HÉLAMB MAGAZINE

ABOUT THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Nighttime city skyline with illuminated skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building, lit up in black and white.

My late father was the one who gave that push, offering both the conversation and the belief I needed to start. His encouragement lives in every frame I create. This piece, Summer Evening, is more than an image; it’s a memory, a turning point, and a tribute to the moment I chose to begin.

Eye Got A Story You’ll Get Lost In

Welcome To The Library of

HÉLAMB

—a collection of short stories that weave together life, emotion, and vision. Each piece is a reflection of what I see and feel, shared so you can experience it in your own way. Step inside, read, and enjoy the journey.

NEW MONTHLY READS

BROWN PAPER BAG
Trayvion Brady Trayvion Brady

BROWN PAPER BAG

Her parents had worked hard to move their family into better neighborhoods, better schools, and circles they believed offered protection and advancement. And hidden underneath those ambitions was something uglier that had lived quietly for generations.

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THE COLDEST WINTERS
Trayvion Brady Trayvion Brady

THE COLDEST WINTERS

They say some of the coldest winters on Earth are in Russia, where the air is so cold it keeps the bad people out.

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NEW MONTHLY READS

WHAT ARE WE READING TODAY

Walking through the library, a book finds you—pages whispering of life, love, or a mystery waiting to be unraveled. To my new readers, welcome… enjoy the stories.

Cover of Helamb Magazine, March 2026, featuring a monochrome portrait of a man with a beard, looking thoughtfully upward, holding his crossed arms

“Every day I write. Truly depends on how I feel or what mood I’m in. Or simply what music is playing.”

— Trayvion Brady

-Latest Reads-

Magazine cover page titled 'Soho in Denial' from Hélamb Magazine, April 2026, with a quote and a paragraph of text.
Page from Hélamb Magazine, April 2026, featuring a large initial letter 'L' and a passage of text in a serif font about love and relationships, authored by Trayvion Brady.
Page from Hélamb Magazine featuring an article titled 'Stacked Affair' by Trayvion Brady. The page includes a large letter 'H' at the beginning of the text.
Black and white photo of a Tudor-style house with decorative half-timbering, multiple chimneys, and a large evergreen tree nearby.
A black and white photo of a stone sculpture of a young child playing a flute, surrounded by bushes with trees in the background.

A SHATTER IN THE DARK

In the world of espionage, desperation breeds recklessness, and the organization had reached its breaking point. Time was slipping, options thinning, and their empire of shadows beginning to crack. So they reached for the oldest trick in the book: the honey trap. A stratagem dressed in perfume and promise, where romance—or at least the performance of it—became the bait. She was their swallow, ordered to use seduction as a weapon, compromise as leverage, and intimacy as extraction. But this wasn’t the Cold War; it was high finance, where billions moved at midnight and reputations lived or died before morning. If she succeeded, the hedge fund owner would be theirs to control. If she failed, she would be left to answer for every crime she had committed in the dark. The trap was set—but in frame thrillers like this, the trap always has a way of snapping back.