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Night Runs – Chapter 13 – Mirage
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 13 Mirage Adio didn’t pay enough attention when his passenger settled into the backseat. If he did, he would have noticed her hair. There is a boldness…
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Night Runs – chapter 12 – Rage
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 12 Rage There was a traffic logjam again, and it was quite hectic this time. It was also the third consecutive day that it rained. That was…
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Night Runs – chapter 11 -Pity
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 11 Pity “Where are your parents? Or your mother? Or whomever should be on this trip with you.” “They are both upstairs.” “Who is accompanying you on…
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Night Runs – chapter 10 -Family
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 10 Family “Oh my God, baba Ramota just entered my car.” “Calm down, he doesn’t know yet that you are the one driving.” ”What am I supposed…
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Night Runs – chapter 9 – Reward
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 9 Reward At first Adio didn’t take the news on the radio and news bulletin seriously about the cholera outbreak in the city. He couldn’t be bothered.…
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Night Runs – chapter 8 – Police
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 8 Police. Nursing is such a noble profession, or at least, that was how Adio liked to imagine. The one in his car had blue scrubs on,…
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Night Runs – chapter 7 – Finger
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 7 Finger. “What is she looking for at this time of the night, for God’s sake?” “If I were you, I wouldn’t take this ride. This woman…
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Night Runs – chapter 6 -Fantasy
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 6 Fantasy Adio’s nose still hurt, but not as much as it did three days earlier. The pain was so excruciating that he hadn’t realized that he…
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The Opposites – Mo’s first blog Post
Motunrayo is writing her first online published work and hopes to write her own book some day. Just like daddy! Once upon a time, there lived a happy little family of 2 children, a…
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Night Runs – chapter 5 – Adultery
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 5 Adultery Adio eyes darted between his fuel gauge and the street. The perennial scarcity of petrol, the most important resource for his business, had turned into…
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Night Runs – chapter 4 – Blood
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 4 Blood Adio was oblivious to the blaring sirens and flashing lights of the two ambulances that sped past him in the opposite direction. He was focused…
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Night Runs – chapter 3 – Raunchy
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 3 Raunchy It was 2am in the morning. There’s a certain level of tiredness that equates to illness; Adio’s tired body was inching closer to breaking down,…