Your Baby by Emmy Onwe

The day she broke up with you, she said, “There are things I used to feel that I no longer feel.” But it wasn’t just her. You felt the same as well. There were emotions you wanted to hold in the palm of your hands that had deserted you. Perhaps it could be likened to…

Loss and Revenge by Mfena Ortswen

It hollows out your heart and rips you from within. Loss. I recognized the pain from the gaping hole in my chest, where you used to reside until her swaying hips lured you away. That cursed hole yawns wider as Christmas draws closer. You filled my heart the same way you filled my purse and…

Her Future by Dorcas Akobundu

They told her this: the future is bright. Oh, they said this: you’ll make it, you’ll be someone special, just believe. She stares at the crack in the wall, at the hole in the ceiling. This is her future: stuck in the rot of poverty, aiding the cycle her parents began. They told her this:…

Friendship is…

Okon is standing in front of Julia, the zip of his trousers directly in her face. I want to shove him away from her so badly, but she doesn’t seem to  notice it. She’s looking up at him with a silly smile on her face, as one enthranced. I scoff. I don’t know what girls…

Emma must Notice me

Emma is the most handsome boy in my class. Infact, I think he is the most handsome boy in the world. Who can be more handsome than my Emma? I am not biased when I say this. Even though I never had this huge crush on him, I would still think so. First of all,…

When Beauty Sleeps

Being beautiful is not something Tochi ever thought she would be, not even in her wildest imagination. From childhood, she had heard the snide remarks, seen the cutting glances that usually looked her in wonder, especially if they met her any of her siblings first. She was used to being the ugly one in the…

Every Good Thing

Didi stood awkwardly, uncertain what to with her hands.

How did it come to this, that she would be reduced to a blubbering mass of awkwardness before her mother and younger sister?

The Abduction of Rose

My best friend Rose has been abducted by aliens and I am the only person that knows this. The aliens replaced Rose with a replica, one that looks like her and has her voice but I am not fooled. The replica is not acting like Rose at all. That first night in the dormitory, the…

A Memory of Screams

Once, it had been Agatha who had held the sacred duty of reminding Ruth to bathe, to brush her teeth, to blink her eyes every few seconds so people will not think she was a statue.

It was futile because Ruth and her blank confident stare held all the power, even though Agatha was the grown-up and Ruth, the child.

A COVID Sentence

My entire family will be dead in three weeks’ time but they don’t know it yet. My father is a bus driver and my mother sells crayfish in the street market. Ever since the virus scare began, they barely pay attention. In school, we were told to always wash our hands, avoid touching our face…