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Love Literati Contest: ‘Hyacinths and Memories’ by Victor Daniel
HE MET HER three times in his life… The first time was in the hallway of the hospital, sitting a little distance away from him. There, on that bench she sat, wearing a blue gown that extended just below her knees, staring at the red... Read More
Where You Choose To Live Can Affect Your Love Life
There is this belief that wherever you choose to live will definitely affect who you date, just like lack of money can lead to a failed relationship or marriage. Invariably, your location influences the kind of people you will be attracting, and I’m... Read More
Love Literati Contest: ‘How to Love a Difficult Thing’ by Kamnelechukwu Susan Obasi
It is hard to love a body that doesn’t listen to you, how on nights you said prayers to it, washed it affectionately, splattered it with sweet smelling oils, fed it with food albeit feverishly, just enough but not quite because you see, ... Read More
Love Literati Contest: ‘Letters To Tomorrow’ by Olanrewaju Olamide Morenikeji.
08/09/1919 Ifakunle, Tomorrow, we’ll cover Adunni’s secrets in the earth. We’ll bury her beneath the tree you both climbed as children, behind the mudhouse you both made love as I stood guard. We’ll bury her by... Read More
Love Literati Contest: ‘Surgery’ by Nwaujor Ifeoma
I have been heart broken, I will never love again. Perhaps, True love were predestined. Emeka said “He wasn’t into me anymore,”. I cried my eyes out. Emeka had played my heart like a ball and served it on a dirty plate for me to chew. I... Read More
Love Literati Contest: ‘Peregrine’ by King Jesudunmo
The sky was dark-blue like the night sea turned downside up. It was not one of those dramatic nights with stars spangled across a boastful sky. It was, rather, a humble one with hidden stars, dimly lit with a half-moon. Birds were not chirping neither... Read More
Love Literati Contest: ‘My Distant Lover’ by Rukayat Yaro
I see you in my thoughts and dreams. When I’m awake, it feels so real. You’re not here to comfort me But soon I know you’d be. “Soon” that’s what you promised I hold on to that so tightly ‘cos I don’t... Read More
Love Literati Contest: ‘Valentine’ by Ajibike Oyindamola Damilola
Our mother had committed suicide on Valentine’s Day eight years before, leaving behind a note which informed us about her breast cancer. “I can’t deal with it. Can’t cope with the pain. I haven’t been as strong as I used... Read More
CALL FOR SUBMISSION: Child Hero Story Contest & Film Project (II)
The Child Hero Story Competition & Film Project is a Peregrine Reads initiative under the auspices of the Child Hero Empowerment Campaign founded by Chinonye J. Chidolue, aimed at consciously spurring the minds of the public with the harsh... Read More