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REWARD ME____DAILY PROMPT 27 SEPT
In Nkpor, there was a boy named was 10 years old Every morning, Somto fetched water for Mama Nnanna, the old woman who lived alone near the boreholee. He did not do it for…
SINGLE IN THE MARKET MARRIED IN HER MIND___26TH SEPT
In the small town of Nkpor, everybody knew Adaeze was single. At the market, the women would ask, "Adaeze, when will you marry?" She would smile and say, "I am single." At…
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…
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…
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