That Morning, swear to God, I shat my pants! It was the morning of my first job interview and the morning i saw the strangest thing in my life. I lived in a one-bedroom apartment Read More
May 232013
Flash
May 222013
These are my words my dear Hear me hear me I say, Your destiny is what, where and when they chose that day. Not by sword of fear, nor by shield or spear, Shall the Read More
May 212013
Approvingly quiescent, Bamza sat next to the large garbage bin. “At last,” he sighed, he was finally in perfect melancholy. This was the only place in the circus that was without laughter or forced delirium. Read More
May 212013
Mommy and Daddy are fighting again. They would never say it but I know it is about me. I am seven years old but I can’t sit, can’t talk and can’t walk. All I do Read More
May 192013
The drumming drops of the falling rain gave a rhythmic beat to the thoughts that plagued his mind. His thoughts though clouded by the shields put up by the pangs of hunger, thrust through Read More
May 152013
I love family weddings. That being said, I know it is wrong for a guy to love such girly fancy stuff but it’s only on weddings that I get to see my cousins and Read More
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 092013
The air is damp, pregnant or for lack of words, speaks of a birth awaiting. I stop, tilt my head upwards and breathe deeply. Filling my lungs with molecules of foreboding, I notice the stars Read More
May 072013
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May 052013
“I’m pregnant,” she blurted out. She now had my attention. “I’m pregnant, J…” “I heard you,” I said, a slight tinge of irritation getting the better of my voice. A thousand things to Read More
May 052013
No Longer The Same “Like a fall-out leaf of a dry tree Like a broken string of an ancient violin Like a paused hand of an old clock Like a dying sun of the evening Read More
Apr 302013
I advanced under the pouring rain, unaware of the water seeping through my clothes, unaware of the thunder claps and flashing lightening, unaware of the wet bodies bumping into me, in a bid to get Read More
Apr 252013
She was fruity, ripe, and ready to be plucked. Her charm, her elegance, were well dotted in her eyes: those eyes subtly glimmering with innocence, well announced by her beautifully curved eyelashes. She was garbed Read More
Apr 242013
“I hate you !” She curled up a ball of spit and mucus in her mouth and spat at her. Ibukun jumped back with amazing reflex and saw that it landed an inch to where Read More
Apr 192013
In, out, in, out, in, out, Ephraim went at Toyosi. Toyosi stared blankly into the night, the night in her head. Outside the brocade curtained window, the Sun spied the Moon slinking away mournfully. Her Read More
Apr 172013
“Only a fool will think of such a thing” Iya Ronke said, shaking her crossed legs and chewing on her toothpick, ”only a fool will think rape is nothing!” She spat. Her arms were folded and Read More
Apr 172013
“This girl, you keep trying me, abi?” Dave asked, looking down the proffered cleavage. Angela laughed teasingly, still using her arms to push her breasts together, a coquettish smile playing on her pretty face. Read More
Apr 102013
A few Saturdays ago, I drove to lagos for a meeting. Riding with me was Yemi,a childhood friend. Somewhere about two hundred metres before the MFM camp on the Lagos-Ibadan express road, we ran into Read More
Mar 242013
Chuckling, I brought out money from my pocket to buy the ticket. This was life as it should be led and I was thoroughly enjoying it. This week, I made a conscious decision to Read More
Mar 232013
I need my father. I finally acknowledge the fact. I had needed him since I went bankrupt, and found out that I had no friend, only parasites, latching on till I was sucked dry before Read More