short stories
The room was dark. Man and insect moved stealthily, each unaware that the other was privy to their presence. The cockroach flitted around the pots of food, lifted itself up by its…
Dear Diary, I am in love with life. I think there is a melody in the swish of the wind and the thump of our feet against the floor. I think the…
I stare at the young man over the counter and he stares back at me. He is a good looking young man with dark smoky eyes and soft looking black beard. His…
This tale is not for people who want to read stories just the way they happened. The gradual projection of events and not the scattered remembrance of events that is normal for…
As the iron gates opened, Sheila saw the first ray of sun she hadn’t seen in the last 10 years. Asides the routine work and games they were entitled to, which required…
I thought I had a perfect life. A perfect family, perfect friends and the love of my life. My parents doted on me, leaving all their wealth at my disposal and yet…
This was the second body to wash up the St. Luke’s. Two girls had gone missing in the last two months and this gave the Interpol police a bit of a scare.…
She was just like all the other teenage girls, always on her phone. Day and night searching and viewing those things that concern them and those things that do not. Sacrificing quality…
And this isFor colored girlsWho have consideredSuicide but areMoving to theends of theirOwn rainbows ~~ Ntozake shange Every girl needs a hero in her life. Day One: A New Start? On the…
“I’m waiting for someone,” Maya said loudly, to the guy on the table beside hers. The young man looked at her in confusion. “You were staring at me… it’s because you think…