B. Oyewole

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2022

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Two organisms, one boat” by B. Oyewole

Submitted to Contest #206

When my father asked me if she would be okay, I said yes - because really, there was nothing else to say. Because I could intuit that he wasn’t so much as asking for medical updates, as he was a reassurance of faith, our faith, that she would be okay. That she would sit up from that bed, any day now, and would pull out the long transparent tubes that now sustained her breath. Her voice would be croaky at first, hoarse from the months of unuse, and then she would try again, and ask for water, which I would rush to bring to her, and after she’...

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“Of glints, and collecting fireflies” by B. Oyewole

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #136

When Alice confessed to John that she felt empty, there was static on the other end. It had taken her every ounce of her being to admit that. It had surprised her too, to use that word.Although when she said empty, what she really meant was, I came close to ending it last night. In fact, I still have the blade by the edge of the tub, and the water, once warm, is now cold, and the tub isn’t drained yet. I have climbed in and out of it a few times, and felt the coldness of the blade on my wrist. But I can't do it, John, and I don’t know why."O...

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Author bio

Living in Berlin, learning how to live

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #136

Of glints, and collecting fireflies – read story