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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Nine Lives
Nine days for the thief and one day for the owner of the house... The words surfaced from nowhere and germinated in the back of my mind like unwanted weed. I wasn’t sure where I had heard them but it was surprising how it emerged when it was least needed....
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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, 3
A sharp gasp in the bathroom. He paused and listened, slowly but surely two soft moans followed. He knew that moan anywhere. He had heard it a thousand times from different angles and in different positions. The sensation that followed was almost indescribable.
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Trapped In My Body
Blurb When darkness is your only admirer and the mirror mocks you in glaring light, what is left of your self esteem? Story “Did you see Miss Piggy today?” “Her mother should have swallowed her!” My heart sank as I listened from one of the stalls, with my knees drawn...
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The Life and Times of a Successful Middlechild: The Bad Guy
“Right, let’s keep buttering him up with compliments, especially every time we want to flash him his minimal profit margin… You know we can’t lose him. Keep him high on that horse; this season’s indicators strongly lean towards a bull run, we can make back everything we lost anyway.” I...
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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, 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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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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Bondage: Start Again
Blurb Mad lust and good looks bound her by her hands and feet, and whisked her over its shoulders. Wistfully, she smiled as she was carried away, unaware that she had just begun a journey that would leave her powerless. Follow Laura’s tragic journey back to light. Story “Next time,...
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