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FictionOctober 9, 2020 0

Little Things │ Sayo Juba │ Short story

“But she’s not that kind of girl,” she screamed with her hands on her chest, her heart racing as a trickle of sweat ran down her neck.She was right. Chinyere…More

FeaturesSeptember 3, 2020 2

A Maybe True Tale │ Kathryn Olushola │ Short story

When I was five years old, my mother was critically ill. She was in and out of the hospital like a clumsy drug dealer going in and out of jail.…More

FeaturesAugust 27, 2020 2

Your Life is in Your Mouth │ Tayo Oladipo │Short story

So many times I have tried to kill myself. Not like I really wanted to, like people do these days, but some of the things I did almost cost me…More

FictionJuly 18, 2020 1

Darkness & Despair│Onuchukwu Joseph│Short story

1.So here you are, seated on the poorly cemented floor with your back against the itchy wall in this small room that shouldn’t even be for the living. Wet in…More

FictionJuly 18, 2020 0

Jesus Is the Sweetest Name│Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi│Short story

The choristers chorus the hallelujah song by Handel Messiah, so euphoniously. Sitting at the edge of a long, brown pew in church, your gaze lingers on him. He is the…More

StoriesNovember 26, 2018 0

Two Significant Figures by Bunmi Oke

I always wondered why she had issues with the arithmetic. It just didn’t suit her. Maybe, she was too good at her teaching career to tolerate any inaccurate application to…More

what it means when a man falls from the sky nneka Arimah

Book ReviewsApril 24, 2018 0

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.

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StoriesNovember 7, 2016 0

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