Tag: Fiction

  • Ismaila of Angwa-Dodo by Fatima Okhuosami

    Ismaila of Angwa-Dodo by Fatima Okhuosami

    Ismaila slipped on a puddle of dog piss, landing face-down on his neighbour’s bingo. His rectum, hosting a potpourri of cassava, bitter leaf soup and sukudai, pushed hard against his anus. It was still dark out and the muezzin of Angwa-Dodo central mosque was singing the call to prayers in a loud, one-note wail. “Who…

  • Pretend but Feels Like Real by Karen Baumgart

    Pretend but Feels Like Real by Karen Baumgart

    Today was my six-years-old party day! Mum and Aunt May had got Frozen party hats and paper plates and made cupcakes with Elsa and Anna flags. I love Anna the best, even though Jeremy thinks Frozen is a stupid girls’ movie and teases me for liking it. But Mum said I could have any kind…