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Keynote Speaker Professor Ainehi Edoro-Glines Readers Abu Bakr Sadiq amu nnadi Cynthia Dozie-Onwusoh Erere Onyeugbo Evaleni Lawson Ever Obi Ifeanyichukwu Eze Iris Mwanza Ismail Bala Itiola S. Jones Izehi Amadasu…

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Issues

Issue 21 | January 2025

Meet the Team Credits Editorial: Pulling Dawn Interview The Soulful Empathy of Niq Mhlongo Poetry promise in my country is another way of gambling lives Bullet, and Pandemic Loss, and…

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Meet the Team

(photo credit: Pixabay) Guest Poetry Editor Rasaq Malik Gbolahan Fiction Editor Nzube Nlebedim Nonfiction Editor Orji Victor Ebubechukwu Editorial Assistant Uche Anaekwe Art and Photography Victor Akhere Tobi Amida…

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Credits

(Photo credit: Pixabay) Publisher Nzube Nlebedim Art and Photography Victor Akhere Tobi Amida Production Nzube Nlebedim Cover Poster Design The Shallow Tales Media Official Issue Cover Credit Alet Pritorius

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Fiction

Between Here and There | Salma Ahmed

(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) The sign of the club frowned at Eli as he headed toward the back door. The entertainers and cooks in The Cotton Club had memorised…

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Fiction

Martyrs of the Chalice | Immaculate Halla

(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) My sister was pregnant. For four months now. I’m the one who sleeps with Makrina in the same bed, but I didn’t know it…

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Fiction

When the Dead Return Home | Ndakotsu Abubakar

(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) When Edati’s husband rises from his grave, Edati welcomes him with a sullen face. She is displeased that he rises late. From the information Iya…

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Poetry

Three Poems | Ber Anena

(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) The Wall When we saw skyscrapers gleaming in the distance, we dug our heels harder into the ground; cheered our bodies to conquer the…

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Poetry

The Making of a Messiah | Salama Wainaina

(cover photograph direction: Victor Akhere) Salama Wainaina is a Kenyan writer and poet who explores human connections by weaving personal reflections and the nuances of everyday life. Her work has…

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Poetry

Majd | Dacious Kasoka

(cover photograph direction: Tobi Amida) Dacious Kasoka is an economist, poet, and machine learning engineer. A 2023 Best of the Net nominee, his poems have been published and are forthcoming…

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