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The room sat on the ground floor, neat but overcrowded. Four bunk bed were arranged, three on each wall and the fourth in the middle of the room. The ends of the bunks overlapped, leaving barely enough space for the occupants of the room to wriggle through. All but one of the roommates had gone […]
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THE TEST, THE FIRST TIMER AND DANIEL’S CALL It was test day. The students had heard the rumour but did not believe it. They sat in class, prepared to receive the usual lectures from Mr. Shonaiya, the young, austere head of the English department. Blessed with handsome features that consisted wide set curious eyes, an […]
Unilag runs girl (21)
A CLOSE SHAVE, LIGHT IN THE LUNATIC’S EYES AND A CYCLE OF REJECTION Rita spent the night with James, the London-based lawyer she had been seeing for the last six months. He visited her the previous evening, the British Airways tags still on the handles of the luggage that lined the boot of the taxi […]
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THE UNCLE AND A NIGHT WITH DANIEL They sat tightly packed together in the overcrowded classroom, eight of them on aged desks made for two people. They were bent over their open notebooks, their elbows jutting out and jabbing each other’s sides. Above them the rusted fan creaked and spun in slow, laborious circles, stirring […]
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HAZARDS OF THE JOB AND A SECOND DATE The girl sat cross-legged on the middle bar stool, the hem of her dress pushed precariously to the top of her thighs. Her eyes fell expectantly on the groups of men standing and talking loudly in groups around the bar. Every now and then she pursed her […]
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FINDING LOVE AFTER THE ORGY (A short episode) The day started like every other day. Ejiroghene or Lina as she preferred to be called now that she had gotten admitted into the university of Lagos decided that she would skip lectures that morning. She stretched on the bed, her toes reaching to touch the edge […]
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THE KINGDOM OF TA-SET THE CITY OF QU-STUL 5681 BC THE TEMPLE OF THE GODDESS EARLY HOUR The room had been emptied of the possessions of the goddess. All that was hers now sealed and prepared for the burial chamber. Her body laid on her bed, wrapped in white linen bindings. The one who […]
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THE KINGDOM OF TA-SET THE CITY OF QU-STUL 5681 BC THE TEMPLE OF THE GODDESS EARLY HOUR The king stood on top the ramp of the north wall, the white columns of the temple behind him. Beside him was Senemut who had taken the place of Heru, the old keeper of the gates now […]
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THE KINGDOM OF TA-SET THE CITY OF QU-STUL 5681 BC THE PALACE OF AHMOSE EARLY HOUR Irsu walked the grounds of his father’s palace, stealthily and without a sound. The voices of the servants echoed deep in the labyrinth of enclosed corridors and hallways. He heard the voice of Amenemhet in the babble and […]
Born Again (22)
THE KINGDOM OF TA-SET KHER NETER (THE NECROPOLIS) 5681 BC CITY OF THE WORKERS DAWN The mist hung over the land, melting before the rising sun. Four hundred meters south of the place marked for the building of the Mer, the place of ascension and the resting place of the kings, the city […]