young adult stories
“Tell me, what use is the government if they cannot even give us good roads?” The woman said as she crossed the road with her daughter, trying her best to jump over…
Her parents were already frustrated with her situation, but in fairness to her, she was not trying any less than her best. When the temptation came to be angry at how her…
The first time we met, I didn’t think we were ever going to speak, not to talk of being friends. I was just resuming my internship position at First City Bank and…
A little boy of seven years was sitting in front of the television. His aunt, Amaka, was perched on his lap. At that time, she was a twenty-two years old undergraduate studying…
You’d have to see it in order to believe how genuinely unordinary my Monday morning was. My mother, Mrs. Wogu, was supposed to meet me this afternoon for an early birthday brunch.…
“Hi, I’m Ada. Welcome to my YouTube channel,” I say and freeze. I suddenly can’t get words out of my mouth because I have none stored within. I admit that recording videos…
“RUN!!!” And like ants scampering from the intrusiveness of a flashlight, we ran in different directions like our lives depended on it. And all things considered, it actually did. By this time,…
I swung my hips like I was in a trance and I felt his eyes on me. I felt his gaze dig a scalding hole in my back as I moved side…
“Dave Elba.” My hair stood on end, a shiver raced down my spine and a lump came to my throat. What could be happening right now? What would the outcome be? What…
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…