Where stories imitate life and where they sometimes do not, but never fail to thrill anyone who loves to read.
25 Jul 2025 5 minute read 0 comments AserC
Okorie was torn apart by Chuka’s remarks. The love lyrics Chuka released kept burning his head with feelings of loss and defeat. He walked back home dejected, his movement being even as slow as that of a snail. He really felt like a chicken pounded b...
25 Jul 2025 10 minute read 0 comments AserC
It rained and stopped before Akoga people started streaming into the village square for the farmers’ festival. It was an annual festival which farmers in Akoga looked forward to attending, as it afforded them the chance to display their farm products...
24 Jul 2025 3 minute read 0 comments AserC
I am in love with a woman I am sure will be your mother, and the love we share will produce you. I will make sure she lacks not any essential food. I know that if she eats and rests well, you too will get the required nourishment for your proper grow...
24 Jul 2025 2 minute read 0 comments AserC
Sandra and Pamela were two Nigerian sisters who lived in Lagos. They were young when they lost their parents; Sandra was thirteen years old and Pamela was fifteen at the time. They and their parents were being driven to Lekki Beach for a family picni...
22 Jul 2025 3 minute read 0 comments AserC
Chigbo, a Nigerian, and graduate of the University of Benin in Nigeria, had to go for his one year national service expected of any graduate of a Nigerian institution of higher learning. He wished his service year would end in a flash because he was...
22 Jul 2025 10 minute read 0 comments AserC
Okorie and Ada met at Ama after he had paid her and her mother a visit the previous day. It was in the evening. An evening that was a bit windy and made leaves sing tuneless melancholy music while rustling. Ama was a popular spot in Akoga. Just a bit...
20 Jul 2025 7 minute read 0 comments AserC
Iweka came out of his little barn with one tuber of yam in his right hand. He shut the door carefully and took one last look at it again before walking away. This was necessary to make sure that none of his two goats that roamed the compound would ha...
20 Jul 2025 12 minute read 0 comments AserC
Bright red color, flickered from a stick of cigarette he gently smoked. Ash followed ash in the same direction, making a fine sprinkle on the sandy ground. His slim body, well tucked into the chair. He was calm. I didn’t know if he was thinking. His...
19 Jul 2025 19 minute read 0 comments AserC
The evening was cool, and the air carried some dusty smell as a result of the earlier rainfall. Raindrops rattled on the thatched roof of the mud house in which Johnson studied, occasionally breaking into his concentration. As the rain fell, Johnson...
19 Jul 2025 3 minute read 0 comments AserC
Please listen to me. You are a man in position of power, and it is only natural that so many things will be scrambling to get hold of your attention. You have just begun your state visit in this country I have lived in, since I was thirteen, so I can...
