Making Set

Note: Here's another pidgin flash fiction story I found from 2017.  Adwoa dey pressure me make we born. Everyday I dey hear "I want to be a mother!" for house. I no make set, I dey tell am.  "Everyday you no make set!" Always she dey shout put my top. Everyday this woman want dey …

Dog Tags

Let’s play a game, he says. The car is put into gear. The indicator blinks. The engine hums in anticipation. What game? His eyes meet mine in the rear-view mirror. He smiles. I look at my phone. The game is simple, he says. Lane change. You tell me your name, and I tell you where …

For Vivian

It's funny the things you think of when you see someone you love very much die in front of you. Right now, I'm thinking of shooting Henry with the gun in my hand. It's a water gun, but I want to shoot him with it anyway. I watch him kneel over her body, screaming incoherent …