Short Stories

Some say it was a genetic mutation which did it. Though others would claim it was the white lady. The one who not only reared them but apparently taught them to sing. The strange one who kept to [...]

If you thought you wouldn’t miss your grown-up daughter when she left for the mandatory NYSC service, you were wrong. Laide was a computer geek who didn’t care if everyone had a proper meal at [...]

It is 12 midnight. The candle at the corner of her late grandma’s hut is already casting its farewell glow. Laura’s gaze continually falls upon her little child, Natalie. Natalie tries to grab [...]

Life was unpredictable until Egbon swept her off her feet like the giant walls of Jericho never meant to be rebuilt. When she fell in love, it was a painful but educational experience. And, it [...]

Remember when you told her “You will keep this love story for a long time if we’re to do this. “She stored your love story in a tightly lidded purple jar placed carefully in her bedside cupboard. [...]

I was fourteen and had just written the JSCEs. I had nothing else to do so I spent all my time in my room, playing video games and perusing sultry paperbacks whenever the power went out. My [...]

Edith who? There must be a mistake. No. No. No. The news set tongues wagging in Highfields. She was the perfect wife and mother. Definitely any man’s dream wife. Any child’s mother. Edith Ramoke [...]

THE LEVITICUS First, she had to get her sob story straight: “I’m so nervous and I’m struggling to concentrate, yet I need to because, as a lawyer, I want to make a change at the Constitutional [...]

A long time ago in the lands of Igbuzo, a man birthed his only daughter before he died in an attack by a neighbouring community. The widowed wife of the man decided to raise her only child – [...]

Alor Biong moved stealthily along the shores of the river Kiir, ducking low from time to time. It was his turn to watch for danger that might surprise the crew. It had been weeks since his [...]