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Alfred particularly hated cocktail parties. The plastic smiles and what he called the stench of aristocracy made him feel sickly. He wasn’t exactly poor or even middle-class, but in this particular room, the poorest man was probably at least ten... Read More
So I clocked 28 last April and will be 30 in 22months. I am not yet 30 but that does not mean that the pressure isn’t there. It is absolutely there but for some reasons I cannot explain, I do not let the pressure get to me. How do I that? If I knew... Read More
Click HERE for previous episodes Little drops of water make a mighty ocean. Little gathering of steps make a long journey. Little collection of mistakes make…? The gentility of the evening breeze and the fluent flow with which it subtly caressed my... Read More
In a moment of losing all hopes and throwing tantrums like two year olds, Lincoln remembers what Sheba had said about Omar having a way out and decides that though he wasn’t trustworthy he was escape-worthy. Poseidon gets A&W and Gogh out of the... Read More
You always hated the cold. Each snowflake that falls Has a particular Morality to impart. The tongues of night pass over The leaves fallen into Dampness, rot, Swallowing the dead air. Streetlamps flash over the blackness As candles do,... Read More
Click HERE for previous episodes. Aisha woke up Sunday morning feeling unusually tired. She tried to lift herself from the bed but couldn’t. Her mind was foggy and she felt drained. She groped around her bed for her phone but could not find it. She... Read More
Agbalumo dun dun! Omo Oba lo fe mun un Oh dear Agbalumo! Be sweet! Be sweet because I’m here to Leak, suck and milk you dry. Fear not, ’cause I’ll be soft with it and will tear your wall with a full-barred mildness. Drop a... Read More
With him gone, she was left with the sound of silence only broken by the tick-tock of her big clock. The air reeked of stale cigarette and sex mixed with the bittersweet smell of his perfume. Sweet because it reminded her of him in his absence, bitter... Read More
Click HERE for previous episodes. On the flight back to Lagos, we talked about almost everything under the sun except anything that had to do with what happened in Calabar. I tried not to think about the incident too but when we got to the house, I... Read More