Fiction
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 way he had said the name, that long time ago. My mother doesn’t like her, doesn’t like that I like Babi more than her. But…
Book Review: Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garrick
Book: Tomorrow Died Yesterday Author: Chimeka Garrick There is always that one book sitting on the bookshelf and gathering dust and all sorts of disrespect by being passed over for all the trending and more seemingly glamorous books. And then, one day, out of curiosity, necessity or some touch of fate, you decide to pick…
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 at my watch for fear of an anxiety attack. It had happened once when I was set to perform in my university play. Things had…
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 am is in a class of its own. Sweet sleep! But who could be troubling me at this time? Who dares call me at this early…
Book Review: What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
With an original take on speculative, dystopian, fantastical, magical realism and any other term that stands for ‘knocks the breath out of you’, Lesley Nneka Arimah has spun a collection of short stories in such a spectacular and intelligent manner that will stay with us for a very long time.
Book Review: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Book: Homegoing Author: Yaa Gyasi With her heart wrenching and ambitious debut, Yaa Gyasi has written a story that unfolds into six generations of the consequences of the actions of their ancestors and supporting actors. The tale starts out strong with a masterful handling of the dominoes being set in place before they begin to…
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 online, most of whom I have never met. We shared jokes and laughed out loud. All seemed perfect till I did something I still term…
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 of a BRT bus. Thankfully, the skin wasn’t broken, so he applied a menthol balm evenly on the area and massaged lightly. Her hands drew…
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 exhaled heavily as I imagined what was to come. Then I turned. The moment I saw her, I widened my eyes in a look of…
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 was lying on the mat in their hut, in the far reaches of the village, where she left her. Achieni would not move until she…