NaijaStories.com is pleased to announce another Online science Fiction writing contest titled “What if …” sponsored by Lulu Vongtau. The idea for this contest came up on the science fiction story, Enestera Chronicles by @nicolebassey in which she imagines, what if NS was a planet of writers, ruled by a Queen and administered by Councillors [...]
by Eazy
May 19, 2013 in Romance
It was 3pm on Saturday afternoon after a lonely but eventful day, Ella was seated on her couch in the comfort of her living room, she slides her hand into her back pocket to reach out for her blackberry phone to have a glimpse of the daily happenings such as; jokes, gossips, relationship challenges in [...]
by Okoh C. Paul
May 19, 2013 in Poetry
Our land is fading away Corruption has finish us all The people has lost faith The government has failed them all Given false hope and telling all such of things Now as we march on to modernization Reformation upon reformation Yet we say we are getting there Wait where are we getting to And [...]
by O-Money
May 19, 2013 in Fiction
I live with Uncle Soji and his wife- Auntie Clara in Lagos where I help them take care of their three children and they too took care of me. They are nice people, and they take me as one of their children; I go to good private schools, wear new beautiful clothes and eat well. [...]
by Zanka Uhuru
May 19, 2013 in Poetry
On those patchy laterites My fathers children used to stoop and squat White chalk painted eyes Like crescent moon emitting smiling light Sprinkled blood statues of sacrificial fowls Left about the places of scattered feathers Of chewed kola nut and alligator pepper Yet, peace we knew. Hungry parched earth appeased Tongues-throats of our ancestors Of [...]
by Zanka Uhuru
May 18, 2013 in Poetry
On the lower Niger Where dwellers net for fishing Till and toil for cocoa yam Course with the river Dwell on the river bank Little hut thatched roof With narrow doors Small windows for The gentle evening breeze A land of green Where nature undergoes re-birth Where the hurricane lamp Illuminates Or where the full [...]
May 18, 2013 in Poetry
When God seems far Then He is really near Your eyes have just been veiled So you don’t see Him And your heart is misdirected So you don’t feel His presence. The devil primarily veil men’s eyes And so they turn their hearts from God Being deceived by the devil’s lies. The [...]
by Uyiosa
May 18, 2013 in Poetry
The cord none see Not in blood Deep in heart Assured in sleep The bondage of blood Where has that motion lead you to? The refusal of those who flow with the rivers far from you The acceptance of those who you deem right or left Am I related to you? Difference in skin and [...]
by Mimiadebayo
May 18, 2013 in Narrative Non-Fiction, Romance
I promised a piece written for the ladies on how to treat their spouse. Well, here it is. These are some of my personal secrets I hope to carry out someday. Women have this wrong notion that they’re the only ones who need romance but they seem to forget that men have needs too (and [...]
by Mazi Nwonwu
May 18, 2013 in Adventure, Fiction, Sci-Fi / Futuristic
Chapter 1 It took more than the sound of the alarm built into the detachable chrome and fibreglass bed to wake Boyo up from a dream-filled sleep. Though the continuous beep of the alarm played a part, it was the strong, bittersweet, whiff of marijuana, seeping in through the hairline crack where his bulletproof [...]
by Mee
May 18, 2013 in Fiction, Thriller / Suspense
Melinda loved Sunday mornings, not because it was a sacred day or because it was God’s command to keep it holy. She loved Sundays because that was the day she got to see Pastor Dave. She was in love with him even though he was married both to God and to the woman he had [...]
by lelouch
May 18, 2013 in Memoir, Narrative Non-Fiction, Romance, Series
From last week, “With or without my assent, I had just become an official property of the Nigerian government, and I would need the help of God.” The morning was fairly routine and identical to most of the other mornings in camp. I woke around 4.30am to a frosty cold that whispered temptations of sleep [...]
May 17, 2013 in Poetry
I stood there a travelling man with nothing less than my surviving soul: duffel bag,dusty foot,pale skin, shredded leaflets-full of scribbled dreams blame that on sunrises and sunsets of days past for being my angels while threading those lonely miles. lonely miles..lonely miles ? nah , not really about those strange lonely miles [...]
by ostar
May 17, 2013 in Poetry
The bang that lashed and dangled off From atop to dash unto doom and ruin Of the habour of labour to puff Dreams and deeds down the drain That as it was then in Ramah Rachel’s brood by greed were gored Oh men, why toil with karma In this flimsy blissful world Yet a thousand [...]
by thandiubani
May 17, 2013 in Poetry
Α̲̅πϑ they sat down Under the canopy To mourn or celebrate? Our loss their gain With peering eyes Jagged hearts and sagging breast Dirty wrappers, the villagers But I look on with dismay The corpse is on the table Prayer offered The sun blazing Words of remembrance She lay lifeless Her visitors many Their [...]
by San Jules
May 17, 2013 in Fiction, Funny, Novel Excerpts, Romance, Series
Nothing I couldn’t handle! That was my huge mistake. If I’d known what events would unfold after that afternoon, I’d never have uttered those fateful words. In doing that, I broke Murphy’s Law and dared the Fates. The noble gentleman and the sister Greek goddesses of destiny decided to do something about my smugness. Clotho [...]
by Walter
May 17, 2013 in Series
That term in JSS2 rolled on by in the company of the September rains that crashed against the slightly hilly terrain of my school, and the winds that soughed through the leaved branches of the gmelina trees. October passed, and November groaned its way into the mid-term break. Joseph and I weren’t going home for [...]
by HaroldWrites
May 17, 2013 in Adventure, Fiction, Thriller / Suspense
***** This is a continuation of the series. If you missed the first part, you can read it here. ***** The Man In Black tried opening his eyes, but they felt heavy and sore. All he could see was thick darkness. He could hear some distant noises too, but couldn’t tell what the pandemonium [...]
by ablyguy
May 17, 2013 in Fiction, Horror and Supernatural
A wise man once told me that life is all about fighting successive and unending battles. And nothing else. That we plunge head-on into them, drawing courage from the hope of obtaining a glorious victory. That the very minute one battle ends another starts. This we must continue till we breathe our last. I’m forced [...]
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