 2019 Over the Rainbow Recommended Book List.
The Over the Rainbow (OTR) Project is a committee of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the American Library Association (ALA).
2019 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Lesbian Fiction
