Short Story
Inciting
The social media site known as UltraHate allowed users to say anything except death threats and attacks or inciting force of any kind. The kids ate it up. Thirteen-year-olds in particular enjoyed the freedom of roasting their friends. The money flowed into the billionaire boy genius who was only eleven when he started the app. As far as social media sites went, the journalists ripped it to shreds and he was often at the eye of the storm of kids committing suicide or going on mass shootings.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Chief Architect
As a black billionaire he had more problems than most people could count. Antitrust officers hounded him. Tax collectors threatened him. And his wife felt cold. His days as the CEO would be numbered. He wanted to be the chief architect of programming at his tech company in Wilmington, Delaware.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
To See a Dollar
If he had the opportunity, he’d clip the apple. But he looked at the rows in his orchard and the PhDs taking down the genetically modified apples. His company, Awesome Genetics covered a million acres of land across America. From the headquarters in Dover, Delaware, this black billionaire took the time to bring his mind to the forefront and allow his ideas to flow with great fluidity. His billions just represented the concept of him being smart and able to see a dollar in GMOs. He knew what he was doing no matter what room or orchard he found himself.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
System of Ethics
In taking seriously his position as a black father and a billionaire, he kept his business and personal lives intact because of his rigid system of ethics. His virtues in the professional realm actually bled into his familial life. Once he realized that he would be a cool kid to his wife and child as a billionaire, he knew that his business would always be in line with morality.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Aplomb
If there were ever three black billionaires at the top of the list, these individuals deserved it. Two men and one woman started their journeys in similar fashion. They were dead broke. They decided to use their business skills to pull them out of poverty in Newark, Delaware. The entire story about their rise to prominence enchanted some and amazed others.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Portfolio
Her stiletto heels could slice through a balance sheet. Of all the projects and companies in her portfolio, she passed through in the Metaverse. Her brown skin glistened in this augmented reality. She became acquainted with the other business leaders. She kept looking over the portfolio.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Schedules
At twelve, Reyton Onfree was the youngest and only black billionaire living in Wilmington, Delaware. He had hooked up school systems starting in the First State and then expanded across the country and then the world. He walked to the startup executives and shook their hands.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Swimming In It
Swimming in the pool made a large difference when it came to relaxing Verna Hundred’s stress. She had built a ten billion dollar empire based on aiding struggling Internet firms. She knew how to make rotten apples into compost. She took the worst and transformed them into the best. But like composting, she did all this in a process that required paying attention to each step.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Around the Place
The wealthiest man resided in Wilmington, Delaware. Out of the thousands of billionaires in the world, a black man sat at the front of the line. He had built up his fortune in technology and cement to build virtual realities and skyscrapers.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction