Kashai CookMar 26, 20209 min readagain. (excerpt, 2019)again. excerpt of a working piece After Grace had fallen back to sleep Connie did what most twenty-somethings who struggle with...
Kashai CookMar 15, 20197 min readlong walk home end of chapter oneReese thought it would be safer to take the side streets rather than Vivian Lane. Vivian Lane is the main road that leads straight...
Kashai CookFeb 28, 20195 min readlong walk home cont'd chapter oneWith his stomach pressed into mine I could feel him become heavier as he took in a deep breath. Except for the tears that slid down into...
Kashai CookFeb 22, 20199 min readlong walk home, chapter one excerptIT WAS 1965. I was a senior at Benjamin Wells High. I fell in love with Tommy Michaels that year. I snuck smokes from my mama’s purse,...
Kashai CookFeb 22, 20196 min readlong walk home.excerpt from my first novel and thesis Preface CECILY MADE DUST CIRCLES ROUND AND ROUND ON THE GROUND, shredding the knees of her...
Kashai CookFeb 22, 20195 min readdead swan.Short Story SHE SCORED. Julie scuffled down St. Charles Street with the small plastic vial of crack held tightly in her hand. Her...
Kashai CookFeb 22, 20195 min readkitchen talk.An Instance Piece “DO YOU SEE YOUR DUMB DAUGHTER UP HERE ON THE OPRAH SHOW, tellin’ all her damn business?” Willadeene growled into the...
Kashai CookFeb 22, 201916 min readgabbi's faith.Published in Hair Trigger 32, 2010 SOME WOMEN SPEND THEIR WHOLE LIVES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MEN operate. I was sixteen when I...