‘Oakland Tower, Two Zero Tango at Runway 11, ready for take off’ ‘Two Zero Tango, please hold and you are number five for take off behind the Go Places Fokker 28’ ‘Roger Oakland, number five for Read More
May 132013
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May 122013
Pelumi moaned. She’d be waiting for this moment for so long. She’d even begun to wonder if she’d only imagined her Oga giving her those lingering sexy looks. But,no! She’d been right, obviously. If not, Read More
May 122013
Seeded dreams in the cornrows of her hair, sprout in the moonlight of the bed where Ala* lay dead. Global warming between her legs. We’d torn the compass from her head, got lost in the Read More
May 112013
If anyone told me my boredom would get me laid I won’t believe, this story is about my first sexual experience, I feel like writing about it, not because it’s kinky, but I have Read More
May 102013
When they came They were as white as snow With noses long as a peacock’s beak As if from their noses they spoke Hair made of gold With force, hatred and vexation They swept Read More
May 102013
Zee was sitting down on a brown cushion in her living room. She was staring at her face book page on the screen of her two year old HP 630 black laptop. Date April 5th Read More
May 082013
Everyone is looking for an honest way to provide for his or her family and to succeed in life. Success has many definitions ranging from feeling good about one’s achievements to having fame and fortune Read More
May 082013
She came in a duffel coat To the mill of words Bearing a beautiful heart On a beautiful day, nay a Beauty to behold. The soul, a plethora of Riches like that ancient Queen of Read More
May 072013
This war is a war of slavery, of bruised egos and insulted pride. This war posing as a war of unification, cloakin as a war against disintegration, is a total irony. This war with trademark charred remains, disembered ghouls and hunger-ravaged zombies dead-walking on spaghetti legs, is a crime. This war, civil yet with more civilian casualties, with more home dead in red cross camps than forest battlefields, is uncivili and barbaric. This war, a quarter-century later in the hideous maulings, vicious dissections and torchings by patriots and jihadists clasping qurans and chanting the greatness of God, Echoes again.
May 062013
At the beginning, if it was possible for Dayo to cut out his heart and give it to Ifeoma, if only to win her love, then he’d have done it without hesitating. He did everything Read More
May 062013
Promise and her room-mates sat on the King-size bed playing a game of ludo. It was a Saturday evening; rather than hang out at an eatery or a suya joint, they decided to remain indoors. Read More
May 062013
You sometimes make me cry and at the same time smile You are near yet can only be reached in distant mile I hold you in my arms but still sense your fluidity Makes me Read More
May 052013
THE BETRAYAL OF A PROSTITUTE: A SHORT STORY Here I am again deep in thoughts. Did I jump into conclusion? But I saw them; they were naked two of them on my matrimonial bed? But Read More
May 042013
The difference between the girl and the woman is that the former is innocent and the latter is guilt-filled Fresh and naive as against a heavy, broken heart; the body of youth in contrast to Read More
May 042013
I had been crawling behind Clara, on each and every step of the stairs. Scare beyond my wits, I had stubbornly refused to heed the foreboding fear churning at my guts. I thought I could Read More
May 032013
Shimmering water slurped on the edge of the footpath as the sun beat down on the Marina. Oni’s sandaled feet shuffled in the hot weather as he stared at the ships on the other side Read More
May 022013
My first couple of days were quiet. I practically slept through till Monday, then I went to work and introduced mysef. I have to say here, been a Lagos bobo and used to the Read More
May 012013
Flow, the Muse calls… I know not what to write. The words flow but nothing comes out right the journey from the heart to the hand stops the communication from the hand to the heart flops… Read More
May 012013
As the six men in black tuxedo tossed the long white box to and fro, all I could do was to open my mouth in amazement and just follow, dancing. This sweet memory, I will Read More
May 012013
Promise stood under the torture of the morning sun and tried to get a cab to work. Unlike Lagos, cab fares in the capital city was fairly cheap. She would have opted for a bus, Read More