I dropped my fork when I saw her walk into the hotel’s restaurant, her underwear peeking cagily from behind her thin, stylish summer dress. She stopped and scanned the room as if she were looking [...]
May 172012
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Apr 192012
Kim stopped advancing towards Mmayen, but kept both of her hands on the gun and her eyes on Mmayen. Kim sighed deeply, and then slowly stretched out her left hand to accept Sunday’s cell phone. [...]
Mar 262012
“Ouch!” Sunday flung the charred pot away and gripped his right wrist reflexively. The smoking pot slammed against the refrigerator, bounced about aimlessly, and then settled awkwardly at a corner on the checker board [...]
Mar 112012
“Stop her!” “Who is this?” Uncle Ebong’s deep baritone boomed on the other end of the phone line. “Sunday.” Uncle Ebong paused. “Are you all right?” “Is Mmayen there?” “She just left with the car. [...]
Mar 062012
The up-and-down movement of the knife in Kim Afia’s grip kept up with Earl Klugh’s guitar licks as the knife sliced the red carrot into bits. Kim swayed gently to the music, at once dancing [...]
Jan 182012
I stepped out onto the concrete pavement fronting the two-story brick public housing building and froze in place. To my right, a black top beckoned. It stretched into the far distance, crisscrossing with the main [...]
Jan 022012
I rose up to go forward. My feet would not cooperate. I stood in place. Like a pole. Pitch-black darkness. Others moved about. I could hear the sounds of their feet. Giggles, nervous laughters. “Ssssh.” [...]
Dec 082011
Babeji reached back and flicked his wrist in a bid to hit Kenechi. Kenechi leaned backwards in time to avoid the swipe. “Give me that thing!” Babeji ordered. “No!” “I told you not to sing [...]
Oct 122011
Yellow… …almost reddish from overexposure to the Sun… …and bursting with the scent of pubescence… Ripe. Paw paw. But it wasn’t the fruit I was focused on. “How much?” I asked, my tone tinged with [...]
Sep 142011
Abina glanced to her left and noticed something out of the ordinary. A model car, sleek as they came, sat on the concrete curb a few feet from her. How did it get there? The [...]
Aug 082011
Gloria ran into the room and then froze in place. “What are you doing?” I stood up straight, pressed the gun’s nuzzle against my right temple, and then caressed the trigger nervously. I stood there [...]
Jul 312011
I sat up straight as the pink door curtain in front of me parted, announcing an entrant. Led by her sweet and subtle perfume, she slowly stepped into the dimly-lit room, releasing the curtains to [...]
Jul 172011
Friday nights were “Boogie Nights” at L.A. Buka. DJ Kobaso, the resident disc jockey, kept the dancing floor bumping with world beat grooves. The eatery was transformed from its cozy and inviting lunch and dinner [...]
May 172011
The tall, frowning airline attendant popped open the overhead covers as she cat-walked the jumbo jet’s narrow aisle, and then released a visible aerosol into them. Phish, phish. “What’s she doing?” Akwete asked, his brow [...]
Feb 082011
OKON 2 “Wait!” The bus rolled to a stop, cutting off the spontaneous religious singing that had engulfed the bus as a result of a successful ministerial trip to the rental units next door. All [...]