THE CAR CRASH THAT NEVER HAPPENED
The car didn't crash. Not the way everyone assumed, anyway. I was meant to be in that car. My brother called around 4pm — "Come with us, we're going to town." I was already…
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DOUBLE STANDARDS
Joe started off as a high school prodigy, always standing out in everything. Entering into college, he carried the same aura he had in high school. People started flunking around…
ADA__THE DEAD BODY WASHER____#51
The first time I had washed a dead body I was 19 years old, holding one hand over my nose. My name is Ada, and in my family I am the one who washes the dead. It has not been a…
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…
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…
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