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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Behind Our Curtains
Akal Mohan Akal Mohan

Behind Our Curtains

In a wealthy neighborhood where children learn gossip before they learn empathy, four friends spend the bulk of their days watching the world from behind sheer curtains learning firsthand how beautiful but also cruel the world could be.

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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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A Small Life
Raheem Omeiza Raheem Omeiza

A Small Life

Kidnappers in Lagos have become desperate, moving from abducting high profile, wealthy victims to pulling ordinary everyday citizens off the street. Nene, a widowed petty trader finds herself face to face with this blinding terror.

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Football Evenings
Daniel Echezonachi Daniel Echezonachi

Football Evenings

Set in a small street where boys dedicate their evenings to street football and dreams of being European players, Football Evenings tells a story of boyhood and the quiet distance of adulthood to boyish innocence. Football Evenings sheds light on the way kindness, ambition and contradictions can exist in a society alongside the vibrancy of children who only care about their football and laughter-filled games.

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