A Quest for Sobriety – 2
Meet Olo, Alice’s husband, again. He is still lying on an armchair in his living room, snoring away his Saturday. He will wake up soon enough with a splitting headache…More
Restless Like a Boy by Chigozie Chukwu-ike
“If you like keep laughing like you picked up a ten kobo coin until I bring my cane.” Mama yelled from the bedroom. But Kosi didn’t stop tickling me. As…More
How I Became a Demon
For boys like me, who sprouted from a broken home, joy is an impossible currency. The last time I saw my mother was thirteen years ago, in a pool of…More
3 Poems by Jeremy Karn
There Are More / No Beautiful Things Than Chantal(After reading: 1st John 4:18) I On the other hand / you…More
“A Quest for Sobriety” by Dami Ajayi
The quest for Olo’s sobriety begins one Friday night while his wife sits in a creaking armchair in their living room, staring intermittently at the ticking wall clock, waiting impatiently…More
3 Poems by Jolaade Dipe
bonfire tonight, we are gods re-entering the realm of moans/our breaths hitched/ your fingers savouring redemption beneath me/ i moan in blues/ All time low is breaking the speakers/ you…More
The Muse Literary Journal: Call for Submissions
The Muse: A Journal of Creative and Critical Writing of the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The Board calls for submissions for its forthcoming publication…More
CHRONICLES OF A DISJOINTED BOY: SOLITUDE
The last time I wrote a story listening to Enya’s Flora Secret, I cut my left index finger and allowed the gushing blood tell a story of how I was…More
3 Poems by Pamilerin Jacob
Nameless my soul is corroded / ache sewn into chest like a badge / I reach out to god with a middle finger / want to chisel the moon with…More
CHRONICLES OF A DISJOINTED BOY: FOR THOSE SOULS THAT WON’T BE STONES
I started naming the cities in my body when I was ten. Some I named grief, sorrow, agony, and mental disorder. Others I named brokenness, injustice, and infirmity. There was…More