Nkechi stared at the blank screen on her laptop, with her eyes widening as fast as her heart was sinking. The blank screen stared back with a dreadful finality. “Oh God no no please not [...]

Later, Dominic slept. He did not dream. # It was not a motel hotel. The village had no hotel to speak of and travellers usually lodged at the houses of relative. The weathered old man [...]

Dominic’s pencil broke and he almost cried. Almost. He was down to the last nib, barely any wood clinging to the pencil lead, holding it between the tips of his index finger and thumb, scratching, [...]

I thought I had lost this file years ago: THE OTHER CHILD, an excerpt from one of my first pieces. Feel free to tear it part with critiques, thanks.

Shadow By Tade Thompson I met a man with no shadow today. He crossed into the village limits near dusk, furtive but resolute. He wanted to find the Mamman. He did not understand my description [...]

Amorous pools sable and deep Set lightly upon lustrous smile Thy moonlit skin my heart doth keep Stow’d away upon distant isle Evermore to serve thy desire Thy will my own ‘till I retire   [...]

As the taxi drove through the gates and into her brother’s compound, the vague feeling of unrest that had haunted Ada all through the forty five minute flight from Abuja to Lagos heightened. She had [...]

Rule number one: be smart. No dull yourself. D’boy was not dulling himself. He was lurking around the outer fringes of the small crowd at the newspaper vendor’s stand, looking for a promising pocket to [...]