Chapter 1 Ellis “Love” Stone “Those lips are even juicier in person.” “Is that right?” “Damn, and that voice sounds even better up close and personal.” “I take it you’re a fan of Seductive Sessions with Ellis Love, huh?” Most would say I draw people in with my voice, and once they meet me, I keep them wanting with my looks. Women often stop and stare like I’m an art fixture in a museum. I’ve been told I look like a young Rick Fox in his prime. Maybe it’s our Afro-Bahamian roots, the...

There are some griefs people do not talk about enough. We know how to mourn death. We know how to gather around caskets, send flowers, cook meals, and offer condolences when someone is physically gone. But nobody really teaches you how to grieve someone who is still alive. Nobody prepares you for the kind of heartbreak that comes from loving someone who is still here, while also knowing they can no longer hold the same place in your life. That has been one of the hardest things I have ever...

Shittin’ Is A Privilege People take shittin’ for granted until they’re constipated and that shit starts to hurt. It could be shit from your past, shit from your present, a bunch of shit causing us pain that we didn’t ask for. We go through life with the expectation that we’ll be able to sit our asses on that toilet to release. Until we have to lift our knees to our chest and push like we are in the delivery room waiting to see a bundle of joy. It’s actually the opposite. All we are left with...