Before Letting Go 3
"I can just approach her. After all, she is my colleague. I can just walk over there and introduce myself." These were Akpan's thoughts, but it was a bad mistake...
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I Met The Devil’s Child
Mama always told us that at midnight, the village witches turned into crows and owls and would sing their dirges in the evil forest. I and Ali would quiver under the ankara sheets, frightened to our toes...But Ali was no longer frightened.
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Before Letting Go
Akpan moved his lips slow, licking to make them wet again. He glimpsed the other guys in the room without turning his head; no one was looking at him; Akpan was relieved. His spoon was at the ready in his pocket; it had been in his pocket all day, travelling...
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Letting Go, 4
And there he was, looking rough and worn out in a tired suit, but still a better representation than what he had been earlier that morning. Why did he always look so tired? She wondered. Had God answered her prayers by slapping karma down on him hard after all these...
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Letting Go, 2
She had once been his for the taking. Once. He wondered what happened then. The past was a clutter of dawdled memories. He shook them off. He would focus on the Edima he saw today. How had she grown so beautiful over the years? Like an uninteresting shell, a cocoon...
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Before Letting Go 4
This episode is in continuation from “Before Letting Go 3” Hey, pretty maiden in the garden…No! Too cheeky. Akpan slowed down. She’ll think I’m stupid. I wan form Shakespeare inside Nigeria. Akpan heard his own breaths. Keep it simple, Akpan. Akpan flexed his shoulders; he had already slowed to slow...
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Goosebumps
Blurb When you are wrapped under sheets with cool breeze wafting over you from open windows, and the moon’s beam is your spotlight; you think this makes for a perfect night’s sleep until an eerie presence decides to keep you company. Find out in this thrilling tale. Story Something roused...
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Regret: The Things you should have known
“Just remember, if you need to use the bathroom, ring this little bell and I’ll be here in a flash,” Freddy said to me. His smile was warm and friendly, and his touch reassuring, but I felt belittled. It felt like the whole universe had finally taken a dump on...
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Dad’s Passing
I lay wide awake in bed, heavy with exhaustion but unable to slip away. The wailing kept me awake—an unsettling sound so broken and hollow, like a woman in excruciating pain; it seemed as if someone was seeking an end, ravaged and tired. It was the sound of my Dad...
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Contemplations
The old man in agbada was winking at me. I tried to ignore him, since scowling at him was yielding no result. He probably thought I was another one of those young girls he could deceive. I wonder about those girls, and how they manage to see past his pot...
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