It’s a different kind of grief when you cease to exist in the mind of someone you love; when your existence is reduced to a shadow, to elusive grains of sand constantly sifting between the fingers that once held you. The stab of loss hits different when you look intoContinue Reading
“I saw Emerie with a guy down at New Haven.” It’s almost like a casual remark tossed absently as he tapped on the console of his game pad, but I know that edge. That edge in his voice that came before one of his whirls. I swallow,Continue Reading
When the fellowship called you for the interview, you were not exactly surprised. Virtually every committed member was interviewed during the selection process for a new tenure of executives. You were a member of the Bible study unit; it was an easy fit. From your time with Mrs. Akerele,Continue Reading
TOO YOUNG FOR THAT – Episode one Amaju Izokiri paced the floor of the cluttered room he shared with Tega. He was restless, livid, unwilling to accept the content of the mail he’d just received. He glanced at his phone screen again and hissed. He was the one who pitchedContinue Reading
Ebuka walked down the school corridor like a floating mass of colors. He was that student that was the unending fascination of all the other students; the SS2 boy who had shining grades, a good rapport with his mates and even seniors, he was a spectacular striker on theContinue Reading
Lately I’ve barely had time to write a short story, right now I’m grappling with final year project and all the serenren that comes with try to clinch a Bsc. However, I’ve been getting smatterings of inspiration here and there and I’ve decided to string them together intoContinue Reading
Olamide plunked on the couch and exhaled. “Chai! It’s been so long since I came here o. How is your life now?” Deborah blew air on her freshly painted nails before she responded. “Ola, my life is like good moin-moin: sweet but messy” “What? How didContinue Reading
Moshud had just left his workspace and he sincerely wished he hadn’t. He wanted him to linger at his table, perched by the edge, cracking silly jokes. But admitting the fact is the last thing Adameji Gabriel will do. He knew for certain that if he asked Moshud toContinue Reading
Asake half sat, half sprawled herself on her *agban’tara which was in front of her house. Her house: one of the few in the village with a corrugated iron roof. Usually whenever she observed the village while lounging on her inherited agban’tara, she would feel a sweeping sense of pride,Continue Reading
In the first JAMB I wrote -I’ve written three in one lifetime, it’s safe to say I was their regular customer for a while. But that’s gist for another day- so I was saying about the first JAMB I wrote, among the physics questions there were about three onContinue Reading