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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Deborah Adeniyi Deborah Adeniyi

Joy, Pineapples and you

Wunmi's dull and lonely life jolts awake when a dispatch rider delivers a mysterious book present to her workplace. The moment she flips the book open, she knows nothing about her will ever remain the same again.

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Chisom Benedicta Nsiegbunam Chisom Benedicta Nsiegbunam

Welcome to Mama Naza’s Salon

Mama Naza's Salon is about to be demolished alongside the other stalls in Onitsha Market, but not before spilling all the gossip it has collected over the years. The juiciest of all concerns the salon's three attendants, Nelo, Samty, and Amaka, whose tangled love lives are enough to keep you entertained through your entire visit.

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Short Story Amarachi Okeke Short Story Amarachi Okeke

NDỊ MBỤ

Despite her Christian upbringing, Akụlue wrestles with the expectations placed upon her. As she tries to embody her family's faith, her soul calls for something deeper. When life delivers an unexpected blow, Akụlue finds herself trapped in an unending cycle of uncertainty. As she embarks on this perilous path, she realises that genuine faith will be found in the courageous pursuit of her own truth.

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Short Story Dorcas Akobundu Short Story Dorcas Akobundu

Stop my Mind from Wandering

Troubled by uncertainty, depression, and a curious mind, Bola struggles to make sense of her life. She struggles more with the seemingly blissful ignorance of both society and her parents. With her true feelings shrouded under the cloak of 'normality', she is forced to bury her darkest thoughts, but for how long?

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Short Story Prisca Isioma Aniemeke Short Story Prisca Isioma Aniemeke

Somtochukwu

Somtochukwu’s parents reluctantly send her to secondary school with the “lazy girls” in Amankalu. When the time comes, she informs them that she has decided to go to university in Enugu, but they bitterly object. With time, their bitterness brews into disengagement until Somtochukwu decides to visit them one day. Will her parents take her in again, and, just as importantly, will she forgive them?

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