ABMELANOMIA
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Very Short Stories! We are witness, through a series of conversations, to the emotional growth of a young woman, from her first coming out experience through her acceptance of romantic self-hood. The first conversation in the novella is between Celeste Clark and her good friend -- and object of her not-so-secret desire -- Sonya. Celeste reveals her confusion over her sexual identity and the “signals” she perceives she is receiving from Sonya, who is herself confused. The issues between them are left unresolved, but Celeste is nevertheless determined to discover where her true proclivities lie. She engineers an encounter with the older, more worldly Vera, who eases her into the gay lifestyle. This experience opens the flood gates, and Celeste becomes entangled with a series of women. Along the way, however, she must confront her own feelings of ambivalence, as well as the rejection and then grudging acceptance, of her loved ones. Even the unconditional acceptance of two of her former boyfriends muddies the waters, leaving her with feelings of inadequacy. After several failed lesbian liaisons, Celeste makes a feeble attempt to squelch her new found identity by proposing marriage to a childhood friend, who is actually more like a brother than a potential suitor. Celeste strives for self-acceptance and self-respect, yet she remains easily swayed by carnal urges and allows herself to be seduced by a mysterious stranger. It is this experience, however, which solidifies her conviction that she is her own best cure for loneliness and that she will only cease to be lonely when she learns to enjoy her own company. The dialogues are interspersed with poetic reflections relative to Celeste’s growth. They serve as segue to the various stages of her emotional development and provide insight into her turmoil -- and eventual triumph -- over her conflicting emotions
Whitney Marks, a young black man, has
a brilliant mind and an undiscovered and unparalleled genius for science and medicine. He would have made an excellent candidate
for medical school but for the mysterious trauma in his past which nurtured an extreme prejudice against whites and thwarted
his ability to successfully integrate into a mixed society. Unable to escape
his love of science however, Whitney absorbs every medical and scientific journal in existence. Encouraged by his best friend, Guy, to become a paramedic, Whitney is able to secretly indulge his passion
for medicine and science. His interest is piqued by the discovery
of the newly mutated, lethal virus – abmelanomia, a disease that affects only Caucasians. Whitney cannot help but study the disease. He meets and falls
hopelessly in love with his soul mate, hospital receptionist Sally Jacobsen. As
their romance develops, so too does the deadly abmelanomia virus. When Whitney learns
that Sally’s father is white, he is torn between his love for her and his absolute intolerance of the white race. And when Sally’s father contracts abmelanomia, Whitney finds himself in a quandary;
does he compromise his principles and save Sally’s father or does he let him die and risk losing the heart of the only
woman he has ever loved. Whitney’s sister Rose, badgers him to surrender
his hate to Sally’s love, but he is unmoved. Soon enough however, fate intervenes... on Whitney and perhaps the world.... |
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Read an interview of Melanie A. Scott about her brother, DJ Tee Scott
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