I walked on, one step after another. My eyes roamed the items displayed on the racks, though I barely saw a thing. With each new step, I slipped away from the world around me. The only reality I was spared was the repeated echo of Bala’s words in my head: I can’t marry you. Still … Continue reading A Virginity Test
Am I a horrible person for wanting to kill my own child? That was what I asked the psychiatrist my parents sent me to. It was such a struggle to keep my own child in me. I tried everything possible to make sure she wasn’t born. None of those things worked. Hope was born after … Continue reading When In Nigeria- Part 11
Mama Ola knew something strange was going on when she saw her husband’s blue Jincheng motorcycle in the compound. It was three o’ clock in the afternoon, so it was too early for him to be home. For two months, he had been coming in the evenings because he was doing some plumbing for a … Continue reading Wealth Has Come
In The Eyes Of A MadMan A mad man sees things that no one else sees and he laughs because the things he sees are beautiful. Nnadi, a young man newly entering his second decade in Umuturu village, placed a pad upon his shoulder and lifted the basket of cassava onto it. He whistled as … Continue reading In The Eyes Of A MadMan
They called me fool. They said we weren’t even married yet, and I was wasting away, waiting. They said he was probably rotting under the ground and that I will wait till my breasts sag; till my skin shrinks into old age. I watched them tell me these, but I chose to stick to … Continue reading Thick and Thin
Not Even a Nod. I zoomed out of the house after I found my phone where I had dropped it under the sofa seat. With any luck, I wouldn’t be too late to work today. From my house I got into a molue bus-getting fairly extinct these days but it was one of the cheaper … Continue reading Not Even A Nod
Her question, like a catapulted stone, hit deep into my heart and electrifies my body. Her pleading eyes and cloudy face send chills to my veins. I shiver. Then lower my head. My throat is heavy with frozen words. As much as I need you like oxygen, value you like my eyes, dream of … Continue reading The Tale Of Two Dying Stars (episode 7)
I shake his hand, and look into his bloodshot eyes. I dislike him immediately. He leans in for a brotherly hug. I hug back mechanically. I have to. We’re brothers, after all. Not by blood, but by blood oath. “You don reach,” he says. It’s not a question, so I don’t bother to answer. “When?” … Continue reading The Decision
Steering my ship in the unfriendly waters of time Having to navigate the deadly torrents The currents became fiercer as the waves rose which made my heart flutter Looking at the treasures at the shore and on the coastal plains through my spy glass, all looked within sights but out of reach Little did I … Continue reading A Lost Cause
I’ve said goodbye to quiet Christmases in the most shocking of ways. Not that the people in the kitchen are so many; there are only thirteen of us, a welcome change from yesterday when all of twenty two women cooked and fried and sweated into open pots. But what we’ve lost in number, … Continue reading A Different Tongue
-5- MAXWELL You ever do something that seemed like a great idea at the time but later it’s like you are not so sure anymore? It was one of those days when we had longer nights and shorter days. I knew this because it was just 7PM but the moon was already out, shinning in … Continue reading Why I Want To Be Bad 5
After the incident, I made concerted efforts to renew my relationship with Tope. I was going to work hard at our relationship. Tope deserved better. He had been very good to me. I was just going to have to live with the guilt of what I did. I could never let him know what … Continue reading Leaving The Past In The Past (Finale)
“Oh, no,” I shake my head, “I don’t even know how to thank you.” “Really?” Her face brightens, smile perching on her lips. “I…I wonder how you get to know.” “You submitted your credentials on my desk, didn’t you?” “Oh, thanks for being so kind, boss. I must say, you are the kindest boss … Continue reading The Tale Of Two Dying Stars (Episode 6)
The Deranged Enraged It’s always a pleasure watching a mentally deranged man displaying lunatic activities but no one would ever pray to share his fate. As a kid Mathew and his two friends had always been elated to help Kunle whenever he was on the mission to serve Galali his meal. If not owing to … Continue reading The Deranged Enraged
The sun drifted low in the sky. Lara glanced at her watch. “It’s getting late Nkechi.” She blew out a long breath. ”Standing here will not solve the problem.” I stood unmoving, crossing my arms over my chest. “I don’t know what to do Lara.” I shook my head and turned my gaze away. “I … Continue reading Mother-in-law: Episode 2