MAZE
I am a serial killer. I am not sick. I wasn’t abused. I flung the newspaper aiming for the waste paper basket at the corner of the room but missed....
IN BED WITH LADY ‘X’
Light came on and Maxwell opened his eyes immediately. “NEPA! The idiots have woken up,” he thought. He was lying on his side, near the edge of his oddly large...
WHY DO YOU CHOOSE TO STAY
Why do you choose to stay? Why? Tell me. Are you scared of what people will say? That you jump from one husband to another – that you have no...
WHY OLAMI-UCHE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN ABUJA
When Olami-Uche left his home on that fateful Thursday morning, his wallet had exactly one thousand, seven hundred and twenty naira in it. It was everything he had in the...
ROCK
It was on a starless night they came. Rome's most dreaded military unit, in battle formation. Skilled warriors, sent for us. Like we were an enemy army. Like we weren't...
NEMESIS OF THE MKPI
Once upon a time, in the land of animals, Mkpi was the poorest animal, but he was admired by all because his body smelled so nicely. Then came a certain...
MUMMY
She smiles again. She's always happy whenever she's around me. I make her happy. Ever since we've met, I've always called her "mummy.” Isn't she mummy? She cares for me,...
DECAYING FLOWERS
The circling vultures were in the centre of a gaiety. Some famished ones, with manky beaks had already pounced on the naked and half naked bodies of young women, children,...
NO MORE
Caked sperm flaked off Cynthia’s stomach when she woke up that Saturday morning. She was alone in the bedroom. The bastard was gone. As usual. She heaved a sigh as...
NWACHINEMERE: THE FLUTIST by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
A long time ago in the land of Ikwuanoh, there lived a beautiful damsel who happens to be the princess of the land. Her beauty made her a sought after...