free short stories
“Who would have thought that we would be seated here? In a fancy five-star restaurant like this. Sipping white wine, after everything we’ve been through together? To think the storms almost drowned…
I woke up to the noise outside as every single staff member in my father’s mansion tried to ensure the success of the traditional wedding of my arranged marriage. Looking out the…
“So if I hear you correctly, you are saying that when you try to go to bed every night, you hear the sound of a baby crying? Did I get that right?”…
“I was five years old when my landlady’s house help deflowered me in the backyard of our building. I remember the day like it only happened a minute ago. I was playing a game of hide-and-seek with my friends and we were running around wildly, looking for where to hide our little buttocks…”
“The last time I saw my mother, I was coming home from school and I tripped on my loose shoelaces. She was already at the door waiting for me with an envelope…
Melissa She sat from across the room and watched as his chocolate skin blended with the dark of the night to cast a silhouette of something huge on the bed. “How could…
He was dressed in a fine suit today. Maybe expensive even. Not like the others I had seen on the other pastors, or even on him. He was holding his big Bible. The Amplified Version.
Looking closely, I realized many details I hadn’t noticed before
Maybe it’s ’cause I’m getting executed this week. Everything seems important right now.
As a broken trophy, she was fleeing her home. The blood dripping from her left temple served as a continuous reminder of the pain that she was feeling. It had been a…
The blinding lights matched the fast-paced tempo of my thumping heart. It wasn’t the first or hundredth time, but I still could never imagine myself getting used to the overwhelming buzz of…
“Yooooooooooo! I’m back, my precious babies. Did you all miss me? I know I did. Regina, Prisca, Olive, Mide, Sade, Lateefah, Aisha, Blessing, and of course, my sacred Omo.” He turned round…