Fire!” Sarah screamed For a while, I couldn’t grasp the meaning of what she had said. The reality of what was happening eluded me. I had become unconscious for too long to be able to [...]

This time he would obey mummy. He wanted to see that good smile that lit up her face whenever she was pleased with him. He liked that smile. It wasn’t like the one he had [...]

Dominic’s pencil broke and he almost cried. Almost. He was down to the last nib, barely any wood clinging to the pencil lead, holding it between the tips of his index finger and thumb, scratching, [...]

It was the early hours of the day. Buyers were already in the farm to get eggs. But the eggs were not enough and some people had to go elsewhere. The farmer was sad. So [...]

The okada came to a stop just by the side of the road. Peter dismounted and paid the okada. The bike noisily clambered along the sand strip before it joined the main road. Peter dusted [...]

There were no claps of thunder or flashes of lightning, nothing spectacular as we often liked to tie to changes.  But I guess that depends on which perspective you tend to look at things from. [...]

                          I AM LEE ANOPHELES   I   am Lee Anopheles from the family Anophelinae .I  was introduced to the world on 17th sabathe [...]

EVERY MAN DIES 2. By morning, Aniekan had put the night’s episode behind him. Gold was downstairs in the kiosk gearing up for the day’s trading, arranging her wares –bread, eggs, ‘pure water’, provisions and [...]

The summer sun peeped through the venetian blinds. A gentle breeze stirred quietly. There was serenity outside. The atmosphere seemed scented. I smiled as I visualized myself in a different country, a brand new world! [...]

Meetings between them after that had been awkward. Their shared secret caused forced pleasantries. Forced as they were, these showed the nicer side of both persons and that made for more meetings. Gradually Uju became [...]

Blackout! Just before the bullet found its mark, Remi had a flashback of the flash bang and Lade squeezing her eyes shut before squeezing the trigger. She hadn’t thought Lade would have the guts to [...]