The first time Mojola ran, Adun went after him with everything she had. Money, time, strength, hope… The third time it happened, she hesitated for a few minutes. That moment’s [ … ]
Category: Scripts
The Naming
The house is on a side road so Nneoma misses the turning twice. She finally gets it right the third time and parks in front of what looks like a [ … ]
Stealing Kisses
There are somethings that cannot be kissed better. This is the news we have to break to our son. ‘He has a great chance of being back in school by [ … ]
Sleeping With Grief
The place where his wedding ring should be is pale. Newly divorced? Or separated? – that in between place of nothingness where there is no going back and no moving [ … ]
Mirror Image
Sometimes, I forget what I look like. Like when I am imagining you dancing with me; it’s another woman’s face that I see. She is prettier, her smile straighter and [ … ]
Plain Black
They agree to meet at a Starbucks. The busiest one in that part of the city. At least by Nneamaka’s estimation. Here they can sit in a corner and be [ … ]
Durotimi
Things are not love. He has always known this, yet he brings home things, and more things. An alpaca wool scarf from Peru, emerald earrings from Colombia, diamond brooches from [ … ]
The Rain
‘Jealous of the rain that falls upon your skin It’s closer than my hands have been I am jealous of the rain’ There are days Remi isn’t sure if he [ … ]
SoNo
For SoNo…one of my favorite places in the world. And home. Lately it had been hard to love Moyo. Not because she was any less the woman he had [ … ]
Someone to Watch Over Me
She tells Unuoma she won’t take his name at a time when it is too late for him to do anything about it other than make some disapproving grunts that [ … ]