Literary works

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Mummy's Boy
Short story

Mummy's Boy

El' Eromosele Agbon

She found scant evidence of his betrayal; an invoice slip here_ for a pair of Dior slip-on’s she never got, a strand of hair that...

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The thing we take with us
Short story

The thing we take with us

Wangeci Mwangi

Njambi sits silently while the potbellied man who smells like nyama choma and beer complains about...

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The curse of the shahidi
Short story

The curse of the shahidi

Eli Mwalimu

I didn’t want to choose between worrying her or asking for help. Even though I knew I had to do both. The Kenya Bureau of Mysteries had...

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Murder On Block B
Short story

Murder On Block B

Oluwadamilola "Dazzle" Adedeji

I could tell from the moment that I woke up that this Saturday was unusual. For some reasons, my alarm...

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Miss Evans
Short story

Miss Evans

Freddy Betse

When I am twelve, Mom take me to new school, in Highway, far from where my younger sister Udy go. Mom say I am special child, fine...

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Life Imitates Art
Short story

Life Imitates Art

Precious Oluwatobi Emmanuel

Last night, I had the strangest dream. This wrinkled, stooping old man hobbled up to me as I sat under a...

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Home
Poem

Home

Lynda Rubi Binos

What do you know about bullet-riddled night skies, About lineages wiped out, children slain in their sleep? About...

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Rose
Short story

Rose

El' Eromosele Agbon

She would break into a sprint every chance she got. Our mother always joked that Rose could only move at two speeds, fast and...

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The Smell of Your Aftershave
Short story

The Smell of Your Aftershave

Jerry Chiemeke

This should not be happening to you. You are having a hard time figuring out what to get all clad...

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The Gods Be Damned
Short story

The Gods Be Damned

Precious Oluwatobi Emmanuel

Baba really liked his dog, Efon. It was a very loyal dog. It followed him everywhere – when he wanted to tap...

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A fire and other poems
Poem

A fire and other poems

Lynda Rubi Binos

I remember when it started With a fire, Which birthed unbridled peals Of laughter, When you were a new flame...

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On Be-ing...
Poem

On Be-ing...

William Moore

To be - out of time To be - out of space What becomes of us When we are no more In this place Perhaps we die Decomposing...

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No fly zone
Short story

No fly zone

Jerry Chiemeke

It's another Saturday, and I'm not really enthusiastic about weddings these days because I'm no longer sure what to make out of the...

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Blood Ties
Short story

Blood Ties

El' Eromosele Agbon

I approach the warehouse. My progression is super stealthy. Vampires have an incredible sense of hearing and smell, especially at ...

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No more smiles
Short story

No more smiles

Oluwadamilola "Dazzle" Adedeji

Two weeks ago, you decided you would stop smiling at the girl who lived next door. You started smiling at her one month ago when...

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Back Home
Short story

Back Home

William Moore

The ceiling leaked with the sound of mismanagement, in her opinion, a staple in all things Nigerian. It was evident in escalators that...

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