THE DAY THE CHOIR LOST IT'S MORALE.___DAILY PROMPT 22 SEPT
The small church choir in Nkpor had not sung in three weeks. Their choirmaster, Sister Joy, traveled to Lagos and left them with one instruction - "keep rehearsing". But without…
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THE MAN WHO SMILED AT HIS OWN HEARTBREAK 💔
Today's prompt is suppress the feeling. Musa has loved Laila since they were in secondary school. Everybody in Unguwar Rimi knew it. Laila knew it too, but she pretended not to…
MY GRANDFATHER'S LARGE SHOES__20TH SEPT
The prompt today is large. My grandfather died last year and left me only one thing. A large pair of brown shoes. I was angry. My cousins got land, got money. I got large shoes…
THE POISON WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE DRUNK___19 SEPT
Mma Etim was 71 years old and she had the best garden in all of Use Offot. Her garden did not have flowers. It had bitterness. Scent leaves, bitter leaves, atama, afang, and one…
When Staying Becomes The Real Win.
There was this guy in our area called Tobi, and if there was one thing everybody knew about him, it was that he never stayed anywhere for long.... One week he would want to…
HE HAS HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS....ALL OF THEM DEAD.__18 SEPT
The old photographer in Onitsha Main Market called me. "Fine girl, come, let me snap you. 500 naira only." I laughed. I was wearing my new wig. I said okay. He brought out…
THE RUNNER
Kane came to a stop, seeing a glimpse of the small village far ahead he could not help but wonder, it had been so long since he had a place to rest. He had walked miles, seen…
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