SHORT STORY: NOT A HERO BY WINIFRED ROWLAND
Ali arrived at school that morning, covered in bruises. It was clear he had faced his father’s anger the previous night. The day before, when school ended, Ali had dreaded going home. He even offered to cut the grass at my lodge, hoping to delay his return and maybe earn some money for a meal. […]
SHORT STORY: WHEN A MASQUERADE FALLS IN LOVE BY CHIDERA NWAIHIE
Who dares reject the proposal of the gods? Or the love offered by the one they’ve chosen as their oracle of fire? Who dares turn away from the benevolent advances made by the chi himself? Only the one who has decided to dance to the sad, punishing music of the spirits. He watched her closely […]
SHORT STORY: STAY WITH ME BY KINGSLEY ALUMONA
As an engineer going through a divorce, I often came to this nightclub to unwind. Tonight, with R. Kelly’s “Step in the Name of Love” playing in the background, she walked into the club, smiling at me. This was the third time we’d met in the three months since I first knew her. We were […]
POETRY: AMIDST AND THROUGH BY YEWANDE AKINSE
I am a pilgrimmeandering throughvicissitudesto safe harbourthrough bare buccaneersand through storm.I am present amidst and through thesefor I knowundoubtedly,that as the calm is withinso shall my reality be, regardless. I am a pilgrimpassing throughsunrise and twilightthrough orange-red and violetas supernova and as mundanesimultaneously.either in faith or in doubt alikethrough euphoria or miseryI know,by passing throughI […]
