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Click HERE for all episodes. “…and so the dominoes begin to fall the very moment you peeped out of your mum’s vagina. You probably might not be reading this, had you been born hours later.” I read over what I just typed again to see if it... Read More
Click HERE for previous episodes. Aisha woke up to the persistent ringing of her phone. She sat up in bed and tried to trace the direction of the sound. It stopped. Soon it started again. She swung her feet lazily off the bed and retrieved the phone... Read More
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
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
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
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
Click HERE for previous episodes There’s always light at the end of the tunnel… for tunnels that have an end. “So you mean you wished I’ll never come back because you’re happy with Jay?”… “Why didn’t you tell me this before so I can... Read More
“Dear Khalid, I’m sorry you have been unable to reach me. Good news is I’m currently in Nigeria speaking at a Seminar in Port Harcourt. I have a conference to attend in South Africa on Monday so I’ll leave Nigeria Sunday night. If you can come... Read More