Hello Royalty! I wrote this story in September, on a bus, on my way home, thinking of all the many things that come with the word, “rape,”: the offenders, apologists, protesters, and most importantly, victims. I wanted it to be a longer story, but like most of my short stories, it kind of decided where […]
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SHORT STORY || The Death Conversation
Hello Royalty. Adebimpe was who you called the power woman. Her strides were fearful, and when her lips parted in speech, an aura of fearlessness and wisdom eased through them. She was the type to command attention when she walked into a room. Women whispered and men whistled at the clanking of her stilettos and […]
SHORT STORY || Our Different Paths
God had sent a man to Nineveh but he went to Tarshish. That was Bamidele’s story. Like his name, I thought he would come home with me. I thought that every whisper of his name from my lips would draw him in and make his feet glued to my path. He was adamant. He should […]
FLASH FICTION || A New Dawn
Gaunt is the old man who lives across the compound. Gaunt is how I feel when I play your words in my head – a hit record one might call it, an album of five words – “it is over between us.” Oh let us remember to add that refrain, “May we be distant forever.” […]
SHORT STORY || Danfo, Diapers, and Dreaded Days
Hello Royalty. HAPPY NEW MONTH So this short story post is about two days due and I apologize (but the story and I were finding it hard to come to a conclusion), anyways I hope you have a nice read. Thank you! Danfo, Diapers and Dreaded Days He had been in the danfo that morning, […]