short stories
“Don’t go out in the rain.” Those were her grandmother’s last words. Insignificant as they might seem to an outsider, they were very significant to Bisi. They meant: don’t run into the…
Tick. Tick. Tick. With every pulsation, my entire body vibrated. The sound reminded me of the ticking of a clock and one thing is sure: my time was running out. Poor heart,…
This is the story of Amari. Meet Amari, a young boy from a small town on the outskirts of the country, where opportunities were as rare as diamonds. Despite the odds, Amari…
She softly calls out to me, begging me to be touched. I’m in the middle of a prayer session with my mom so I tell her, “Sshh… Not now. At least wait…
Thelma was as timid as they came. Nothing could make her come out of her shell, not even a new environment. Her parents had moved from Nigeria to Canada in the summer…
The first time I broke a plate, I broke a full cooler of them. The crashing sound of their fall made my head ring like a cymbal, or an old alarm clock…
“Mommy, what’s all this now? Why are you harassing me at my workplace? What do you mean by I don’t have respect? You’re the one disrespecting me by discussing an arranged marriage…
Riley has been a talented bass guitarist ever since she first laid her hands on a bass guitar by accident at the age of eight. It all happened during a family vacation.…
If someone had told me that I, Zara Olaosebikan, an ordinary girl from Surulere, would one day become the secret wife of Lagos’ most eligible billionaire, I would have laughed in their…
Nostalgia, I play with that word in my head. These days I wonder so much in my mind that I find it unnecessary to leave my apartment. Preferring to stay indoors mulling…