Literary works

Stories take us on boundless journeys into complex lives, into the depths of human emotions, on thrilling adventures, across exciting new terrains. “If you want to know a country read its writers"
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ALL THAT NEEDED SAVING
Short story

ALL THAT NEEDED SAVING

Odafin Odafe Okoh

When the time came for you to entangle yourself with the affairs of this world, Mummy wasn't ready

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DELIGHTFUL ENDINGS
Short story

DELIGHTFUL ENDINGS

Maruf Aliyah

Your waist beads glimmer under the faint light illuminating your room from the bulb on your ceiling. You like...

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On Days Like This
Short story

On Days Like This

Nduka Victoria

It's been almost a decade since your dad died, but you remember it as if it were yesterday. He was wearing his navy...

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NOT DEAD YET
Short story

NOT DEAD YET

Temitope Lawal

Death has its underbelly, the subtle finality, gone to be no more. Die and end our miseries. I mentally wave off the

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BOLU'S WEDDING
Short story

BOLU'S WEDDING

Ola W. Halim

A woman's wedding day is her happiest day, right? Well, it's not like that for Bolu. Her wedding day was...

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A BRIDE’S PRICE
Short story

A BRIDE’S PRICE

Odafin Odafe Okoh

The men who put numbers to the crates bite their beer-soaked lips and shake their drunk, little heads at...

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Two odds make it even
Short story

Two odds make it even

Dorcas Akobundu

It’s like clockwork: our love. You wake up each day and sit at your desk. I wake up too and watch you do your thing...

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What you carry has a name
Short story

What you carry has a name

Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi

Three times he had tried–picked up the pen, put it down, almost written a word. The other students...

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MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS
Short story

MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS

Inimfon Inyang

I flip through the pages of my mind nondisruptively — a boy in a manger, star in the sky, preacher on the...

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THE NIGHT ORB
Short story

THE NIGHT ORB

Zoe Yahmi Darlington

You have come to associate full moons with bad luck. It was on a night with a full moon that you pushed out your child, still...

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Òrìṣàbùnmi
Short story

Òrìṣàbùnmi

Aminat Sanni-Kammal

For most humans, greed was the driving force that hurtled them to the doorsteps of Ìyá Alaanu’s ibùdó. However, they always left more...

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Drug Addict
Short story

Drug Addict

Ossy Francis

Chinyere says Love is like a drug, it wears off, and one needs to top it up to make the feeling last. Some days, I return to find steaming..

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Daughter of the soil
Short story

Daughter of the soil

Favour Ezienyi Ahuchaogu

My father's father made love to the earth. He worshipped it, bent towards its rising sunafter rising run and fed it sweat that...

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The writer
Short story

The writer

Oghenenyerhovwo Sagbodje

I don't talk to strangers. What I mean is, I don't have unnecessary conversations with service people. If I have an appointment with a...

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The Final Hit
Short story

The Final Hit

Oluwadamilola "Dazzle" Adedeji

The cut on my head must have been deeper than I thought. My white blouse was already drenched in blood...

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The new death
Short story

The new death

Lynda Rubi Binos

THE thing about poison is that a small quantity is often a lethal dose, while a substantial amount gets forcefully ejected by...

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