In a world that often tries to stifle my voice, I have realized that my strength lies in breaking the chains that society has placed upon me. No longer will I allow those hollow words to define who I am. I refuse to be confined by their expectations of delicacy and submission. My voice, once muffled, is now gaining momentum as I...

    Ireti laid on the cold tiles, tears rolling down her cheeks. She closed her eyes, wishing for death. Her phone rang for the umpteenth time. She switched off the phone and walked to the sitting room. Her head pounded and she dropped to her knees. She screamed till she lost her voice. Her father’s car conke...

 Medusa heard footsteps approaching the lonely cave she had been exiled. They just wouldn’t leave her alone. Hadn’t she suffered enough? She mused in resignation. Whatever happened she would take it. She had had enough of the misery. Clutching the golden dagger Athena had gifted her before everyth...

I gravitated in space, the sacred area between earthly and celestial worlds. I stretched towards the door of life but the attempt futile. I shut my eyes in agony, trying to remember what had happened.Memories of war, family, love, hope, despair and death flashed before my eyes. A vacuum appeared from nowhere and iye, the goddes...

It was monday morning which meant another miserable day to laugh at ridiculous taunts made at her, said to be harmless, though they piled heaps of damage on her. Adenike had cried herself to sleep last night after sitting in front of the mirror, praying in tears to God that she woke up with a new prettier face, maybe with smalle...