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Month: March 2020

Sandhurst #5 of 5

Read Sandhurst #4 here #5 – Of Self and Strain When will you learn, that death is your friend? – Unknown She was looking at herself. The same leather clothing. The same sandals. Same blue eyes. Same dagger. The only difference was the malicious grin…

Sandhurst #4 of 5

Read Sandhurst #3 here #4 – Flames of Water No journey starts, until the traveller is ready. –  Elder Dangeroba Stillness. The tides of the water rolled over her as she lay motionless by the shore. In a distant part of her mind, she felt…

Sandhurst #3 of 5

Read, Sandhurst #2 here #3 – Shallows of Morrow Never think that when the moon fades away… it is dead. – Old apocryphal proverb The labyrinth seemed to be alive, leading her into places that it wanted her to go through, and letting her find…

Sandhurst #2 of 5

Read Sandhurst #1 here #2 – In the Depth The gods would no sooner make you lame Just so they have what is yours and lay claim. –   Mama Idiegwu “Wow. Who knew the labyrinth would be so big!?” the bird exclaimed, perched on her…

Break #4 of 4

Read Break #3 here   Gunshots are much louder than they sound on television. So much more. And somehow, they seem less painful. Or is that just the shock of getting shot working on me? I look down, my ears ringing so much I’m surprised…

Break #3 of 4

Read Break #2 here I move aimlessly, going through corners and walking long routes. All this time, my mind doesn’t seem to function. So many thoughts running through it I don’t even know where to begin. I don’t think I can even begin. What am…

Muffled

He was walking down the un-tarred road of Ishieke, this boy with a neat afro cut and chalk-white shorts. If there was someone walking along the street at that time, perhaps a teenager, said teenager would see him; this boy on chalk-white shorts and ripped…