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The Forgotten Bag

'This case is too big.' Sam picked up the case and shook it so the contents rattled around inside. 'Use it anyway, what have you got to...

45 Aba Johnson

Bimpe rolled over and picked out her wrist watch from the small wooden pot beside her bed. She squinted at the time, it was almost one...

Silly Ads

‘Who wins if you win?’ is the question asked in this advert for a lottery win. This is followed by a proud sounding ordinary person...

Awakening

‘Don’t smile at me… I am cross with you.’ she tried hard to remain angry but she knew she couldn’t, Gabriel could do anything and still...

Aussie Flu

At the back of my throat, there is a tingling sensation, the size of a pin prick. It isn’t causing me much harm so I ignore it. I have...

Snake Eyes

‘Did you hear about the lady who said a snake swallowed all the money she stole?’ ‘Yeah, I have heard various versions of the missing...

Stop Light

Paula and Sylvia’s Place was in the back of the Fiesta, Darren was the front passenger with Steve as the driver; it was his ‘ride’ they...

Fall My Hand

‘Chai! You fall my hand.’ ‘I what?’ ‘You’ve fallen my hand!’ Sheyi thought about this, she looked at her companion, ‘I don’t understand.’...

Seventeen

Bimpe and Tola stood next to the Coca Cola sellers stall. Bimpe was sulking, they had arrived at school early that day because for once...

Our Ex

‘Oh my God, he is soooo cute!’ ‘I know,’ Biola tuned to me, ‘you are over him aren’t you?’ ‘Was I ever under him?’ I roll my eyes. ‘I am...

Broken Sentences

‘Guess who came to my house?’ ‘Dunno, who?’ ‘Kemi Brown.’ ‘Wow!’ ‘Yeah.’ That was a blast from the past. ‘What did she want?’ ‘She came...

Laundry Lizard

‘Hey Harry, how’s it going?’ ‘Hey trouble…’ Harry rushed past her with one of the shops yellow baskets full of wet clothes to put in the...

Two out of three

First, the exhaust falls off the car, then the toilet gets blocked. As I drove with the kids out of the museum car park, I hit the kerb...

Orange Blouse

She was wearing that orange blouse again. The exact colour is burnt orange and it’s a silky material, not silk though, probably rayon...

Achilles heel

Everyone has one. We gather from Greek mythology that they were the only points on the mighty warrior’s body that was not immune to any...

Baptism of Fire

That’s the way one of my first roles was described by my then supervisor. I didn’t really get on with him, no one did, he was a difficult...

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