The air was hot, humid, stinking. Or maybe it was just me. Mud scored the pristine floor as I walked; squishing around in my shoes, my socks, my pants… My feet? _Where are my feet?_ I panicked. I couldn’t feel them, but I could feel the mud. Crawling across every inch of my skin. Making …
Dec 20, 2020. It’s almost Christmas, many countries are still on lockdown or partial lockdown because of the coronavirus. Scientists say the doomsday clock is still on and we all know that the world is truly coming to an end when Donald Trump married Beyoncé as his third wife and sold Alaska to Russia for …
The smell of food woke her up. Even being presumably far from the kitchen, she could still sniff out hints of what seemed to be a chicken-centered dinner. Her favorite. At first, she thought it was a dream. Her subconscious playing cruel tricks with her mind, making her envisage one of her pressing desires, but …
“you are a friend of the dark, gloom is your ally” Every night your voices echo as i sleep Then like a dark mirage they come alive in my dream Your cold fingers running through my neck Then the whisper from behind.. It says “I am the voice of the dead” “You have been chosen …
The Monk raised his eyes, and everyone fixed their gaze on his shaved face and full head of hair. He started to speak, trying too hard to steady his trembling voice. “You see, nothing prepares a human being well enough for the eventuality of death. He spends his whole life in spite of it, most …
Lekan was walking down from the ATM just beside the entrance to a popular Lagos market when everything went to shit. Like shit hitting the fan and spread round the four corners of the walls of his life. He was hearing commotion behind him but paid it no attention until he heard a woman scream …
Toy? How am I a toy? Do I look like a Teddy bear? But I don’t say anything. I don’t want Tosin’s daddy to be angry, and hit me again. ‘Wear your clothes sweetheart, you’re going for a little drive.’ He moves away from me and pulls out a jacket from his closet. Drive. The …
I watch as Tosin approaches me and see that he’s serious. He really wants to force himself on me. My mind is racing, what can I do? What can I say to stall him as I think of something? ‘Tosin. You don’t want to do this.’ I move a little to my side that’s facing …
Last night I dreamt of my neighbour’s horse. It’s not a real horse, just a little ceramic model perched on top of the gate, watching everything and everyone. It appeared like a real horse in the dream and it spoke to me. It told me that the time I was waiting for had come, I …
‘Good morning sweetheart.’ I feel Tosin’s daddy’s hands touch my cheek and try not to turn my face away. ‘I’m sure my clothes were able to keep you warm last night.’ I refuse to look at him and the hand that is touching my cheek squeezes my face forcing me to look at him. My …