Flash fiction Archives

A report of our 7th community project

Africans have a lot of stories to share but over time, our stories have been told by other people. Most times, we are not portrayed...

Her house did not seem like hers. Did another room just appear or was it always a three-bedroom flat? The pattern of the curtains was...

Orié stood there, giving all the rights he could own to the wind, letting its strong wafting force hit him from all sides of the...

Brittany wouldn’t lie that she was heartbroken for sometime. She could feel her heart bleeding every time she cried. She was hurt. Why would he...

They say it isn’t a good reason to marry a woman; That you have to look beyond that, and focus on other things; like her...

Modupe Ojo in Short Stories
Jun 23 - 1 min read

Koto aye was the first horror movie I ever watched. I can’t remember the details of the movie, but I remember how the movie made...

The plan with Kayode was that the babies wouldn’t come till the third year of marriage. Part of the plan was also to have loads...

Modupe Ojo in Short Stories
Mar 25 - 3 min read

They say that it starts to hurt less when you find a way to laugh about it; that when it becomes a joke to you,...

MY FIRST TIME By Muib Shefiu I heard my heartbeat reverberated in my ear. A vibration that moved to and fro from my heart to...

Shefiu Muib in Article
Aug 17 - 2 min read

I roll to and fro the wall. It’s the 21st day of lockdown but my body can’t just get used to the wake-eat-sleep routine. I...

Asiat Jimoh in Article
Aug 4 - 1 min read

It is 3:45pm. Zebra and I are naked on the bed with the hotel blanket covering more of her than me. She is cold. The...

I don’t know if I felt the pain anymore when the “tiger” razor, with the potency of the samurai sword, dug into my succulent-and-scarred wrists...

Davida Opara in Article
Nov 27 - 1 min read

I remember Mum’s face, the smiley one and angry version. It is exactly 4 years now. To me life meant two things to us: Mum...

Akinpelu Yusuf in Article
Sep 5 - 1 min read

The day you leave Chisom is a quiet Tuesday afternoon. It is not as difficult as you had thought. You...