Serialized novel: Tabitha 2.1

ACCRA – 18th December, 2013: It so happens that fortune does not smile at all on some people. It also happens that disasters do happen for a reason. This disaster was terrible, it was painful, it left a question in our heart and mouth, and it made us wonder whether God existed at all This was the very question, Mr. Afriyie, asked himself over and over...

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Serialized Novel: Tabitha 1.2

The gatemen let go of the pregnant woman and pushed the door open and they all entered. The room was a bit sizeable and heavily furnished with the accoutrements, the doctor helped the women to put the pregnant woman on the bed and told them to wait for him outside. Because they couldn’t comprehend English, the gateman explained to them. “The white man said go outside...

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Nocturnal presence

She is only a nocturnal presence  That comes to paint my face with Smiles and tears.  On the morrow,  I wake up and she will be gone With everything I see as life and sadness.  Respite,  Her perfume always lingers on  Like that of a Harmattan-time ghost  Set on flames.  Her heart is fire  And my soul is...

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#MyPhantomValentine

Phantom Valentine My dear is just a dream away. She is made up of skulls and revenge.  My phantom Valentine rides on her favorite skeletal dark horse Ready to offer me her sordid love and melancholic kiss.  You see,  She is romance not worth even the paper it is written on! But at least I pretend she is.  My...

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Serialised Novel: Tabitha 1.1

3rd March, 1988 – The people of Abease-Buipe woke up to the horrors that accompanied the singular event which shook the very foundations of the town. Never a year goes by without this event been recounted; this event which has been recounted so much had turned from history to myth. Popularly referred to as ‘Ruck-by mtam kesie” caused the...

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