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5 Nigerian Celebrities Who Were Supposed To Get Married This Year If Not For COVID.
2020 had other plans. The perfect wedding is one of those things that a lot of people all over the world pray and eagerly wait for. Last year and the beginning of this year, wedding proposals were flying left and right. People wanted to lock it down. But what people didn’t know then was that 2020 had other plans and one major wrench that was going to be thrown into their year’s plans was the novel Coronavirus.
Jide OkonjoPublished 4 years ago in HumansThe Death of Conversation
In the social media age, the importance of a healthy conversation is lost. Why does it become so difficult to express? Most people suffer from the idea that people don’t “really” understand them. Yet the only cure for that remains is to express.
Arnav MathurPublished 4 years ago in HumansBeth and Sarah
"Oh, it's that time, look at what came in the mail for you!" "Nooooo. No no no-no-no. How did they find my address?" "Okay, you realize it's just your high school reunion right? Your acting like the mafia is out to get you and they sent you a note to say they're coming." Sarah chuckles to herself while looking at her girlfriend in awe.
Eliza VargasPublished 4 years ago in HumansThe Bench
Emotions stagnant. In a space you’re used to but not comfortable with. You don’t mind it because it’s with family but the vibes of you connecting with everyone is different from my own. Looking at different aspects of everyone else’s life gives you perspective of life. Loneliness & positivity is what is given but unable to enjoy any moment at a party & bring everyone else to the limelight isn’t something that’s normally done. Joy & happiness through self love is what’s facilitated.
How to Overcome Awkward Silences
I've been on a date years ago with a girl I had only met once before. We met in the McDonald's she was working at. At the time I wasn't totally aware that she was in to me. I just wanted to eat my burger and fries.
Lars SchipperPublished 4 years ago in HumansHow to create a black heart:
Do you ever go numb? Like you want to feel something, but no matter how much you try you feel nothing? This happens to me often. Sometimes it's like I am ready to burst from inside my spirit and incinerate everything around me.
Buying My Freedom
For the last ten years, I have been the property of the Department of Corrections, 18 months as an inmate in the Florida Correctional Institution and then as a probationer for the last eight years, five months and seven days...but who's counting?
Tanaine JenkinsPublished 4 years ago in HumansTo No End
It was the first time I’ve managed to stay sober enough to make back to my room. The cold was coming up and the warmer days were practically gone. She stood in all black with high wedges boots. Her friend accompanied her.
oscar assiePublished 4 years ago in HumansGuilt
He was what I wanted in high school. The mysterious dude that was quiet and goth and handsome. I knew that every girl in our group wanted him. Yet, somehow I got him to like me. We would talk for hours everyday, he was my best friend and he knew my secrets and I knew his. For months, this deep friendship of ours was hidden.
Alexis SeabrookPublished 4 years ago in HumansMarked
when a human is born, it is said that two names appear on the skin of the child. They say that these names are unique to every person, and that no two are the same. One is the name of the person that you are meant to be with, the other is the one that will end your life. So, when one, Miss Nimue Leastrange was born everyone thought it was strange that she only had one name. throughout her life she would look at the name in wonder, even would trace it with her finger when she would go deep into thought. which is exactly what she was doing as she sat in front of the large window in the living room of her flat, watching the rain fall. Her mind wondered though from thought to thought, like the earliest memories of her looking at the name that marked her inner left thigh to the time she was able to speak the name on her skin.
Soul Suckers
Where do I even begin. I live in a small town Alberta. Beautiful mountains, warm chinooks, great hiking trails, and full of soul suckers. Yes, soul suckers. Some of the worst people I have ever met in my life. You go to a city and you’ll hear, “the belly of the beast”. Well, my friend... try this shithole that even smells like shit. You’d think it being so close to the Rockies and all the pretty views it’d be a wonderful place, but I think it’s hell. Drugs addicts, rats, fake friends, racist losers, homophobic idiots. It’s like all these fucked up city scum landed in a hole in the wall and said here! Maybe the mountains will cure you. I think it this point I’m just writing to vent. Because I’ve never felt so far from peace in my life. I literally feel like these people are sucking my soul out of me. So there’s a guy I dated. We go back a long tome before I left and came back. Left a relationship and COVID happened, so I had no choice but to come back here where my mother and bonus dad reside. Run into this guy, wants to hang out all the time. Super sweet, at first. Very pushy on dating. I’m already heart broken from the last guy so why not. Silly me! Meet the family, meet his drug dealer uncle, meet his dying mother and his lovely little innocent 2 year old daughter. It was going great! We shared music, he fell in love with it again. We threw a few parties and I made new friends. Typical story right? I mean not like this story is going to turn into a huge surprise. It lasted two months. I have never seen someone do so much cocaine in my life! I used to be a stripper, I used to date drug dealers. But this was something else. Right on the table infront of his daughter at that. So long story short, I left him. Mom dies, I feel bad, I go back. When it’s to a point where you are trying to be a good woman and you are crying because of his problem and he’s screaming at you for it. You run girl. And don’t look back. He got an inheritance from the passing. Bless her soul. Can you take a guess where that all went? He bought a new truck off the lot and bought a camper. New big TV and the rest.. well. I don’t think I need to say it. When the tv was purchased, I went inside to unhook the old one. While doing so, one of the daughters toys fell over and in order to not lose my patience from and already stressful life, I had a smoke. He comes in and starts whipping her toys across the room like a child. And I mean WHIPPING. Big toys too. If one would have hit me it probably would have broke my nose or did some sort of damage. So that was it. I waited for him to fall asleep to a movie and I was gone. For good. Now he’s broke. Skinny as hell. Dating a meth addict.. which I won’t say much about because I have another story in the future about another endeavour of mine. It sucks because I lost a friend. And I jumped in head first when I knew my own heart still needed to heal from the man before. So I suppose if there’s something anyone can take away from this story is just watch out for you. But I’m not done! I have a few more soul sucker stories. Maybe it’s just me and the situations I put myself in. But I do feel there is some sort of nasty vibe or evil presence surrounding this town... Ta ta for now fans ❤️
April N. EdwardsPublished 4 years ago in HumansThe Story of Little Wing
Little Wing lived on the hip of a girl. His positioning on her hip was not the best, he had a scar from a C-section running through one wing and a few stretch marks here and there from the girl bearing children. The girl’s weight occasionally fluctuated making him look better on some days than other, but Little Wing didn’t mind so much, he liked the girl. He knew that his positioning was chosen to cover the name of the man that she had spent 23 years with as well as a scrappy Winnie the Pooh. She felt bad about covering her Pooh Bear, but she was sure he would be fine behind Little Wing.
Wendy Carroll GardenourPublished 4 years ago in Humans