Becoming Day by Olubunmi Familoni
BECOMING DAY “Carry your playing outside.” I’m playing with Babi, with her yellow hair. Daddy brought her for me. “I brought you Babi;” as if it was a person, the…More
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Lavender by David Ephraim
Lavender I awoke in the evening. I had been sleeping and waking at odd hours ever since joining the clan. I strolled deliberately around my room, careful not to look…More
Dreams and Phone Calls by Tayo Oladipo
The phone rang persistently, forcing itself into my sleep. What will I not give to be left alone in the early hours of the day? Sleep between 4 am to 6…More
The Visitors by David Udorah
It was few days to the New Year and I was sitting in my living room enjoying myself with my fully-charged phone. I was chatting with a couple of friends…More
A Story With Only One Name by Joy Chime
‘Eeiish…. Easy, please’, she winced, pulling her foot from him. ‘Sorry sorry’, he apologised. Earlier in the day, she had had a little accident involving her foot and the door…More
Of Shocks and Happenings by Joy Chime
I actually saw her o. But I had gotten to the foot of the pedestrian bridge when she called my name. I rolled my eyes to Morocco and back, and…More
Achieni is Dying by Ogenna Ojukwu
“No one can say they loved their daughter more”, Oyibinga muttered to herself as she hurried into the market that morning. Not a man, not a woman. Achieni her daughter…More
The Reclamation by Olumurewa Olubela
Emeka felt guilty as he watched the conscription officers drag away the man who lived in the house next to his. He had wanted to invite him to join his…More
Why Dwarfs Become Amusers by Seun Ogunbiyi
Just this evening I thought a ghost had knocked when I opened the tumbledown, termite-pecked door of my small one-room apartment. I’d looked out with a bent neck, looking down…More
Darkness by David Udorah
'Goodnight, Mum'. 'Yeah, goodnight, honey. And don't stay up late this time'. 'Okay, mum, I promise', I replied. I smiled as I watched mum climb up the stairs to her…More