Dec 13, 2013 | Fiction, Flash Fiction |
Mama Ikotun shivered as she lay on her bed. She had been suffering from a strange ailment for six months. The local doctor had initially diagnosed the illness as malaria. However, as time progressed, and the drugs he prescribed did nothing to ease the pain, he had...
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Dec 11, 2013 | Non-Fiction |
By Fawn, I am of course, referring to that mythical creature that is a half-goat, half-man (notice how I mentioned the goat part first. That’s the interesting part. We don’t care about the other half that’s a man). Mr. Tumnus, from C.S....
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Dec 3, 2013 | Fiction, Flash Fiction |
Titi stared at the bucket. It lay half-submerged in water, floating in the well. She could almost hear it taunting her, daring her to come after it. But, whatever the bucket was saying was drowned out by the voices of the other corpers behind her. One by one, their...
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Dec 2, 2013 | Fiction, Romance, Series, Short Stories |
The words they wrote to each other bound them together more tightly than ever before. These letters bridged the physical distance between these two people and without realizing it, each fell deeper and deeper in love with the other. Remi woke up with Olisa on her...
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Nov 30, 2013 | Fiction, Romance, Series, Short Stories |
She was so taken aback by surprise at her discovery that she sat down suddenly on Kayode’s bed. The grogginess she had felt moments before was gone and in its stead, was an all-consuming desire to know what was written in this book which bore her name. Then...
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Nov 29, 2013 | Fiction, Romance, Series, Short Stories |
As is common in stories of this nature, little secrets never remain little for long. So it was with Remi and Olisa. From the very first day they met, each felt an indisputable and inexplicable attraction to the other, and neither fought off that attraction. Olisa told...
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Nov 28, 2013 | Non-Fiction |
Happy Thanksgiving! If you ask me, I think you should eat both of them, and then give thanks. 😀 Picture via Pinterest
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Nov 27, 2013 | Non-Fiction |
I hardly tie gele when I wear my traditional outfits here, mostly because you cannot claim to be dressed casually while wearing an elaborate head tie. I tell you, a gele can make a mundane outfit look festive. But the few times I have appeared in public with my gele,...
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Nov 26, 2013 | Fiction, Romance, Series, Short Stories |
That day was a Wednesday. Class finished earlier than usual, as the teacher had to travel out of town that afternoon. So, at 11:15 a.m., the class was dismissed. Minutes later, Remi walked to the station to catch the next train. The train she usually took, which...
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Hello, there! My name is Sharon and I am a Nigerian Fiction Writer, Taker of Pictures and Lover of Humor. Feel free to look around or say hello. I don't bite. Usually. :-) Thanks for stopping by.
