Flash Fiction
We have got a catalog of spell-binding flash fiction. You will definitely get engrossed in these specially crafted literary delicacies.
CRIMSON by Uche Osita
CRIMSON by Uche Osita October 2008 Adaeze, Do you remember the way I used to hold your hand? Do you recall how I kissed you the day you told me that your father had finally left your mother? How tender our lips; rubbing off the loss that you knew could only be stayed...
Imole by Olakunle Ologunro (1st Position – Flash Fiction Category)
Imole by Olakunle Ologunro (1st Position - Flash Fiction Category) Flash Fiction Category 1st Position - Imole by Olakunle Ologunro 1. Here you are, on a mat in your mother's small, dark living room, wet with your own sweat, burning with an interminable fever....
Racing Stars by Okhuosami Umar (2nd Position – Flash Fiction Category)
Racing Stars by Okhuosami Umar (2nd Position - Flash Fiction Category) 2nd Position - Racing Stars by Okhuosami Umar For as long as I can remember, my mother had two wishes; to hold my hand on my wedding day and marry me off well- preferably to Abubakar; our...
Let the Day Break by Chukwuebuka Ibeh (3rd Position – Flash Fiction Category)
Let the Day Break by Chukwuebuka Ibeh (3rd Position - Flash Fiction Category) 3rd Position - Let the Day Break by Chukwuebuka Ibeh Today, your wife would kiss you at the doorway, a firm press of her lips against yours, lingering and unsure, and then her tongue...
WHISPERING TREES AT THE CEMETERY by Chinweokwu Ukwueze
WHISPERING TREES AT THE CEMETERY by Chinweokwu Ukwueze It was mid-year in Nsukka when the clouds merged with the earth to become one. The brown soil of Nsukka had become muddy and clumpy, sticking to the shoes. During this period of the year, the skies were always...
BROKEN TEARS by Akinsanya Damilola
BROKEN TEARS by Akinsanya Damilola "Broda please, please find me something, my belle dey crack, broda please, please abeg you." He said this line in the same precise version over and again as though he spent an entire day memorizing that part. I looked straight into...
THE CALL OF THE CROW
THE CALL OF THE CROW I did not know what to write, I had always searched for the right story everywhere in mind. Then my mother woke me up. It was midnight and the whole village was sleeping. “Listen…” she whispered to my ear, and I waited for her to talk; she did...
DIGIT-AL
On Chat. Christmas Eve. Me: Hey Darling. I just got off the phone with your Dad. Him: LOL. And how did it go? Me: Surprisingly, 'twas easier than I thought. Was a lil' scared at first, you know, talking to him for the first time. Him: Told you you'd be fine. He...
THE DATE
THE DATE So, we're returning from our third date. Telling each other how much of a good night out we had, we hug. She asks that I call her. I nod, ecstatic. How I like this lady! So much I loathe to leave. But I have to. Turning around, heading to flag down a taxi, I...
DIG DEEP
DIG DEEP As the Christmas bells rang with euphoria in the valleys of Arizona, the whole city was agog with the celebration. The squawking chickens were slaughtered without mercy as they were roasted for meals. It was time for all and sundry to feast on their favorite...
H IS FOR HIV
H IS FOR HIV Something has happened. She knew right away because she felt it once she entered the room. It was in the doctor’s eye. Pity was dancing in the mire behind the glasses that made his eyes look like two huge white balls decorated with black. She sat down...
FREEDOM
FREEDOM I had barely entered the huge gate when his large eyes pointed in my direction like the nozzle of a gun in search of its target, his gaze fastened to my figure like the canine of a lion holding its prey. As his eyes pierced through my whole being, I managed to...
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