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
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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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Naked I Come
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Naked I Come

Azuka’s mind is a battlefield. Once a woman with dreams, she now swings between sanity and madness that strips her naked—sometimes in the middle of the street. Her sister, Nnedi, has spent years pulling her back from the edge, but when Azuka’s fragile grip on reality begins to slip further, their bond is tested in ways neither of them imagined. A story of mental illness, family duty, and the quiet despair of a woman searching for control in a world that keeps taking it away.

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