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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 3 days ago

  Exposed

  TIti was that powerful lady I admired a lot in my corporate world. A purpose-driven lady with that burning desire to rise above the obstacles placed in her way. I'm sure if we were to choose mentors in

  $4.90

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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 6 days ago

  Behind The Filter

  From the moment the sun peeks through the clouds reflecting on the windows of her penthouse. The moment her manager steps into her room with a cup of her favourite slimming tea. "It's a new day,

  $6.20

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  • Breakdown: 3.10 HBD, 10.72 HP
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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 8 days ago

  Mama Chinedu

  Like every growing young adult, I had always thought that moving into my apartment would mean freedom. A life with only your rules and lived on your terms. That was what our juvenile delinquency made us

  $5.51

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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 10 days ago

  Ride To Remember

  I still remember how thick the air was that early morning as I stepped out of Miriam's cramped apartment where I was squatting for the meantime until I could afford my place. I was just a fresh Lagosian

  $3.42

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  • - Author $1.74
  • - Curators $1.68

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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 13 days ago

  Echoes From The Flames

  Socrates stumbled out of his tiny cabin perched at the edge of the cliff overlooking the sea. His breath was high, and he coughed like he had tuberculosis, his eyes red and with water and his skin drenched

  $5.88

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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 16 days ago

  A Recipe for Disaster

  Standing there in my kitchen, hands on my hips and a tiny feeling of dread. I was dressed in my apron and staring at the full-on culinary debacle I had going on in my kitchen. I was sure that I had followed

  $4.48

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  • - Author $2.28
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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 18 days ago

  Gobble or Gobble Out

  Ahmad stood by the window in his penthouse office. He was taking in the beautiful view of the city. The people sprawled across like tiny ants are in his eyes. The businesses each held a potential he felt

  $1.06

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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 20 days ago

  The Naming Ceremony

  I watched as the ceiling fan was rotating slowly, as slow as the low voltage could carry it. For the past two days now, NEPA has been frustrating us with low voltage. I sighed and turned to my side, staring

  $0.55

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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 22 days ago

  Inhaling Christmas

  I opened my eyes last Saturday morning to the sight of the morning sun and a slight fog creeping into my bedroom window. The quietness that morning was unusual but the exact peace I needed after a rough

  $4.51

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  • - Author $2.29
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• zerah (60)in Ladies of Hive • 23 days ago

  LOH #210 - Earliest Christmas

  I don't want to sound like the fictional character Grinch from Dr. Seuss's classic children's book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". But I've never had to decorate for Christmas ever since I

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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 24 days ago

  Secrets And Confessions

  "Don't let those sins pile up. Confess it to the lord today!" The priest said as I sat in the front pew with my family, watching him jump from one place to the other at the altar, teaching about

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  • - Author $1.95
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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 26 days ago

  Imperfectly Perfect

  "If only I wasn't this way", Zainab muttered, running her hands on the patches in her face. The weight of her insecurities overwhelmed her as she stared at herself in the mirror. The rays of

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  • - Author $1.52
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• zerah (60)in Ladies of Hive • 28 days ago

  What Makes Me Smile On A Bad Day #209

  Bad days are something we can outrun as humans we are. It's inevitable. I believe even kids these days experience it. But as humans, we all have that thing we do to get ourselves off those bad days. For

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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • 29 days ago

  Not As Innocent As You Think

  It was workday as usual, customers yelling at the top of their voices, asking to be attended to. But we could only do the best we could with the bad network that day. Upon all our efforts to switch to

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  • - Author $1.76
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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • last month

  The Many Goodbyes

  "But we agreed today was our day, babe. We were to spend time together at home" Adenike grumbled. She was standing at the door of their bedroom watching her husband struggle with his tie. "I

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  • - Author $2.04
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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • last month

  Mama Sweetie's Buka

  Exhausted, Mama Sweetie wiped the sweat off her forehead with the back of her wrapper. She took another look at her buka local restaurant, 'Mama Sweetie's Buka' for the upteenth time and shook her head.

  $3.41

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  • - Author $1.74
  • - Curators $1.68

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• zerah (60)in Hive Naija • last month

  HNW- Workplace

  I've had my fair share of good and bad bosses ever since I began working. And I guess it's normal to experience both in your work life. Maybe not in a particular organization but in different organizations

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• zerah (60)in Freewriters • last month

  Samantha And The Bee

  I watched as Samantha's countenance changed. She was reading the dictionary. I wondered why one would sit down and read the dictionary, but on second thought, I wouldn't blame her. There was a spelling

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• zerah (60)in The Ink Well • last month

  The Dress

  You know that feeling you get when it's the D-day of something you've waited so long for? That was how I felt that evening. Ecstatic and pump for the party. Like the culture has always been, there's an

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  • - Author $1.21
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• zerah (60)in Ladies of Hive • last month

  LOH: My Spirit Lifting Snacks

  I'm not a food addict. Sometimes I can go days without eating solid food, just, just snacks and a whole lot of water. Enjoying the 'lots of water'. On several occasions, I've had food spoil because I made

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