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A DOGG IS A DOG

His name is Dogg.

He was christened Dogg.

At the tender age of eight, he was the sweetheart and heartbreaker of almost half the girls in his school.  He would “take care” of them and in turn, they would give him sweets and chewing-gum [...]

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I Remember

”I don’t think I love you anymore”

Blood was rushing to my head.

I felt myself sway.

What was he saying? What was Emeka talking about??

Focus.

”I think it’s best I’m honest with you”

Is he breaking up with me??

Here?

Now?

Why?

[...]

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Stereotypes, shmeriotypes…

So I am one of those who listened with attention and admiration to Chimamanda Adichie’s address on the danger of a single story. Good stuff. Really. So I decided to do some self-examination and see where my stereotypes have turned up when I least [...]

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HOW TO WRITE ROMANCE

If you’ve read my tagline, you will know I’m probably the last person to be writing this. If there’s one place my writing talents don’t extend to, it’s the world of romance. Not that I don’t read romance, I do. I read Nora Roberts, [...]

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Miss Sociology

She sat still in the atmosphere of a cemetery. Lolade looked grim at the barren lines of her paper. Others with swollen pupil having held sleep hostage filled the gaps. She was at a loss of what to pen. The pen looked too heavy [...]

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RESILIENCE

He moved, leading the troll

They all depended on him

I did, still do

Are we on the right track?

They ask

Yes

But I see a mist

Do you have faith?

Do you trust?

Believe?

Are you strong?

We are there

Gradually

I [...]

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The Fall Out

“When Words Fail You” was supposed to be a one-off but I am trying to see if I can write anything longer than a short story… Here’s chapter 2. [...]

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TOO LATE

I am numb. I simply can’t believe all that I am hearing. I look at Dad and I pity him. It can’t be easy for him.

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My name is Gbenro and for as long as I can remember, I have always hated [...]

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THE LAST DANCE

She was just been openly jilted by her boyfriend.  After their dinner, he told her that he had fallen in love with someone else, a more beautiful lady than herself.  They had been inside a restaurant and in front of everyone, she threw a [...]

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JUST A PHONE CALL

JUST A PHONE CALL

You may always have me to miss

And we may never always kiss

But it will always be okay

Cos I’m just a phone call away

All you got [...]

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Irreplaceable (...chapter 1, tart series)

It’s classified. Men are bastards.

Dunni just called me. Apparently, Queen Bitch is in town. Yes, Nasir’s girlfriend came in from London yesterday AND she’s going to be in town for a little over a week. Last night, he took her to freaking DC [...]

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MURDER ON THE LINE(2)

I knew I was going to die. I was hanging with my life but I did not want to die. No one just wants to die like that (and in the manner I found myself. A painful death.) I had to save myself [...]

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Best Laid Plans

The large pendulum clock inside the bank manager’s office struck 11:00am – eleven ominous strokes of doom. Standing in front of the huge reinforced-metal bank safe was the bank manager himself, his brows beaded with perspiration, and his fingers trembling as he tried to [...]

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Come stroll a calabash with me.../Man with amulet

Come stroll a calabash with me…

Come stroll a calabash with me

Come stroll a calabash with me

Come stroll a calabash with me

A calabash with me, a calabash with me

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Here I am in my shimi

Come stroll a calabash with [...]

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How Many Frogs Shall A Princess Kiss?

I always knew I am beautiful. From the time I was three, I had been turning heads. If there was ever an impromptu beauty pageant at a birthday party, I was picked to wear the crown. There was no contest; that was how good [...]

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