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***** I had just finished setting the grilled chicken on the table and allowed it to rest when the door knob turned. That must be her, I thought. ‘Hey, this looks good, smells nice too.’ Angie said as she walked in. She was referring to the candle lit dinner set. I’ve never been good with… Read More »
***** In 1978, a young lady strolled down Luthuli Avenue in search of a music store to buy a guitar. She had saved up for it and was eager to get one, only problem was she couldn’t find such a shop. She found herself inside a recording studio and a gentleman offered to take her… Read More »
***The boy is hunched over his desk scribbling the most important letter he has ever written. This letter will have two sentences. ‘I love your eyes. I think I like you.’ The harder part will be to deliver it to Maggie, the chocolate skin toned girl with a beautiful smile. She sits at the back… Read More »
****It’s been almost a year and she still thinks of him. She can smell his musk cologne, recall half of the dry humored jokes he made. She still makes an omelette like he taught her. And when the insomnia kicks in and she won’t sleep, she still sees a silhouette of him in the dark… Read More »
Chapter One Download Full Novel “Five minutes please.” He pleads. “I need to go Lawrence.” Stacy says turning to give him a brief kiss on the cheek. “I know. You said that ten minutes ago.” They are lying on his bed. On the red duvet with the Juventus football print. He runs his hand softly… Read More »
*****She stands by the ridge on the hill, her gaze cast across the horizon for so long that she lost track of time. She waits for him, patiently. This day, one of her friends is getting married. She stopped by, handed her gift to the newlyweds and just before the reception begun, she sneaked out,… Read More »
*****This one time I’m at my Mum’s place. I was visiting. My nephew was around, he’s called Roy. For some reason everyone else had left and it was just me and him watching TV, some show he chose. Then the TV goes blank. The decoder had been acting up for sometime as I later learnt… Read More »
*****It starts with my kid bro pressing me to watch this series he thought to be something I should watch. I don’t know why. ‘There’s this series you must watch.’ He says. ‘What’s it called?’ I ask, my interest slightly piqued. ‘A million little things. This one you must watch.’ He insists. ‘Okay. What’s it… Read More »
Nobody wants to end up dead, at least I don’t. We all want to live forever, to somehow escape death. Maybe some of us have thought about it, probably even made plans for it. I think smokers court death more than anyone else does. (I’ve been having this fascination with smoking lately. I’m trying to… Read More »
*****This business of being a man is scary as hell. Sometimes it feels like you’re groping in the dark, expected to have answers to questions and to meet the bigger responsibility of guiding others out of the dark and into the light. There is no room for mistakes, yet you make plenty along the way.… Read More »
***Life. Some call it a bitch. Others say it’s what you make it. You only live once, that’s the motto to some. Whatever stage you’re at, one thing is for sure, life is uncertain. This uncertainty about life makes up for many ups and downs, plus lessons. The lessons especially. At 27, I’ve had my… Read More »
*****Does feminism teach women to respect men? Well, that’s one of my main objections about this whole feminism hullabaloo. Whereas I agree that some injustices towards women were championed in the past and need not see the light of day in the present, I have a bone to pick with some of the practices that… Read More »
*****It starts with her perfume. She sat next to me on the bus and I couldn’t help but notice her perfume. It had a pungent scent that smelled of sunshine (whatever that smells like). I wanted to turn to her and tell her I like her perfume then I hesitated. Well, because I recalled a… Read More »