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Diary Entry No. 10 – Aaliyah: “The Stylist, the Storm, and the Second Chance"
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
📖 Read & subscribe on Substack: https://flawdagirlsdiaries.substack.com/
📖 Read & subscribe on 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.
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By Sh'KiaAaliyah 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
📖 Read & subscribe on Substack: https://flawdagirlsdiaries.substack.com/
📖 Read & subscribe on Medium: https://medium.com/@shkia
Follow + Share the Vibe:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flawdagirlspublishing/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@flawdagirlsdiaries
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/flawdagirlspublishing
Credits:
This tale was written and told by Sh’Kia.
This audio was shaped and mixed by Daniel Augustin.