Novels by Taquera Thomas

Dr. Crane walked up the stairs as quickly as he could. The creases in his well over ironed pants made it difficult to do any running in the halls of the community college, but he knew he had to do his best to get to the seminar room. He hated being late and since it was the first seminar of his own findings, the timing had to be perfect. Through his peripherals, he caught the sign of the third floor and rushed on until he had come to his assigned room. He pushed through the double doors of Seminar Room 105-A and the silence fell quickly. Darkened was the room, illuminated only by the many glows of smartphone screens. Crane slowed his stride as his breathing became less erratic. He wal

There’s always so much to do. I can’t believe the time has finally come. Should I lift some weights first? No, that doesn’t seem like the first thing I should do today. I pace around my room. I don’t know if I’m excited for this day, or if I’m dreading it. Should I even go to school today? Would it be such a bad thing if I decided to skip? I could fake like I have a summer cold. No, I can’t do that. Today marks the last of it all. It’s the start of senior year.“Wreck if you don’t get up you’ll miss the bus!”I hop up as fast as I can. It looks as if I don’t have much of a choice but to go to school. I choose a pair of faded black denim skinny jeans, my m