African Stories
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African Stories
“Near-death Experience” — A Flash Fiction by Chimdindu Vivian Esimoleze
She would occasionally inflict pain on herself so she could lick the blood from the wound. It was so disturbing to see. I once caught her with a knife trying…
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“Berserker” — A Short Story by Nice Mwaura
Three is a perfect number. When someone calls you for the first time, that is a mistake. When they call you for the second time, that is probably coincidence. When…
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“Negligence” — A Flash Fiction by Jane bu Smith
Dimma was down with a big fever. Mama who never believed in the word modernization was sitting beside her, a sponge in hand dabbing at her face. There was also…
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“One Last Time” — A Flash Fiction by Allyna Kemmy
Is it easy to heal? Does it really ever heal and end? “I don’t believe it ends, I just trust that we learn to live with it. We grow strong,…
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“Desperation” — A Flash Fiction by Chukwuebuka Harrison Aninze
Jenny was not sure about how to feel when a red hummer finally pulled over. She was grateful to have a customer but hated both him and herself for what…
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“The Family of Spirits” — A Short Story by Favour Chukwuemeka
Not everyone is capable of cutting deals with the dead. And I say this as a part of that ‘not everyone’. On the morning of September 15th, I am dead…
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“Who Named Me Girl?” — A Flash Fiction by Christiana Jayeoba
I sat over my bunk bed and watched my legs dangling over the edges. “Mummy,” I began, “Why are my legs so small?” Mummy paused in her action and looked…
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“The Ants in My Pants” — A Short Story by Nice Mwaura
This is no story; it has more of my history. The geography traces back to the journey of a thousand miles I made in my home in the grave. Sorry,…
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“My Last Will” — A Flash Fiction by Nice Mwaura
Maybe life is too short to live the same day twice and my life is shorter because I have lived the same day more than thrice. So if my tomorrow…
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“What About Us?” — A Flash Fiction by Nice Mwaura, Emily Millern and Brainy O Bee
Introduction I plucked a daisy and soaked it in a pool of insecurities and wants. She loves me, she loves me not. Barbara’s POV From the torn pages of my…
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“The Proposal” — A Short Story by Cynthia Linlin
He gave me the proposal I wanted. The one I spoke to him about those nights we spent in his single room apartment on a bed that was as hard…
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“More Babies On the Way” — A Flash Fiction by Favour Chukwuemeka
“I was thirty-three when I had my first intercourse. And it was with your mother,” my dad would say when he wanted to begin a monologue akin to sex education.…
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“Sign of the Times” — A Short Story by Psychic
“What is that?” Lola screamed as she quickly came down from her car in the Lagos traffic that was about to begin because someone hit her car. She walked down…
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“Your Unexpected Visitor” — A Horror Story by Abigail Chukwu
It’s 11:35. You have been working all night. It just dawned on you that you have have not had your bath yet. You get up and walk into the bathroom.…
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“Welcome to Èkó” — A Short Story by Chiamaka James
You left your home by 5:30am to board a bus bound for the city of Èkó. You couldn’t sleep well the previous night because you had to complete your arrangements…
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“Her Diary” — A Flash Fiction by Allyna Kemmy
I fear depression most. It has this little way of digging into me, it touches my scars and peels away the scabs slowly … it’s tormenting. It feels so loud…
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“Strictly Confidential: Part 2” — A Short Series by Favour Chukwuemeka
Read Part 1. She’s begun to eat before I descended from upstairs. Like me, she’s fresh like those models from soap adverts. Her skin’s fairer than the morning sun and…
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“Sitting Quietly in the Bus” — A Flash Fiction by Anayo Martin
As you sat quietly, an unknown man with a strange physique sat beside you. His beard and hair looked rough and untidy. He growled and continuously glared at you. He…
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“Lagos Sex Escapades” — A Collection of Flash Fiction Stories by Nkechi Analikwu
Of all juicy topics I’ve heard, these perhaps, are the juiciest of them all. I had great laughs hearing all the sweet tales from the sexually active ones among us…
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“Third Chance” — A Flash Fiction by Gael
Salvation from damnation. That’s all I need at the moment. Something to ensure that my sanity is at an equilibrium. The presence of a church inside my soul or somewhere…
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