THESE SCARS HAVE A NAME
I have watched Chike for a while now and I don’t know why I feel drawn to him. I can’t explain the pull, it’s like our souls are in communion and my tongue burns to speak with him. I don’t…
Everything lit!
Everything lit!
Marymartin Okoabu
Chinonso Marymartin Okoabu is a creative writer who focuses on SEO contents and fictions. With more than two years experience in SEO writing, she writes articles for websites. In her spare time, she crafts short stories that explore life experiences. Her creative works have been published on different websites and Love Feast Magazine. She is the winner of the E C. Michael's prize for short stories, 2022.
Chinonso is a graduate of Human Anatomy from the University of Calabar.
She hails from Ibusa in Oshimili North local government area of Delta state.
ESCAPE
I feel like I’m in a tight corner with no air coming in, and I feel close to hyperventilating. But this time, it’s not the wall closing in on me but my thoughts, it’s not the lack of air suffocating…
A NEW DAWN
The bike man dropped him in front of his compound and he brought out crisped #200 note and paid him. The man zoomed off making a loud noise that added to the trepidation that was gradually building up within. God!…
NEPOTISM/DIVINE-FAVOUR
Nepotism is favouritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power as by giving them jobs. Divine-favour is an honour or blessings believe to come from God. It can also be said to be favouritism shown to someone…
A SUNLIGHT TALE
If you rub your palms together, quickly and repeatedly so, you will feel the exact heat I feel in-between my legs right now. I clamp them tightly shut. I am sitting on the floor with my back resting on my…
FRIENDS
Friendship is like flowers, It adds beauty to life, But if not cared for, Can wilt and die. Friends are like diamonds, Very precious, But if not valued, can be stolen from you. Moments with friends are dazzling, Awakening a…
366 DAYS
It started with a pandemic, That shook the world terribly, Many were made anaemic, And many died tragically. A lockdown was announced, That sent many scurrying indoors, But still they pronounced, More cases with lesser cures. Starved of their freedom,…
A CHRISTMAS STORY
Dauda wiped the perspiration from his face with his white handkerchief and looking at it, he noticed it was gradually turning brown. He angrily threw it away and began the long trek towards the airport. He checked his Rolex wrist-watch…
GREATER THAN PAIN
I am empty soul. A void so deep as the ocean as filled me. I have no words to describe what I feel inside. I am just like a chaff blown about by the wind. My parents look at me…
A DARK MIND
He wanted a taste, He tore at her in a haste, His was a lust to fill, Hers was a beast to still. Her cries couldn’t get to him, His moans drowned them all, Her legs fought to stop him,…