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(cover photograph direction: David Obi) Christian Emecheta is a multifaceted creator who blends writing, illustration, and computer science. His fiction and poetry grace prestigious publications including Arts Lounge Magazine, Step…

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Poetry

Anti-Matter | Anthony Ikeh

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(cover photograph direction: David Obi) (Praise for Samuel Adeyemi’s Anti-funeral) Today everything is beautiful You will read the entirety of this poem in disbelief, as a driver speeds around the…

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Poetry

Amen | John Chinaka Onyeche

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(cover photograph direction: David Obi) It is the job of mumbled prayers to help you calm your hurts and fears. – Roger Robinson Crisis, this that I’m into. They say…

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Poetry

The Aftermath | Abraham Kedong Ali

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(cover photograph direction: David Obi) The brown dust on the horizon, speaks of the cold to come beforehand, and the fresh memories of the festival in December, a time when…

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Interviews

The Universality of Relations: In Conversation with Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

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Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond is the author of Powder Necklace: A Novel, Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky, Relations: An Anthology of African and…

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Reading Shallow Tales

Reading Shallow Tales V

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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

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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

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(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

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(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

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(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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