Fiction and Poetry

FLOODWATER | Poem By Al Ameen Muhammad

There is a woman —her voice dragged across the wet belly of Mokwa — mourning…

The Boy Who Brought Balloons
The Boy Who Brought Balloons | Short Story by Maryam Abdulkarim

There are some faces that fade into oblivion. You forget them; their structures, their voices,…

MIDNIGHTS
MIDNIGHTS | Fiction by David Agyei-Yeboah

Some days you get so horny you feel like you’re gonna die. It’s 4:15 am…

Clan
Clan | Poem by Victor Obukata

In my sleep,  I saw the family tree, men with waterproof bodies  engulfed in the…

Fine Geh
Fine Geh | Fiction by Chizitere Madeleine Nwaemesi

The first time I visited Uncle Idris’s mansion was with my mother. She was wearing…

Untitled Poem for a Boy Who Never Knew Love
Untitled Poem for a Boy Who Never Knew Love | By Stephen Nwankwo

I sang lullabies with eyes stitched shut, my voice a cage, a shackle wrapped in…

Across the Border
Across the Border | Fiction by Bello Taiwo Victoria

1. I am on a train going to Hampstead for my mother’s surprise professorship dinner…

two poems
“the village’s elegy” & “A sonnet is fighting absolution” | Poems by Josiane Kouagheu

the village’s elegy i attend many funerals                               and truth is, i can’t help. i see…

poems
“Transit”, “Leaven”, & ”Arrive in Your Skeleton” | Poems by Abiodun Salako

Transit  Between airports, I lose pieces of myself — a mother’s laugh, an orison in…

Homecoming
HOMECOMING | Fiction by Chukwuebuka Obiakaeze

1. The weeks that led to Afunwa’s return came with a lot of speculation,  even…