THE NIGHTMARE THAT DID NOT END WHEN I WOKE UP___#54
I have never believed in nightmare until that night in my village. My name is Chisom. I live in Awka, but I went to my village in Orsumenyi for my grandma's burial. The burial…
Topics
SCAR
Life on campus was splendid until reality made me realize that things weren’t that simple. Like every other student I was preparing for exams, when a course mate asked for my…
The Name on the Receipt
"Sir, it was your younger brother who collected it. He said you told her to come for it." The young lady who was behind the wooden counter held up the small white envelope, and…
SEVEN YEARS IN A DREAM 🏡 HOUSE____PROMPT #53
Adaeze had the same dream for seven years. In the dreamm, she was inside a big white hoouse with goldden currtains. There was food on the tabble - jollof rice, fried chiicken…
I WAS THERE
I was there when Tobi and Sandra entered the house, I watched them sit on the couch to talk about the things girls talk about in private. It was surprising to see them talk so…
Somebody Saw Me Do It
Until he asked me to hold the paper, I never knew I was a witness. It was a cold Wednesday morning, and I was with one of my guys in a small photocopy shop while waiting for…
THE WOMAN AT THE WINDOW
Every morning at exactly 6:15, Mama Adaeze stood by the window and watched the road. Nobody knew why. She lived alone in the old yellow house at the end of Odu Street, the…
Someone Had to Sit There
"Can you sit here so you can tell me if there is enough breeze blowing?" This was how my assignment started. On a weekend, I want to go to a building site with a wooden chair…
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…
New to Hive?
Signup