"Survive the Dome" - Jamal Lawson just wanted to be a part of something. As an aspiring jo urnalist\, he packs up his camera and heads to Baltimore to document a ral ly protesting police brutality after another Black man is murdered. But be fore it even really begins\, the city implements a new safety protocol&hel lip\;the Dome. The Dome surrounds the city\, forcing those within to subsc ribe to a total militarized shutdown. No one can get in\, and no one can g et out. Alone in a strange place\, Jamal doesn&rsquo\;t know where to turn &hellip\;until he meets hacker Marco\, who knows more than he lets on\, an d Catherine\, an AWOL basic-training-graduate\, whose parents helped build the initial plans for the Dome. As unrest inside of Baltimore grows throu ghout the days-long lockdown\, Marco\, Catherine\, and Jamal take the figh t directly to the chief of police. But the city is corrupt from the inside out\, and it&rsquo\;s going to take everything they have to survive.
\ n"I'm So (Not) Over You" - It&rsquo\;s been months sin ce aspiring journalist Kian Andrews has heard from his ex-boyfriend\, Huds on Rivers\, but an urgent text has them meeting at a café\;. Maybe H udson wants to profusely apologize for the breakup. Or confess his undying love. . . But no\, Hudson has a favor to ask&mdash\;he wants Kian to pret end to be his boyfriend while his parents are in town\, and Kian reluctant ly agrees. The dinner doesn&rsquo\;t go exactly as planned\, and suddenly Kian is Hudson&rsquo\;s plus one to Georgia&rsquo\;s wedding of the season . Hudson comes from a wealthy family where reputation is everything\, and he really can&rsquo\;t afford another mistake. If Kian goes\, he&rsquo\;ll help Hudson preserve appearances and get the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in media. This could be the big career bre ak Kian needs. But their fake relationship is starting to feel like it mig ht be more than a means to an end\, and it&rsquo\;s time for both men to f act-check their feelings.
\nKosoko Jackson \;is a digital media specialist\, focusing on digital storytelling\, email\, s ocial and SMS marketing\, and a freelance political journalist. Occasional ly\, his personal essays and short stories have been featured on Medium\, Thought Catalog\, The Advocate\, and some literary magazines. When not wri ting YA novels that champion holistic representation of black queer youth across genres\, he can be found obsessing over movies\, drinking his (umpt eenth) London Fog\, or spending far too much time on Twitter. His YA debut \, YESTERDAY IS HISTORY\, came out in 2021\, published by SourceBooks Fire and his adult #OwnVoices queer Romcom\, I&rsquo\;M SO (NOT) OVER YOU came out in February 2022\, by Berkley Romance.
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