Koye Oyedeji’s work has appeared in a number of publications including Ploughshares, the Virginia Quarterly Review, AGNI, Wasafiri magazine, the Believer, and elsewhere.
The King’s Cross streets are loaded, Thursday night miniskirts and Chelsea boots, pastel Hackett polo shirts and Stone Island wear, people coughing the odd virus or two in my direction.
You’re clutching your left side when you arrive home late Friday evening. You bring some of the outside cold with you into the living area of the house. Small traces of snow run along the creases and folds in your coat, and flakes thaw...