Fiction · May 27, 2024
The Siblings EP01
BENJY The pitter-patter of the rain against the zinc roof woke Benjy up. Or was it the mismatched voices of the children? He shifted in bed, his…
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The Siblings
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Fiction · May 27, 2024
The Siblings EP02
ORE Ore paused outside her brother’s door, taking a deep breath. She felt bad that she had lied to him, especially because he was the ‘better’ br…
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Fiction · May 27, 2024
The Siblings EP03
DEJI Deji counted the bottles where she had hidden them in the back of the wardrobe. Five bottles. It was a reasonable number, considering that i…
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Fiction · Jun 1, 2024
The Siblings EP04
BENJY Benjy glanced at his phone as it began to ring. He knew, without looking, who was on the other end of the line. He tapped the side button,…
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Fiction · Jun 11, 2024
The Siblings EP05
ORE “I’m just saying, you didn’t have to smile like that,” Ramsey said. Ore sighed quietly as she towelled her body dry. She wished she could sta…
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Fiction · Jun 19, 2024
The Siblings EP06
DEJI Deji pulled up to the school gate just as his 3pm alarm rung. He turned the alarm off before he parked the car refusing to think about what…
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Fiction · Jun 27, 2024
The Siblings EP07
BENJY Benjy had been having the same nightmare for two days. Okay, technically it wasn’t a nightmare in the sense that there were no monsters cha…
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Fiction · Jul 4, 2024
The Siblings EP08
ORE Ore waited on the doorstep. She had heard Susan’s voice from within after ringing the doorbell so she knew her friend would eventually make i…
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Fiction · Jul 11, 2024
The Siblings EP09
DEJI DEJI “Daddy,” the sound was a whimper rousing Deji from the depths of his dreams. Deji forced his eyes open at his daughter’s voice. In the…
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Fiction · Jul 18, 2024
The Siblings EP10
BENJY The restaurant Elizabeth had picked was a quiet one. It was one of those ones that had booths that provided the guests with privacy. Benjy…
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Fiction · Jul 25, 2024
The Siblings EP11
ORE Afternoons at their company was Ore’s favourite time of day. Maybe it was because there was the subconscious countdown to the end of the work…
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Fiction · Aug 1, 2024
The Siblings EP12
DEJI Deji felt like the woman sitting across from him was a stranger. He couldn’t believe how awkward they were in each other’s company. When had…
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Fiction · Aug 8, 2024
The Siblings EP13
BENJY Benjy was in such a good mood that he had decided to go to church that Sunday morning. It wasn’t like all his problems with Lizzy were solv…
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Fiction · Aug 15, 2024
The Siblings EP14
ORE “Guess what?” Ore roused herself from where she was lounging in the pool chair as she heard her husband’s voice. “What?” she asked. “We got t…
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Fiction · Aug 22, 2024
The Siblings EP15
DEJI Most of Deji’s processing happened at night when everyone was in bed. He had found that after having children and becoming a proper family m…
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Fiction · Aug 29, 2024
The Siblings EP16
BENJY After that Sunday which he was now referring to as the “Doomed Sunday”, Benjy couldn’t eat or sleep. His productivity at work was being aff…
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Fiction · Sep 5, 2024
The Siblings EP17
ORE Ore could feel the pressure building inside her as she uttered those words. Never had she seen her brother look at her the way he was looking…
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Fiction · Sep 12, 2024
The Siblings EP18
DEJI It was Saturday and Deji had promised to take his children out to the park for a quick run around. So there he was. Spending time with his c…
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Fiction · Sep 19, 2024
The Siblings EP19
BENJY Few things ruffled Benjy’s feathers like fighting with his sister. He and Ore had always shared a closeness that he lacked with his brother…
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Fiction · Oct 3, 2024
The Siblings EP20
ORE The day had arrived. If anyone asked Ore, she would deny that she had been anticipating this day, giddy like a school girl on the first day o…
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Fiction · Oct 10, 2024
The Siblings EP21
DEJI Courage was finally admitting that you had been lying to yourself. It was one thing to pretend that something wasn’t happening, to look away…
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Fiction · Oct 17, 2024
The Siblings EP22
BENJY Benjy had thought that he would feel a huge sense of relief when Lizzy finally got around to the idea of letting go of the baby instead he…
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Fiction · Oct 24, 2024
The Siblings EP23
ORE Being in Terry’s presence was intoxicating. Ore felt like she had the first time she tasted alcohol. It was at her first house party in unive…
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Fiction · Oct 31, 2024
The Siblings EP24
DEJI Finding the appropriate marriage counsellor wasn’t as easy as Deji expected. It wasn’t as if he could go about asking people for recommendat…
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Fiction · Nov 7, 2024
The Siblings EP25
BENJY Benjy’s bombshell stunned Lizzy into silence. Stunned them both, actually. Benjy hadn’t known he had come to that conclusion until the word…
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Fiction · Nov 14, 2024
The Siblings EP26
ORE The cell phone in her hand felt hot. It wasn’t a literal hotness, it was one generated by Ore’s mind. She had finally responded to Terry’s Fa…
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Fiction · Nov 21, 2024
The Siblings EP27
DEJI “So…Deji and Ivie, may I ask why you are here?” The way she said the why was what made Deji exchange looks with his wife. It was obvious why…
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Fiction · Nov 28, 2024
The Siblings EP28
BENJY The door opened and his sister walked in. When they were younger, it had been a running joke in their home that Ore was not friends with cl…
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Fiction · Dec 5, 2024
The Siblings EP29
ORE The news of their father’s remarriage was a welcome distraction for Ore. Things had been tense since Wednesday when she had the text mix-up w…
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Fiction · Dec 12, 2024
The Siblings EP30
DEJI Do one nice thing for each other every day for the next week. This was Dr Amber’s assignment for them this week. They’d had two sessions wit…
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Fiction · Dec 19, 2024
The Siblings EP31
BENJY Benjy glanced at his watch. It was almost noon. He resisted the urge to pick up his phone to call Lizzy. He had been clear in his text mess…
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