Feeling very grumpy about the void here so l've channeled that into a list of weird or weird-ish or weird-adjacent or theoretically-weird collections by Black authors (some of which I’ve read and too many of which I have not)

the real trick in Enemies to Lovers is not getting characters to fall in love it's getting them to truly despise each other first. vague dislike and mild distrust because of extant circumstances isn't enough. i need actual enmity, real archfoe bullshit. i need to see them make each other bleed.