Stella stared, frowning, at the shadow moving towards her. She wondered who was approaching and thought briefly of ducking out of sight. She didn’t want company. That was why she had chosen this secluded area. [...]

She comes slowly from the bowels of the building, like one emerging from a trance. Her limbs are laden, so she stops, leaving her sister to walk on alone. She takes in a lungful of [...]

My heart starts to race as I spot him across the room. Our eyes lock for a second and I wonder if he feels it too – that jolt of pure electricity. He looks away, [...]

Even though the office almost capsized from people running helter-skelter to get things done when the news came that the CEO was coming from the headquarters, Anna remained quite calm. She was simply glad she [...]

“Nengi? Nengi? Did you hear me?” A hand roughly jerked her awake, pulling her slowly from the dark corners of her dream. She jumped, startled, her hands reaching out to the nearest thing to keep [...]

The last time I saw my mother was when I was in Junior Secondary School at fourteen years old. So I have not seen her for the better part of my life. Yet the events [...]

….Nai could feel her heart in her mouth. it was pounding. heart beats skipping. her hormones in total control. she inched closer to cover the space between them…she just couldnt bear it any longer. she [...]

We were in the hotel room, Emenike’s gift to me. Our wedding reception had ended barely an hour earlier, and most of our invitees, those who had come all the way from Agbawka and Umunachi, [...]

Here at Naija Stories, we hope your year has been going well so far and you have been writing more. This is just the perfect time to launch a new book, rewrite your manuscript or [...]

I can see clearly now…the storm is over After suffering blisters and bruises Healing is finally taking its course However the scars remain, the pain has not been forgotten But they serve as a memorial…there’s [...]

“Koko, are you listening to me?” asked Atim as she realized that her cousin had not responded to anything she had said to her in the last few minutes. Looking up she noticed the faraway [...]

TO BE FACILITATED BY PROFESSOR UNOMA AZUAHThis is to announce a series of FREE poetry workshops across the country to be facilitated by the Poetry Editor of www.sentinelnigeria.org, Unoma Azuah professor of Creative Writing at [...]

What more can i sayOf trials and travailsOr trauma and horrorOf monks and nunsOf pagans and necromancers What more can i sayOf these to my generationWho seek liberation and justificationAs moles they grope in cavesAnd [...]

  The tragicomedies of living in Sports Hall still haunt me. The male Sports Hall, sited at the very gates of the Sports complex, was originally home to the Defense Academy’s sportsmen. It had however [...]

Praise and worship over, the whole congregation rose as the man of God strode in. He looked neither to the right nor left as he made straight for the pulpit. Women curtsied and men bowed [...]

How can i write in bliss ?When my pen threaten to flee,Away from my exuding fears.When my slate is soaked in my own tears,And my beloved NAIJA face a dark abyss.Though power supply has long [...]

It all began in a bus Full of passengers who didn’t hesitate to curse The air was tense and void of serenity Like there was another tsunami Despite the loveless state of the atmosphere An [...]

My father, you i haveMy father, you i needI have a father; lostI have a father; foundI have a father; mystery is His Outcast me he madeMy extensions are potsherdsMy extensions are half-departedMy life on [...]

The Dead poet I lay my words in books A thousand years to come And I wonder how then it will look For so many years had come and gone For friends, unseen, unborn, and [...]

When I was eleven years old, I choked on a fish bone. My mum used to make iced-fish stew for dinner every Sunday then, and my favorite part of the fish was the head. Only [...]

I know you guys are shaking your head in disapproval, but be open minded when you read before you crucify them, lol! You know I love my characters! Enjoy! ________ Jamal Mujahid was having an [...]

The knife I so thoroughly dug into the woodThe steel blade through which my hurt flowedThe wooden table wouldn’t take the painIt split its skin like frayed hay, soaked in waterI fought to act out [...]

CONVERSATIONS IN MY HEAD. PART 1 on the way home from work Just woke up this morning with a scowl on my face. Yesterday one of my housemates had pissed me off and, trust me, [...]

Jerry sat in the darkness behind the lit-up stage and surveyed the audience. It was mostly made up of young boys and girls. Just the right age, he thought, letting his thoughts drift. The coordinator [...]

This is welcoming me back from a long hiatus; it was necessary, and yes, I missed you too!! The Fairy God Father says I’m a dreamer. He says that I’ve always loved to dream; from [...]

School days, secondary school days or high school days were so very interesting. Being in a school that is associated with the Navy was interesting also. At first, it was all new to me but [...]

NOT ME My heart cries out for time But the world calls me lazy I tray that I know from prime Yet they say I’m truly crazy I know what I want but none Yet [...]

Her earrings glistened silver in the moonlight, though they were made of a mixture of silver and gold; she was beautiful and her eyes gleamed with intelligence. She was dressed in a knee length scarlet [...]

I remember clearly the first time I saw Mopelola, or should I say met, or . . . discovered? I don’t know but all I know is that that was the first time I laid [...]

I was half way across the expansive living room when my cell phone rang. Without breaking my stride, I removed it ,glanced at the strange number, but still depressed a key and brought it to [...]

It was the most frightful night I ever had. It seemed the forces of darkness conspired to teach me the realities of metaphysics, so they placed a black blanket over the earth shutting the watchful [...]

My names are Trajan Amandladela. Yes, that same Trajan Amandladela. Depending on what era you are from, I am many things, many good things but then again many bad things and yet again many things [...]