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Submitted to Contest #97
The Lion’s Den Cartel Ani smiles at Deborah, “Get up.” “Where am I ?” Deborah, “has the window of the light and darkness of life been shattered, and if that has happened why am I not mad? I hope I have not lost the baby?” The room that they were in, had cold conditioning , The wallpaper was yellow and white with sunflowers on them. One could actually smell the smell roses, that were in the pastor’s office now it was over for Deborah. Deborah had to track her steps even though the sun was shining ,Her World w...
Submitted to Contest #46
Pen of God “Henry! You slapped me?” “Alice , you see Akim and suddenly you are a good kisser. I hate pretenders. You think I would not know that you are infatuated, that you have a liking for him. That you love him .” Henry states as he drives his car out of the parking lot of an event center after his best friend’s party. This was the normal scenario for the Ayomipo family. They started dating before they could recite their multiplication time tables. They met in Corona Elementary School in Lagos. What Alice did not know was t...
Submitted to Contest #23
The Wizard Winter “Oh, no!” I said in my sleep“Yes”I wake up the same dream always ending with me walking in the snow and leaving no foot prints. Strange I think I have never left the shores of the tropics what could it mean another adventure? One with me and my guardian angel? Well, the adventures I have been having to go on have never happened during winter. My mother enters the room carrying a calabash filled with Banga and starch;’my favorite food. Uzer was in the delta region of West Africa and it was harmattan and our c...
Submitted to Contest #15
I never knew my life would be like this, I was born to be a woman of the world, a strange life I lived , but one night with the king can change every thing. I Goldie came from a poor back ground, so my back was on the ground, I loved the fact that my occupation was the oldest occupation in the world - halotry. I wanted to be rich, but the only was by ( since I had no education) marrying a very rich man was the only option . But the danger was that at the end of it all who would marry a harlot? But my sto...
Submitted to Contest #14
Indian EntourageI am Oriona, named by my father who is a Hunter. Orion was the name of the brightest constellation in the sky, it was time for Holi in India, New Year for us, Hindi peoples. I spoke English very well so I knew that, I would be some one of status. I never went to school, but I read a lot. At an age when women must marry, I was preparing to be married. I loved God and he loved me. But something was going to happen that will break or make; pacify or enrage me. Because I never had education, I doubted how God would able...
Submitted to Contest #4
To Love Some BodyIt was a terrible day, the rain was about to fall. The harmattan was ending, the dryness was too much before the first rains of the year had come. The mangos were ripe and the toddlers were dancing and playing in the rain. Uzoro village, in the delta part of Nigeria ( named by Lord Luggard's wife a few years ago ) in West Africa was all a lush, fertile land, with rivers. I wanted someone to love but, my parents were banished, from Uzoro so I was more like an outcast. They were accused of robbery. I had a cancerous growth in ...
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