THE BLACK GOAT UNDER THE TREE
The first time old Mama Nkem sold the black goat, the village laughed. The second time she sold it, people began to whisper... By the third time they called her a thief.. "How…
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Beyond the surface
Fourteen-year-old Samuel arrived late to school every morning... Not five minutes late. Not ten. Sometimes thirty. Sometimes an hour. His teacher, Mrs. Deborah Okonkwo…
THE APOLOGY CONTRACT
It's now the year 2047 and the society had finally solved a problem that had troubled humanity for centuries..... Fake apologies. Generation after Generation people had lied…
The Price of public lies
A single post changed Deborah's life. Initially it was a good idea. She was an accountant for a logistics company that was expanding in Lagos. The company was known for being…
THE HOUSE AT NUMBER TWELVE
All Detours are Costly. The fortunate ones find that it pays them back as well. Samuel had one rule. Do NOT cross through Maple street. It took him nearly two hours longer to…
WHERE SILENCE SAT
At the end of every funeral the seats are supposed to be empty but Ours did not turn out like that. The chair was older than all the members of the household. The arms of its…
THE MORNING SHE DIDNT CALL BACK
The phone was silent throughout the night, and somehow, it was louder than all their fights. Tunde woke up to the first thing he noticed when he woke up, was the silence.…
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