My Dear, My Love
ShortStory 6,827 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
"It takes a Black woman to tell the truth about another Black woman, whether she likes that woman or not. If the woman in question is loved, the story reaches mythological heights, she could do no wrong, she was brown skinned and beautiful, intelligent, had all her faculties and her teeth, all the men and women of the neighborhood called her by a term of endearment..."
Quasar links out; the story lives on Fantasy, where the author gets the click.