L.S. Stratton/Shelly Ellis (just call me Shelly)

I’m so excited for this one! My next book, DO WHAT GODMOTHER SAYS, a dual timeline gothic thriller, coming in June 2024. Buy links: Barnes & Noble: bit.ly/3v4kjVn Amazon: bit.ly/3RKE0Kw Bookshop: bit.ly/3RpsH9s

For Labor Day, let's look at "In Deadly Company" by @ellisromance, which involves a woman's attempt to process what happened to her boss. What did happen to her employer? Is it worth the read? Click on this link to find out and more: chick-who-reads-everything.com/2025/09/01/in-… #booktwt

Outdoor Afro is offering scholarships to cover the costs of anyone, at any age, interested in learning how to swim:

This is the most agonizingly idiotic timeline ever. E V E R

we’re not even 6 months into his second term…

Who’s with me?

Sinners 2025

Ryan Coogler’s ‘SINNERS’ has passed $300M worldwide. It is one of the highest grossing original films of the past decade.

ICE detains woman who runs anti-Trump TikTok—she is U.S. citizen born & raised. She was detained for hours as agents searched phone & social media—even demanding financial statements on how much she earns on TikTok. Her clothing brand is named "Trump For The Dump"—she donates the proceeds to organizations supporting LGBTQ+ rights, HBCUs, immigrants & Ukraine. The women, who goes by eyesofsav, was returning from a European vacation to the Miami International Airport —with a valid global re-entry card issued to her as a U.S. citizen. Agents also interrogated her about her father—he's a U.S. citizen for 25 years who was born in Panama. "I didn't necessarily believe these people. Like, we have free speech. Why would this be possible?" she asks. "Until this literally happened to me coming into the United States." #DemVoice1 #wtpBLUE #DemsUnited

@DPMCanty Agreed. Like a tailored princess 😊

This was so well done and she’s absolutely gorgeous. #MetGala

#Grandview, #Texas: Cynthia Bah-Traore is still #missing. She was last seen in Grandview, Texas on February 3, 2021. Video surveillance showed her at a Shell Gas Station in the 1000 block of East Criner Street, driving her metallic blue Mazada CX-5. A #CynthiaBah-Traore

If I was at the juke joint that night x.com/genericgaystuf…

#Hayward, #CA: 29y/o #LakaylaSmith is STILL missing & was last seen on May 31, 2024, in the area of Mission Blvd & Industrial Pkwy. Have info? Contact the Oakland PD or visit our tip line at BAMFI.org. Please SHARE to #HelpUsFindLakaylaSmith #HelpUsFindUs

@mlindorice Congrats!!

It's PM Official. Pleased to announce that I have been promoted to Senior Agent at LCSLiterary!! #AmAgenting

Autism is not a disease, it's a neurodevelopmental disorder, and someone please tell me how this is not a massive HIPAA violation to track this without patient consent. Also, this screams eugenics.

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Book Haul! Stonewall history, Bardugo’s the Familiar and a physical ARC of ‘In Deadly Company!’

The 2000 election was my 1st “wait… what’s going on👀” moment as an adult. 9/11 happened the next year & then Crash after Crash after Crash. And for my creatives? That decade also included the 1st Writer’s Strike & the end of WB/UPN which employed 90% of Black writers🙃

Asian Americans….wake up. We are being hunted. They are using the Alien Enemies Act from WWII that was used against Japanese Americans to deport people. This is NOT a drill. apnews.com/article/alien-…

good night