FICTION

WHERE THE ROOTS REMEMBER | NAJEEB S.A

The monsoon didn’t whisper; it roared like an enraged beast. Wind tore at Khulna-2’s fraying…

THE DISBELIEF OF SUMAYYA | IBRAHIM OGA

For most of us, the writing life is not a real life. You can be…

THE NOVA 238 ASYMMETRY | OZOYA IRENE CHRISTOPHER  

There was a wild media frenzy with reports of the first case. It started with…

THE CHINESE VIRGINITY| ITTO AND MEKIYA OUTINI

Abdulillah was away on business for the weekend, so I finally did what I’d been…

UNFAZED | ORNGUZE NASHIMA NATHANIEL

You wake up to the sound of a generator humming outside your back window. It…

THE UNDOING | JOEMARIO UMANA

“The mind, once imprisoned by its own sorrows, often knows no path but the darkest…

AN INHERITANCE OF FORGOTTEN TONGUES | SIMON MOHSIN

Shadows of Geneva Camp The narrow alleyways of Geneva Camp reeked of dampness and despair.…

I, ADAM HJ | HALIMA JUMA ADAM

They say (I don’t know who) black women go back to school when they feel…

THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF SILENCE | VALERIE LWILE

Chloe didn’t have to turn around to know he was watching her again in that…

THE PAIN OF SIZE | DAVID AGYEI-YEBOAH

You have a small dick. No, average. No, closer to average. You don’t even know…