In the hardboiled tradition of Chester Himes and Walter Mosley, Robert Deane Pharr’s novel tells the tale of two black men, Dave and Blueboy, traveling waiters who establish themselves as numbers runners in a fictionalized Richmond of the 1930s. Published to great acclaim in 1969, The Book of … [Read more...]
THE LAST CHANCE by Darrien Lee
Running their Los Angeles casino has been rewarding for Luke Chance and his three brothers, Malachi, Roman, and Genesis. But recently it seems like everyone is trying to get a piece of the pie. Word on the streets alert the Chance brothers of an impending hostile takeover of their casino, which … [Read more...]
CRY REVENGE by Donald Goines
Young Curtis Carson doesn’t mean to rip off the Chicanos in his backyard crap games. He just rolls the dice better. But the Chicanos don’t see it that way, and when one of their brothers is brutally slaughtered in a barroom shootout because Curtis’ dealings with heroin pusher Fat George, the … [Read more...]
DICE by T.N. Baker
Wasaun has two loves: his beautiful girlfriend and rollin’ dice. But when he meets Tone, a dude from the same hood who has just as much game and lots of cash to back it up, the stakes grow high. Wasaun is caught in a choice between his life and his girl. Other street fiction titles by T.N. … [Read more...]




