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Features, Reviews April 10, 2017

Pepper Soup Anthology Presents 12 Unique Takes on Happily Ever After

If you are in the mood for stories assembled around the idea of love as it relates to women’s lives, you’ll enjoy Pepper Soup. Timendu Aghahowa who edited the volume has done a fine job of collecting a set of delicious stories inspired by the travails and triumphs of women in everyday scenarios. The collection includes […]

The Damned | by Kiah | An African Story

Your path to hell is laid with the pieces of Salewa’s broken heart and slippery with the tears she cries every time you are together. “I can’t do this any longer…” She says every time. You agree with her. It is wrong, this thing that you are doing, this thing that you are making her […]

“Brooklyn, Where Shadows Are Welcome” | Freckled by Kiah | A Love Story

The crying has stopped and for that above all else, I am thankful. I thought it would never end. I am beyond grateful that it finally did. I walk on egg shells, saying little, for fear that my words will set off the time bomb that is the woman I loved. Loved. Past tense. If […]

Music Only We Hear by Kiah | A Brittle Paper Love Story

Hauwa and Buba’s love is as beautiful as it is forbidden. From the savage winters of New York to the sweltering heat of Kaduna, their passionate regard for each other stood the test of time. But they must come to terms with the truth: their love is doomed. The tiny sliver of hope that their […]