Stone was in a good mood. His girlfriend, Jacqueline, had promised to give him the capital to set up his very own barbershop. Well, she was more of a sugar mummy than a girlfriend, but who was keeping score? She was in the habit of outdoing herself to make his life comfortable, but this oneContinue reading “The Barbershop”
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2014 in review
Thank you for staying with us the whole year through! Well, technically it is just two months, but who is keeping count? Thanks for reading and sharing! Here is to even better stories in 2015! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York CityContinue reading “2014 in review”
Three is a crowd Part 2
Author’s note: You can catch up on the first part of this story right here! Sedinam’s eyes were fixed on the fishermen who were mending their nets. ‘I wish it was that easy to fix this mess’, she thought to herself wistfully. She had been sitting at the seashore all day, watching the wavesContinue reading “Three is a crowd Part 2”
Accidental Intention
September 2009, Tarkwa. Kwansima was seething with anger. She had had it! Her father was becoming more and more unbearable to live with, with every passing day. Yes, she was 28 but she didn’t need him to remind her everyday that she needed to get married soon. For the third time this week, he hadContinue reading “Accidental Intention”
Three is a crowd
Abeiku Hagan wasn’t at his productive best today. He had been lost in deep thought all day. There was no way he could focus on the quarterly report he had to prepare for his partners. And who could blame him? He was going to be best man for a wedding in a month’s time andContinue reading “Three is a crowd”
Till death do us part- the sequel
Author’s note: Hi there!If you missed the first part of the story, here is your chance to catch up! ‘I am pregnant with his baby’, the words hung in the air and I looked ahead blankly. I didn’t need to turn my head to see the concern in my mother’s face metamorphose into shock. ‘OhContinue reading “Till death do us part- the sequel”
Till death do us part
I kept staring at the wall clock as if that would somehow bring him back. The seconds turned into minutes, and then an hour. When three hours had passed, three hours of just sitting there in disbelief, I picked my phone and called my brother. ‘Ekow, he is dead. My husband is dead’. And withContinue reading “Till death do us part”
Campus romance
He watched his mother as she adjusted his tie for the millionth time since they got here. This time, her eyes welled up with tears and if he was not standing so close to her, his ear would not have caught the ‘I am so proud of you’ that tumbled out of her mouth. ‘TrustContinue reading “Campus romance”
Keni Ribeiro 