Our Stories
THE ACTUAL CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE
There are many ways Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone resonated with me. There is first the obvious: the thrill of inhabiting a world woven by Adeyemi of an
ARABIAN NIGHTS
“Are you the guy I was texting?” he asked as I made to unlock the door. His voice was mild and unconfrontational, with an undertone of fear. “Yes, I am,”
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
The judges have returned with the winning stories for the birthday giveaway pride literary competition. And the four stories are posted below. We will reach out to the winners on
IT’S IN ME. IT’S IN HIM
Danny is my late father’s last-born brother, older than me by not more than 6 years. Like my other uncles, he was very close to my family when my father
LET ME SING A SONG ABOUT LIFE (Part 3)
Previously on A SONG ABOUT LIFE… * Even though I had shown him the possibility through gay porn, my best friend, Segun initially said no to having sex with me.
365 Days With E
It’s been 365 days since you agreed to be my girl. I’m literally writing this a few hours after I called you, crying because I’d hurt myself. That’s how much
LOVE IS A MURDER
It was toward the end of the thirteenth episode of Legacies, in the scene where Hope was struck with grief over the loss of Landon, that the hauntingly beautiful soundtrack
LET ME SING A SONG ABOUT LIFE (Part 2)
Previously on A SONG ABOUT LIFE… * At the time my romance with the Hausa trucker was ending, us final year students had started preparing for our WAEC exams. Then
LET ME SING A SONG ABOUT LIFE
The preparation for my field trip to Nigeria in May filled me with memories. Some of which filled me with some worry about the decisions I’ve made where I put
THE NAME OF MY GIRLFRIEND
Perhaps I was the one who made the mistake of linking my brother to my friend. Not like there had been a lot of options at the time: the family
