by Elisha OluyemiPlace the truth before you;Wear a cloak of lies and hide behind it.—Anonymous THE GOD IS IN ME, and I can’t help it. Because I gave it all to him.To whomever you submit yourselves, you are slaves.But I don’t feel that way. I rather feel like the god I’ve submitted to.For I am in the God, and the God is in me.Today,...
by Jennifer EganTry to make writing habitual.I think that if we’ve learned one thing in the last two years, it’s that we are very trainable creatures. If you’re out of the habit of writing, it feels really hard to do.And if you’re in the habit of writing it feels weird not to do it.The goal is to write regularly enough that it feels...
Nightshade: A Crime Fiction Anthology Hullo, guys! I'm excited.😁 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘄𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, May 6th, 2022. Congratulations to me! Congratulations to all of us!The Anthology features my 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹-𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘇𝗲—a story you MUST not miss for anything—alongside five other short crime fictions.Details Below:Publisher: IfèAdigo Company Limited. Genre: Crime Fiction BLURBNightshade, Profwic Crime Fiction Anthology Vol. 1,...
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Crime?It's just like escaping from within the boundaries of moral restraints. The deviation from this moral factor doesn't necessarily denote aggressiveness or some dark manifestation; crime can always be innocent—especially if there is a psycho out there who doesn't hear the whispers of composure. We ourselves hear these whispers—all of us, except we are like them, the criminals, the psyschopaths, the bloody highlifes...
by Elisha OluyemiHE WITHDRAWS HIS PALM from the dog's mane as though irritated. Seconds ago, he was chuckling as he tickled the dog and caressed its mane, the happy pet wagging its tail. But now, his gaze bores firmly at it, and his eyes are void of emotion, like one caught between good and evil.The dog returns the gaze with the most innocent...
Nightshade: Profwic Crime Fiction Anthology Volume IPublisher: Ifeadigo Publishing Company Limited Genre: Crime Fiction Release Date: 6th May, 2022BLURBNightshade, Profwic Crime Fiction Anthology Vol. 1, the maiden edition of anthologies by the global writing community, Prolific Fiction Writers Community, features six intriguing crime fiction short stories that will leave you breathless. Chiedu Dieyi's ‘Anita's Bullet’ pulls agents of Nigeria's Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID)...
by Elisha OluyemiIT BEGINS TONIGHT. But he doesn’t know it. So he pulls his zippers and slings a rucksack across his shoulders. He rakes a glance across the room; smiles at the litter of panties and stockings strewn over his old sofa. He grabs a few and presses them to his nose, eyes rammed shut. He is inhaling their smell. The fragrance of...
by Elisha OluyemiI HONOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IN all things—even in murder (as some critics would tag my benevolence). But at least, that is my patients’ sole possibility of relief and a painless exit. Today, it’s all about Bala, a colon cancer stage IV patient, bedridden, and sure to disappear in three weeks. I see him grip his belly again, face crumpled and teeth clenched,...
by Elisha OluyemiWho can be powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods, except he first binds him?Except the invader be exceedingly mad.--Mark 3:278 MARCH, 2021ASO ROCK PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJAUNTIL NOW, PRESIDENT Garba Lai didn’t see this day coming. He didn’t see the cloudy mass hanging in leaden sprinkles about the skies. But he has always been prepared. He always...
by Elisha Oluyemi SOILED WHITE ||Quivering alone in the murk,Letting out pain in warm drips,While making to deliberateWhether to live or wither.The throes of that distant nightMelts into the wind's grim howl.Palpitating with terror,The weak's soul drifts into mess.Faint echoes from forced struggles,Like daggers, pierce through one's core, Impairing the mind to dregs,Eroding the soul of worth.Prudently conserved maidenheadMade relinquished by some vain brute.Memories...
by Elisha Oluyemi WHAT REDEMPTION EXISTS FOR A VICTIM who murdered their saviour? Just hell! Judas clenched his teeth, his lips compressed, as he tried to force back a groan. He stuck fingers into his eardrums to stop himself from hearing the frequent yelling from the crowd: "Die now! Or save yourself! You're the son of God! Come down the cross! You die!...
by Elisha Oluyemitell it on the hills and peaks / what has made the crackers crack the night / what has caused the birds to chirp a tune / what has chiselled a smile up our facesup till four hours and two the other night / it reeked of burning / of tempests and of / darker shades of red and grey which...
IMPERFECTION REMAINS AN INHERENT trait of man, and it reflects in diverse areas of his interest. Sometimes it's realised through a personal perspective, sometimes through some outsider's assessment. In many cases, what a certain outsider tag perfect is condemned by another. And one is left questioning the real nature of their results. You stumble on a story idea and begin to piece things...
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