On the Third Cockcrow
ABDULAZEEZ SHOMADE a strange sound scoots into my roomshakes my dreamy bed. my eyes twinkles before going back to sleep.again, the sound strikes. this time i’m half-awake struggling to…
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The Shallow Tales Review
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How My Mirror Makes My Morning Muse
ADESINA AJALA most mornings, i forget to look myself in the mirror—does a boy concern himself with his looks?—forget to let the mirror lure me back into myself. forget…
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THE CASE OF SUN’S BROTHER
ABIGAIL OSORO Like an owl in the deep, dark nightThe ill feeling glares at me,It flows my way, unending, a river,It washes over me as I traverse the landOblivious…
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A Traveller Tells of Three Scenes
IFESINACHI NWADIKE Scene 1: Of a Car Burning; Vom! It went upIn crimson flamesRed-blooded tonguesLicked its bluish bodyTo the chagrin of empty extinguishers. Scene 2: Of Tyre Explosion; Gboa!…
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Interview with Ella Dein
Writer, Ella Dein, lets us into her space in this interview. She is the author of And Then I Met You, a collection of narrative poetry and prose. Enjoy!…
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LETTER TO RISIKATU
MELONY AKPOGHENE TO RISI Pain is not just the twinge you feel when you prick your finger with the needle as you stitch up the holes in your shirts. It…
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WHEN A MAN FINDS A SHELL
NZUBE NLEBEDIM Young man walks lazily, kicking the soft sand underneath his bare foot. The morning fog lies thick overhead. He looks up with dreary eyes. The fog is beautiful,…
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A STRANGE CASE OF HAPPENSTANCE
EMMANUEL MICHAEL Tomorrow, it will be six months since you moved out of the house and began a new story. You do not look like it, like the gaunt man…
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