She was so fagged out that she couldn’t help but sit on the fancy tiled floor that she had just finished mopping.It was one of those weekends were she had to complete series of chores that always left her spent and exhausted. The house of the Dafe’s was huge and so expansive. The duplex had … Continue reading Murder With Conviction: The Appearance
The beauty of time So powerful the sun reverence you So beautiful you adore yourself with stars You who was there before creation Though skeptical about the night But remember the splendor of stars Is only perceive at night Ask the owl, bat and the firefly Secret lovers know better Oh night! The confident of … Continue reading Night
When the car finally pulled up to the entrance to Camp Crystal Lake, Destiny instantly jumped up. Finally she would be away from these jerks! She would find a nice, faraway cabin for herself so that she could relax and read her way into a more peaceful world. Of course, she could do that anywhere. … Continue reading Friday The 13th (2)
20TH CENTURY, NIGERIA. LITERARY ILLITERATE The scene opens on a big school compound, where students are being hurried along by sweaty school teachers on a cold harmattan morning. There is tension in the air, and this can be seen written boldly on the teachers’ faces as they harry students about; the students themselves are a … Continue reading Literary Illiterate
In no time I had a worry And one knew not sorry The lines of my heart keeping aching My every day tide gradually breaking My day left me restless My nights made me sleepless What kept me going, Was the times that kept coming My heart is undecided My feelings so divided … Continue reading Mixed Feelings
Quinn “You fucking bastard!” Lee boo yelled jolting up from his seat just as soon as the music in the bar rolled to an end and I shrunk. Oh my God! What have I done?” “You coward!” Lee boo continued his gaze fixed on Odion. Sharon got up from her seat and then began … Continue reading The Exes 5/5
Divorce is better than love captivity You’re divorced, a good choice You’re divorced and now you’re dating your pastor I have a lot to pour out from the bottom of my bowels but I’m not born to the shore of this world to judge anyone; God knows more… No leaf shall fall without the consent … Continue reading You’re Divorced
Weeks passed with agonizing slowness, during which Gabrielle and her children flew to the US to recuperate through therapy and a change of environment. Ifeoma seemed resentful, Ekene was confused, and Gabrielle was exhausted. Ifeoma resented Gabrielle for how quickly she ran into the arms of another man days after her husband’s death. The therapist … Continue reading Craving Hope (XIV)
Another immigrant washing away leftovers from plates He might have flown over the seas or she, across the harsh desert Over and across, don’t matter Tall fences blocking aliens away Long stretched out rivers. We are all the same, uniquely shaded for the sun We of the gun-shaped origins, eyes all crisp with dimly lit … Continue reading Diasporan Blues
Imade heard the scattered voices behind the door. Her palms became sweaty and her forehead throbbed in pain. Her once plum lips badly bruised; a slight cut on her cheeks and her left eyes was left swollen. She tried to shift from her sitting position but the pain from her stomach stabbed at her. She … Continue reading King of Two Cities
Day: 8 Month: February Year: 2060 Time: 6:00PM Janet Umoh’s fingers raced across the thin keyboard as fast as she could push them. She grabbed a mug beside her and took a few gulps of the black coffee inside before setting it back down and continuing. How frigging hard is it to find this guy … Continue reading Naija 2060: Season One Finale: For My Country (1)
You died today, praying about your tomorrow, singing praises to the creator of the mightiest of thrones. You bit on kola nuts, like you said our forefathers did, saying the flattering praises of Obatala. You smiled at the claps of thunder, you said it’s your prayer delivery report from Sango. Your eyes dimmed from the … Continue reading Leaders of Tomorrow
I can feel it in my nerves. Every part of my body is yelling ‘Liar! Liar.’ I can feel that Shiri has known about me. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have behaved that way last week. And she wouldn’t have switched off her phone on me. I am hoping she calls me, just but to tell me … Continue reading Diary of a Rogue Priest: How I Killed the Bishop
The horrific crime had the same attributes as the others; a suburban area, a deserted house, two grotesquely mutilated bodies –man and woman- lying in a pool of their congealed blood, facing each other in a strange alignment of death with their lifeless eyes locked in an endless, expressionless stare. Maggots and flies devoured the … Continue reading Share a Death
3.30 am 23rd May, 2015 I bask in the glory that he reaches out to me as early as 3 am reciting love poetry or recalling our love escapades but no matter how hung up i am to the past or how needy to those words at the moment, what still remains as the unscathed … Continue reading Diary of the Mistress