Aaliyah always had hands like velvet and hustle like fire—twenty-two and finally taking over the town salon she grew up in. But between shop-floor shade, a busted-lip beef, and a building that creaks like it’s got secrets, the weather starts talking back. When a tropical swirl turns monster, an ex-con neighbor named Marvin shows up with plywood, a hammer, and a gentleness she didn’t see coming.

By candlelight and radio slow jams, they get cozy—stitching wounds, fixing fireplaces, and finding a softness in the middle of a Category 5. But storms don’t just rip roofs; they pull up roots. A fallen oak, a flooded living room, a jealous almost-something named D, and a salon that needs saving—love won’t be easy, but it might be worth rebuilding for.

This is a story about ownership and aftermath—of a shop, a house, a body, and a future. About a woman claiming what’s hers, a man trying to be better than his rap sheet, and how tenderness can bloom even when the wind says otherwise.

Flawda Girls’ Diaries is a fictional audio collection of short stories told through the confessions, contradictions, and quiet revolutions of Southern Black women and girls. From heartbreak to healing, magic to mess, these diary-style episodes live somewhere between memory and make-believe.

📓 New episodes drop every 1st and 3rd Sunday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Substack. You might laugh. You might cry. You might see yourself in these pages. ✨ All stories are almost entirely untrue. But this diary? This one’s for you.

📚 Grab the companion book Quiet Storms of a Flawda Girl’s Diary — a printed collection of 13 short stories now on Amazon: https://a.co/d/bJYkSLU

🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xZaiiie2osy47NaPbnFIF

🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flawda-girls-diaries/id1808353871

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In this raw and reflective episode, Naomi takes us through the quiet unraveling of a relationship she saw coming undone long before it actually ended.

He wasn’t cruel. He wasn’t cold. He just wasn’t right. And deep down, Naomi always knew.

Through humor, heartbreak, and hard-won wisdom, she revisits the yellow flags she ignored: 🚩 The cigarette habit she tried to overlook. 🚩 The height difference she tried to unlearn. 🚩 The fraternity culture she tried to squeeze herself into.

This is a story about compromising too much, shrinking too small, and the power of finally choosing yourself—even when someone else ends it first.

Because sometimes the biggest betrayal isn’t what they did. It’s what you abandoned in yourself to keep them.

Flawda Girls’ Diaries is a fictional audio collection of short stories told through the confessions, contradictions, and quiet revolutions of Southern Black women and girls. From heartbreak to healing, magic to mess, these diary-style episodes live somewhere between memory and make-believe.

📓 New episodes drop every 1st and 3rd Sunday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Substack. You might laugh. You might cry. You might see yourself in these pages.

✨ All stories are almost entirely untrue. But this diary? This one’s for you.

📚 Grab the companion book Quiet Storms of a Flawda Girl’s Diary — a printed collection of 13 short stories now on Amazon: https://a.co/d/bJYkSLU

Listen + Read + Subscribe Everywhere:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flawda-girls-diaries/id1808353871

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xZaiiie2osy47NaPbnFIF?si=784d0b2ea44d4f17

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Credits: This tale was written by Sh’Kia and Ninja Nicki.

This tale was told by Sh’Kia. This audio was shaped and mixed by Daniel Augustin.

She met him at sea, a man with a wife and three kids waiting on land for him. She never asked for more than comfort, affection, and the soft thud of his boots in her hallway once a month. But love, even in the shadows, leaves a mark.

This is the story of Mrs. Jones, the woman behind the rumors. The mistress. The single mother. The deacon’s secret.The sailor's discovery. Told through the eyes of a woman who never claimed to be the victim or the villain. This diary entry explores love without titles, shame without confession, and motherhood forged in secrecy. It’s about the women we don’t talk about, but who live beside us in pews, in clinics, and in quiet corners of the South.

This is a story about desire, survival, and the legacy left behind when women love in the dark.

Flawda Girls’ Diaries is a fictional audio collection of short stories told through the confessions, contradictions, and quiet revolutions of Southern Black women and girls. From heartbreak to healing, magic to mess, these diary-style episodes live somewhere between memory and make-believe.

📓 New episodes drop every 1st and 3rd Sunday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Substack. You might laugh. You might cry. You might see yourself in these pages.

✨ All stories are almost entirely untrue. But this diary? This one’s for you.

📚 Grab the companion book Quiet Storms of a Flawda Girl’s Diary — a printed collection of 13 short stories now on Amazon: https://a.co/d/bJYkSLU

Listen + Read + Subscribe Everywhere:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flawda-girls-diaries/id1808353871

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xZaiiie2osy47NaPbnFIF?si=784d0b2ea44d4f17

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FlawdaGirlsAudiobooks

Substack: https://flawdagirlsdiaries.substack.com/

Medium: https://medium.com/@shkia

Follow + Share the Vibe:

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Credits:

This tale was written and told by Sh’Kia.

This audio was shaped and mixed by Daniel Augustin.