Fiction
FROM THE BED’S POINT OF VIEW
FOREWORD: After reading Alté Jay’s story about possibly finding love with his dark-skinned Grindr hookup, I thought about someone whose voice hadn’t been heard, whose side of the story hadn’t
THE HOUSEKEEPER
During my three-year stay in Abuja, I got employed as domestic staff to make some cash while on holiday. I went in every two days to clean the apartment. He
LIVING AGAIN
We were both quarreling that day. Our voices were raised and angry. My voice especially, a sharp tongue scissoring the air, had not a single pause in it. How could
IN THE CLOSET
You were 5 when you had your first closet. Dark hardwood with a light brown varnish, it became your sanctuary. It was easy for Ifeoma and Olisa, your older siblings,
BETWEEN DELLE AND DENNIS MACAULAY
Dennis is in his late thirties and works as a university professor in one of the universities in Southern Nigeria. He is married with two children, but since his family
DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T
There are a lot of words that can be used to replace fear. Trepidation, horror, fright, terror, panic, alarm, agitation… All of these, and more, were what you felt when
EVERYTHING GOOD WILL COME (Part 2)
Previously on EVERYTHING GOOD WILL COME… 5 You fell into depression days later. You were as broken as you were self-loathing. You couldn’t see a possible future where everything
EVERYTHING GOOD WILL COME
1 He came to your Facebook messenger and stirred up a conversation. You were reluctant to reply at first. His account was a catfish, with photos of semi-nude Black bodybuilders.
LETTING GO
His lips always taste like honey. It’s like addictive nectar on my tongue, spreading through me and burning my soul with need, desire, lust and maybe, just maybe, love. A
KITO DIARIES PRIZE FOR WRITING: NOT AT THE WARFRONT
Darkness. Total darkness. Not a single light in sight. It was like a continuous descent into a bottomless dark pit, and then she stopped falling and slowly crawled up the
