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Admission | Robert Nersesian

  • November 29, 2024
  • The Shallow Tales Review
(cover photograph direction: Dagim Abebe) Characters Father Amadou – early forties, Black African Father Stephen – early forties, Caucasian American Mrs. Dalton – early fifties, Caucasian American Mr. Dalton –…
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Suffering is a Silent Word

  • January 31, 2021
  • The Shallow Tales Review
CHARACTERS DURO ABBY (his wife) MA FLORENCE (his mother) IYA ALA (his mother-in-law) BAALE (his uncle) CALLY (his sister) WOLI NLA (prophet) AJIGBANA (native doctor) BOY THE SCENE OF THE…
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The Consignment

  • September 29, 2020
  • The Shallow Tales Review
CHARACTERS Benji Nneka –     Benji’s Mother Chekwu –   Benji’s Father Landlord (Alhaji Ibrahim Chukwudi) –  Benji’s Landlord Wale –        Benji’s neighbour and friend Abdul –      Benji’s…
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