A LITERARY IDEA

By Jessica-Ken: The love of money made me do this. Killing Achigamsi, my love. It was disheartening, running the blade on her throat. I’d lured her that day to come stay with me, giving her the reason that I was…

A LITERARY IDEA 3

By Jessica-Ken: Ruthless—brutal, words all linked. I hadn’t known about these words until today. The day my parents were killed and I was made to watch. “Lala! Lala!” It was on that fateful day. The day we were to leave…

A LITERARY IDEA 2

By Jessica-Ken: I was only in Jss2 when my parents died. Used to living in a place of comfort, I tried so hard to get back everything I once had, but it wasn’t so easy. “Would you like to work…

A LITERARY IDEA

By Jessica-Ken: •R~w •Unedited I’m placing the ideas like it is in my head. So, please bear 😊 …………. I ran breathlessly on the lonely road. Someone was chasing me. I hadn’t any idea who it was… or what. All…

The Reading Book

By Paul Anozie: One day, an old shriveled book in a dank corner of a public library decided it did not want to be a book no more; it did not want to be read without end by humans, but…

COKE

By Paul Anozie: COKE Swollen and taut as a Yoruba tom-tom, Ngozi was all belly and bones as she lay helplessly on a tiny part of a bed in the children’s ward at Christ the Saviour Hospital. Her pulse had…

Us

By Mercy Friday: My Superman. So beautiful and perfect. His eyes always bright and filled with light, his smile made my heart flutter because when he smiles it’ll make you feel like the world isn’t perfect without him. His aura…

JUST THEN

By Jessica-Ken: “Commander, come in. There’s been a situation on El street. Do you copy?” “Kids? Kids, where are you?” Xander and Octavia were twins, adventurous and adorable kids. Xander was a minute older than his twin; he claimed to…

LINDA’S DOLL

By Jessica-Ken: Linda had a ragdoll that could sing and talk like every other kid. She could giggle and cackle, and this made Linda always scared. “Mommy, I want a new doll. I don’t like this one,” Linda talked to…

MRS HAWKINS

By Jessica-Ken: “I’m not going, Mommy. I’m not going!” Little Annabel yelled. Her Mom wanted her to go to school, but she refused, stating she wanted to stay home. “Why don’t you want to go to school, baby?” “Mrs Hawkins…