Few Are Roaming

A collection of short stories

A woman unravelling in ways her society has never seen, and doesn't know how to face. Romance that curdles into horror. A girl watching her faith collapse, and love rise in its place—or so it seems. Fifteen short stories exposing the madness woven into our homes, our relationships, and the upside-down world we have quietly come to accept.

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Set On Fire
Jochebed A Jochebed A

Set On Fire

Bruised by her father’s vicious indifference, a young, Nigerian woman wonders how she can force the world to hear her family’s screams. Raised in a world that oft turns its back on the young, female and oppressed, she knows that a girl has no choice but to take matters into her own, baby-smooth hands.

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Sprinkled Harmattan
Chimezie Umeoka Chimezie Umeoka

Sprinkled Harmattan

In a small Nigerian community, a neighborhood dispute detonates into violence, fracturing a family of four. As the survivors are dragged through a desolate landscape of grief, they are forced to confront the limits of the love that binds them.

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Taiye
Short Story Kimberly Adeleke Short Story Kimberly Adeleke

Taiye

A young boy in Lagos disappears. Years later, his parents are looking to investigate his mysterious disappearance, but their now grown-up daughter is strongly opposed to it. Will the parents ever be reunited with their child? And, just as importantly, will their daughter ever see her brother again?

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