Flash Fiction Stories
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African Stories
“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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Flash Fiction Stories
“The Pages of Fate Have Twists” — A Flash Fiction by Aries
I sat on the sandy beach, watching the water move like it was controlled by an external force, and although I knew the water was pushed by an external force,…
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Fantasy and Adventure Stories
“Max” — A Flash Fiction by Chukwuebuka Harrison Aninze
By the time Max got to the party it was late. He’d overslept. The blaring techno music thumped in his head like a heartbeat and the flashing lights made him…
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African Stories
“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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African Stories
“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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Flash Fiction Stories
“Drive” — A Flash Fiction by Chukwuebuka Harrison Aninze
Perched on a chair, I perused a pamphlet in my hand. Although I had read it cover to cover, I needed something to do while waiting for the interviewer. They…
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African Stories
“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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African Stories
“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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African Stories
“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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African Stories
“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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African Stories
“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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African Stories
“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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African Stories
“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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African Stories
“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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African Stories
“Of Hopes Squashed: Of Being a Woman” — A Flash Fiction by Chiamaka James
Standing before you is me, Chiamaka, and this is my story. Today, I came out of the fattening room after two weeks with other girls of my age group. The…
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African Stories
“The Rona Doe Invasion” — A Flash Fiction Story by Mb Banks
Once upon a time, there was a serial killer named Rona Doe. An old man in a young body he was. He started his escapade since he was in his…
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African Stories
“127 Seconds” — A Flash Fiction by Gael
I by chance got hold of my old dusty eulogy. I know it kind of seems obscure. I slowly perused through the pages, wiping off the dust and one moment…
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Flash Fiction Stories
“Burnt Bodies” — A Flash Fiction by Zoe
The smell of bodies getting burnt in that chaotic fire never left his memory and nostrils. It was in 1980, during the bomb blast at the Gutenberg building in Germany.…
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African Stories
“Torn Pages from My Eulogy” — A Flash Fiction by Nice Mwaura
Daddy, it has been ten years. Ten solid years of concoctions and a string of questions about my fractions. Ten years of regret. Back and forth, I can’t loathe. Sorry,…
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African Stories
“Asiri” — A Short Story by Muhammad Haruna
“Dodum! Dodum! Dodum!” my heart kept beating. It was my first fight, after months of intensive training just so I can beat Kaiguna, a fifteen-year-old boy. I was seventeen then,…
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