Finally, the stars dancing in my eyes have disappeared. I blink multiple times and rub them. Seems the thick liquid has finally cleared. Mom’s meals were and still are the best things to me, not seeing stars as I open my eyes, is a close second right now. I try to push myself up but …
‘Yes! Yes!! Yess!!! Urghhh!’ I’m still. Unmoving. I watch as his face contorts into this grotesque form as he finds his release. It kinda reminds me of the time I was little and pooed a big one. Unlike myself I giggle. ‘Hey baby. I made you laugh? Huh?’ His arms wrap around my waist and …
‘Oh God! oh God! oh God! Please. Please. Please. Please. I’m begging.’ ‘Mummy. What are you saying?’ ‘Hush Lola. Don’t worry. Everything is going to be fine.’ BANG! The door was shut with such an enormous force it rattled the little house they lived in. The stench of alcohol sifted through the house and hit …
I know I did not dream as I slept, because what I saw was too vivid to be a dream. I was different. I felt different. Older. Stronger. Taller. I had memories, different memories from my own- memories of a form of confidence and self assuredness that was new to me. New to Ebuwa that …
It has become a common occurrence now. My earliest memory of it was 11? 12 years ago. I was playing with my brother in our room when I felt my head spin. It was slight, nothing serious and I waved it off. Two minutes later, I felt it again. This time, it came with such …
On our hands and knees, we crawled through a network of tunnels, guided by signs inscribed with numbers. Our candidate numbers, among the few items we were allowed to possess as Low Quality Primates, served as indicators of our eventual destinations. Hovering closely were drones, ready and waiting to painfully discipline anyone that attempted a …
At the end, our minds are always drawn to the very beginning. ‘Can’t you go any faster?! I’m in a hurry.’ ‘Oga, you know say na night and rain still dey fall small small. We go still reach. Life na je je.’ Kosi grabbed his knees in an attempt to calm himself. An Uber to …
I stepped through the Gate, and my world became very, very, small. The gate was a Thur’shiatta, a sort of miniature Thur’shien. Unlike the small, portable Thur’cron gates used for the classification ritual, light did not pass through the larger, more power-hungry Gates, and so their ultimate destination would remain a mystery to anyone save …
Nothing lasts forever Wildest Dreams Taylor swift Eva sat in the passenger seat of Ebuka’s car. The nights’ event replaying in her head. ‘Why not go to Ebuka, since you were so happy to have him on top of you.’ She closed her eyes tight in an attempt to block out the memories, the tears, …
“Candidate 4327, please step forward.” Clutching the bag that contained all my possessions in the world except the plain blue unitard that I and the other candidates were required to wear, I stepped forward and lowered my gaze, unable to look directly at the Lhoebitta Adjudicator as she prepared to read out my assessment. “Eyes …