Short Story - Two Men at a Party by Uche Peter Umez

The room throbbed with adults – some men dancing with their girls, others leaning intimately against the wall. Flavour was crooning about big arse on the music player.

The air was a purple haze, warm, soothing, though it stank of thick fragrances.

Short Story - Slack by Uche Peter Umez

 Chidera tried to push him away, but Mr. Nnamdi grabbed her by the waist.

‘Sir, you’re hurting me,’ she cried, wishing she’d left the office much earlier.

His grip slackened. ‘I’m sorry. But I’ve fallen for you – ’

Bloody Chunk by Uche Peter Umez

I knew his kind. I also knew he’d come over to my table, so I didn’t look up when he said, ‘May I?’
‘Enjoy,’ I replied, sipping my drink.

‘Hm, Chapman.’

I turned – yet another lusty playboy, though all I could think of was a bloody chunk. ‘I’m not the kind of woman you’d want to have in bed.’

Short Story - Two-timing by Uche Peter Umez

As Chinedu nibbled on my navel, I couldn’t help thinking about his wife.

‘Can you keep a secret?’ I whispered.

Chinedu paused, studied my face, then scoffed. ‘What secret?’

Short Story - Purity Hotel by Uche Peter Umez

Oluchi sat up when her phone rang.

‘Purity Hotel, Room 4,’ said a female voice, ‘you’ll have to come quickly.’

‘Who are you?’ asked Oluchi.

‘You do want to find out the truth about your husband, right?’

Drabble - To Cheat or Not to Cheat

A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words. "The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in an extremely confined space." Read this submission by talented writer and author Uche Umez, and leave a comment.