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I Will be Home Next Christmas

A few months back, it would have been a death sentence just to walk these roads—gun or no gun. The war seemed to be truly at its end, and I was on the right side of that end.

FictionWale MarianoDecember 26, 2022Christmas, short story, Wale Mariano Comments

On Christmas Morn

You had gone to pick up the ornaments and decorations for your photographs and the two beautiful matching pyjamas you had ordered for yourself and him.

FictionUfuoma BakporheDecember 25, 2022Christmas, Ufuoma Bakporhe, short story Comments

The Emigrant

She was between the devil and the deep blue sea. The deep blue sea that led to Europe was better than the devil at home.

FictionKingsley AlumonaOctober 29, 2022short story, immigrationComment

There, In That Place Of Promise

Courage was foreign to me. It was something I couldn’t grab and make mine. But not that Tuesday.

FictionJosiah IkpeOctober 15, 2022short storyComment

Ubushiku

Monde was left to race against the sun, for the moment it set, the night entertained the dead.

FictionMutale ChisuloSeptember 10, 2022short storyComment

The Battle of the Gods: A Folktale

ChiUkwu is called ChiUkwu for a reason. He is the only god with “ukwu” attached to his name. The Great. The Supreme. And what does a man so weak that the rains had beaten the melanin off him know about greatness?

FictionUgochukwu AnadịAugust 27, 2022Folktale, Nigeria, gods Comment

Friday Begins The Weekend

They preach prosperity year in, year out, and during election tell you not to vote for a Muslim if you are a Christian. Or not vote for a Christian if you are a Muslim. Election is next year, you will see with your two eyes. That is if you do not leave the country oh. Anyway, you can watch from over there in the abroad.

FictionSolomon Timothy HamzaJuly 16, 2022short story, Nigeria Comments

Ice

Ice got him to stop talking

FictionWale MarianoJune 18, 2022short story Comments

The weight of grief

But your father wasn’t always like this. Before your birth, he was one of the sweetest men I had known.

FictionEwa Gerald OnyebuchiJune 4, 2022Grief, Short Story, Ewa Gerald OnyebuchiComment

New Lagosian

I am not sure he can hear me above all the noise: the honks of vehicles, the murmur of roadside traders, the barbershop loudspeaker, the screams of the conductors.

FictionEniola Abdulroqeeb ArówólòMay 21, 2022Lagos, Eniola Arowolo, short storyComment

Hope upon hope

FictionPriscilla AdipaApril 9, 2022short story Comments

“A thought-provoking novel on familial expectations of love and loyalty,” a review of Faith, a novel by Itoro Bassey

This book blends the fabrics of living the American dream, African (Ibibio) spirituality, and modern Nigerian reality to create a novel that captivates and leaves a lasting impression long after the final page.

Review, FictionSugar PendragonMarch 22, 2022Faith, Review, Book Review

How to be an ogbanje

Before you were born, your mother had had three miscarriages and two dead children: one was a stillbirth and the other lived for only one year.

FictionFaith NwaniMarch 12, 2022short story, Ogbanje Comments

Death Needs No Accomplice

When she left my house that Sunday, smiling and dressed in my favourite white dress, my strawberry lipgloss shining on her lips, her hair pulled back in a ponytail, a beaded purse dangling at her shoulder, I hugged her and told her to be back before six.

FictionEzinne NjokuFebruary 26, 2022short story, Ezinne Njoku Comments

Fire is for silence

You curl up on the bed trying hard to shut out the memory. When you close your eyes, you still see him glaring at you with bloodshot eyes; you can even perceive the marijuana stench that he wears like perfume.

FictionOluwatoba James AbuFebruary 19, 2022short story, Domestic abuse Comments