Suffering and Happiness are Twins, Part Three
Posted by Love Samantha on 31/12/2011 · 3 Comments
Suffering & Happiness are Twins Part Three Thirtieth of December, 2011. Eleven twenty-eight “Christian! Christopher!” She shouted again. If there was any area that both her boys had shown little improvement, it was responding promptly when she called them, and neither had mastered the concept of waking up before 11 am. She had made akara … Read more
Category Short Stories · Tagged with Death, Drugs, Grief, London, Suffering and Happiness are Twins, Twins, Willesden Junction
Suffering and Happiness are Twins, Part Two
Posted by Love Samantha on 31/12/2011 · 2 Comments
Suffering and Happiness are Twins Part Two Thirtieth of December, 2011. Eleven twenty-eight Months had passed since she had evicted her sons from the house. That night she barely slept. The coldness of the blade of the knife she had stashed under her pillow penetrated the polyester filling and kept her awake. She was … Read more
Category Short Stories · Tagged with Death, Drugs, Igbo, London, On Christianity, redemption, Suffering and Happiness are Twins
Suffering and Happiness are Twins, Part One
Posted by Love Samantha on 31/12/2011 · 1 Comment
Suffering & Happiness are Twins Part One Thirtieth of December, 2011. Eleven twenty-eight “Christian! Christopher!” Hilda had been hopelessly shouting the names of her youngest sons intermittently for the past forty-five minutes. Decades ago, when she first came to London with her oldest son and daughter, Chiemelu and Mary, she would never have had to … Read more
Category Short Stories · Tagged with Christian, Drugs, Igbo, London, Money, Sex, Short story, Twins
The Difference Between Us and Them, Part Two
Posted by Love Samantha on 17/06/2011 · 1 Comment
The Difference Between Us and Them, Part Two The sixteenth of June, 2011. Eleven thirty-nine. When you’re off work for two whole weeks, and you’re just staying at home and not setting off into the sun somewhere, you develop habits. New ones that your body begins to re-enact daily without the consent of a … Read more
Category On Christianity, Short Stories · Tagged with forgiveness, God, grace, homosexuality, love, On Christianity, paedohilia, redemption, reformation
The Difference Between Us And Them
Posted by Love Samantha on 24/05/2011 · 4 Comments
The Difference Between Us and Them, Part One Tuesday the twenty-fourth of May, 2011. Eleven sixteen. The breaking down of the air conditioning system in the office had conveniently coincided with the beginning of the World Cup football matches, so Luke, the team manager, decided it would be appropriate to end the working day at … Read more
Category Short Stories
