This baby girl lifestyle is definitely not easy and doesn’t come cheap. It requires a lot of hard work, calculation, intelligence, strength and poise. Being a baby girl doesn’t end at throwing the word around, you must show workings and if you are... Read More
Anon Moves With My Uber Driver
One of my very close friends is the definition of a cheerful giver. He gives so much that I get worried for him. I am not saying it is wrong to give, I just think that there should be a balance. I also think that a fair level of selfishness is... Read More
Winners of the 2020 Love Literati Contest
It’s been an amazing three weeks of content rating and reviews. Special thanks to all who have been a part of this year’s edition of the ELSiEiSY Blog Annual Writing Competition – Love Literati Contest. This yearly activity helps us uniquely... Read More
#LoveLiteratiContest – ‘Love Thrusts’ by Martha Obike
We didn’t meet at my favorite bookstore, the Jazzhole, or at Neo Cafe, my favorite coffee shop, even though I loved to pretend my life was a sappy Korean romcom. We met on the stairs, the ones that spiraled all the way to the top. I had just... Read More
#LoveLiteratiContest – ‘On Bed by Dashi Nandi
My dearest Ijai, I was up all night; this time it wasn’t because of the nightmare where I try to reach out to you, but the distance between us keep increasing. I always wake up from those in tears and with a crushing feeling in my heart and a... Read More
#LoveLiteratiContest – ‘Love in Unfortunate Events’ by Oyaghire Nkem
The time was 5:17 PM. As the bus entered a pothole, there was a jolt accompanied with creaking and then some adjusting but no matter how many times I tried to adjust, the weather was still too hot, the bus too tight and the chair too... Read More
#LoveLiteratiContest – ‘The Thing About Leaving Home’ by Joy Adegbite
You will find out that regarding love, you can tell yourself a lie. You can be evicted from a place you call your home. I have made my bed here, something I seldom do. I know that wherever my bed is laid fourteen nights in a row, has become home.... Read More
#LoveLiteratiContest – ‘Waiting for Love’ by Nnamani Grace
“Hello troglodyte” Susan walked into the house with a nylon bag filled with groceries. “I have told you before, and I am saying it for the last time, the next time you call me that, i will kill you.”... Read More
#LoveLiteratiContest – ‘Uncontrollable’ by Lawal Barakat
It started like a dream An uncontrollable one You were the first of many bursting in without warning your patience never wore thin While breaking my barricade that others failed to see time passed on and on your secret... Read More