ESCAPE

By Marymartin Okoabu: 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…

GREATER THAN PAIN

By Marymartin Okoabu: 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…

ALICIA: PART TWO – Moving On {18+}

By Jessy:   “Mommy. Mommy, can we go outside and play?”   “I’m coming, baby. Oh, and offload the canned sardines before anything. The mangoes should go in the crates.” I said to the caller and ended the call.  …

ALICIA: PART ONE – He Defiled Me {18+}

By Jessy:   Another boring night with my stepfather, I grumbled and got my legs crossed.   “Alicia!”   “Speak of the devil.” I muttered at the holler of my name as my stepfather barged in. “Dad -” I made…

SECRETS

By JessyKen:   “Let me go, Friedrich… let me go!” Maddie Petrograd cried.   He held onto her hands and bound them to the bedstead “Stay still, now. It won’t be long.” A naughty grin broke out on his lips…

AMARA: A Cry For Help

By JessyKen:   This was supposed to be the happiest day of my life, but it turned out the saddest. I had come back from school that day, with the hopes of delivering the best news ever delivered, to my…