SHORT STORY: My way to happiness by Uzochukwu Okeke
“It’s okay to cry,” Mama whispered, gently patting my shoulder before taking a tray laden with garden eggs into the parlour, where Papa and the kinsmen chuckled amidst conversation. As I watched the men in the parlour, their faces impassive yet their laughter echoing, I couldn’t help but wonder about the hidden cruelties behind their […]
SHORT STORY: About Yesterday by Dumebi Ezekeke
Yesterday, I found myself in the backseat of a car, holding Jasmine as she sobbed into my shoulder. Her tears left streaks on my black shirt, her nose running unceremoniously. Yesterday, we buried her mother, who had fought a heart disease for five years and lost. In these moments, life seems to cast me as […]
