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Fiery Scribe Review December 06, 2021

—for the weekly writing challenge, with the prompt, 'fight at a funeral'. The ambience of the fu…

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Fiery Scribe Review September 11, 2021

MAIDUGURI , JULY, 1998 JUDE DIKE SHIVERED IN HIS CELL. His eyes flung open, unaware of what lay in store fo…

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Fiery Scribe Review September 03, 2021

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I've been standing, neither do I want to know. One minute I was in my room, p…

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Fiery Scribe Review August 25, 2021

JACKIE WATCHED JOSEPH, her face a wrinkled mess. She cursed under her breath, as lips could utter no sound.…

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Fiery Scribe Review August 12, 2021

I ALIGHT FROM THE CAB, tug the hem of my jacket and observe myself for any irregularities that may score me…

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Fiery Scribe Review August 06, 2021

I NEVER KNEW NERVOUSNESS had a taste until that morning I sat on the passenger seat in Virgil's truck. …

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FS Review July 29, 2021

"HEY!" THE TRAFFIC OFFICER called to me shoving his head through the window. "Drive straight…

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FS Review July 13, 2021

I WILL GIVE BROTHER CHIMEZIE some sleeping pills. Mama used to buy one down the street, from Oliver, the C…

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FS Review July 06, 2021

THE WOODEN DOOR FLUNG OPEN, causing a chained Ola to cower while the other prisoners melted into the shadow…

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FS Review June 30, 2021

IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. The torturing pain, the unending cough, the episode of nosebleeds. Everything the do…

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FS Review June 30, 2021

I'VE HAD IT TO THE NECK. Christ! In my forty years on earth. How can this happen to me? How can it be f…

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FS Review June 22, 2021

IN THE AFA KINGDOM, there were two kinds of nights: regular nights and Eke-market nights. Because it was believed t…