HISTORIC BLACK BEACH COMMUNITIES

WHERE WE'VE ALWAYS BELONGED

long before the word belonging was fashionable, Black families found it by the water. on shores like Oak Bluffs, Chicken Bone Beach, and Highland Beach, they built havens to rest, to gather slow, to simply be. this collection gathers those shores into one story, each tee carrying a community and the peace it protected. wear it on the sand, or through the cold months when the water feels far away.

WATER IS LIFE

ANKHOR

two symbols. one mark. for those who already know the water as sanctuary.
the anchor holds. the ankh remembers.

read the story of the mark →

from the depths of black coastal memory

WATER LOGS

the towns, the people, the water flowing toward the future. three sci-fi stories a quarter. the past isn't backstory, it's the engine.

issue 2 is out now.

THE ORIGIN STORY

FROM THE BLOCK TO THE BEACH

I started paperxpencil in 2018 because the beach was never just a beach for us. American Beach. Oak Bluffs. Virginia Key. not just vacation spots. places we built when we were kept out of everywhere else.

found, not made. we don't invent this. we recover it.

A free field guide to our shores

JOIN THE QUIET ROOM

the Oceanside Zen Club is where PXP begins. members get the free Historic Black Beach Community Pocket Guide, early access to new releases, and monthly limited-edition giveaways. no noise. just the water.