Fiction – Page 3 – Brazen with Vanessa

HER DIARY

April 30th, 2008. I didn’t want to pen it down until it happened and it did. GEORGE MARRIED ME!

That day in the classroom happened ten years ago. They still fought, flirted with other people, and tried to best each other. The difference was their meetings were more intense, and in secret they blew up together.

We’re Telling Lies

AT THE BEACH He saw her building a sandcastle with his friend Temi, and frowned. He quickly looked away and focused on the game of Frisbee before his other friends would notice. What did he care? She was just a girl.

Omobolade (A child that comes with wealth)

The man who leaves in the early hours of the morning, dressed in suit and tie…goes to someplace close to the market and changes to his Agbero (tout) attire, hairstyle complete as well. He goes to a place no one recognises him and does his hustle for the day.

From AJ With Love

The hoarse voice of Madam Titi as she called the attention of one of her trainees could be heard from a distance. She was the major tailor in the streets of Ajegunle, a huge shop in the heart of AJ city and the person everyone called Iya Mi (My Mother).

The Green Artist

When Tracy started out as a makeup artist many years ago, she’d been young and green.

The Loud House

Big and empty is what comes to mind when I think of it. Uncomfortable mostly, but we had to make do, Mama said Daddy was experiencing a setback. I remember how it sheltered me in the good days and how it silenced my voice in the bad days, how it made Sisi so restless. SheContinue reading “The Loud House”

The Day Before

The hotel was bigger than she’d imagined, plusher than the pictures and videos had revealed and it still didn’t feel real. She had to pinch herself to confirm that it wasn’t a dream, that it was really happening to her. This was officially the best day ever!

Schindler’s List

He heard the gun click And felt the cold dread of terror

Helpless

(Previously published on Naijastories) Love me, you said.Want me, you said.Need me, you said.Foolishly, I did all that and now I’m lost, drowning in the chaos that is you.