Diary of a Wanderer

Tag: Short story

  • The Outcast ( Page 2 )

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    Teaching usually started after 8am, right after morning assembly. And the hours before classes started, they were called “silence hour”. During this period, pupils who were present at school were numbered. The teachers on duty for the week would then storm classroom after classroom in the course of the day, fishing out late comers and…

  • A moving song

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    My next-door neighbor. She was humming. A moving song. Never heard her sing. I lay on my bed listening, wondering what trouble kept her awake this late night, singing to herself. Suddenly, something drummed against my roof. Rain! Without warning? I rushed out to take clothes off the line and in the process, bumped into…

  • Lazy days

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    Lazy days by Enya lilted through the MP4 player beside the window to Alice’s heavy bluish blanket covering her body, sipping through its microscopic pores into her drowsy ears, and into her dreams. She was sick of England and needed a switch. Her intuition and map both agreed Lagos Nigeria was the wonderland. Here she…

  • Wooden smile

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    Like a window into the world of the ancients, the statue of Aya stood in the evergreen virgin forest. Her eyes seem to follow you as you move around her. Her heaving chest, rhythmic with that of anyone who came close to her. She was a piece of a fairy tale that extended into reality.…

  • A Stone Is Coming ( Published by The Writers Club )

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    My short story “A Stone Is Coming” has been published by The Writers Club. I deeply appreciate their job of promoting writers and especially for publishing my piece. I would be grateful if you could visit the link below to read the flash fiction : https://greythoughts.info/clubpieces/a-stone-is-coming A special thanks once again to Grace Y. Estevez…

  • Riddle, Riddle

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    She knew her curiosity would one day kill her. She just didn’t know how it was going to happen. What is magic? Is it of the devil, God or human scheming? If she asked the magicians, they would speak in favor of magic. If she asked a devout priest, the priest might condemn it. What…

  • Jigsaw Puzzle

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    Initially planned to spend the night at the reading room on campus. Change of plans. Returning back to hostel. Out of fuel. Broke. Hours of concentration on books without food was draining me. Losing my mind. While bypassing the International Students Hostel, I had an idea. Search through the dustbin beside the hostel. These were…

  • Joojo and an animal with thousand feet

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    His trouser smelt of sweat so Joojo felt he should abandon it on the bathroom door after taking his bath. The next morning he urgently needed to step out, he must meet someone. Unfortunately, all his clothes were dirty. He scanned through the dirty clothes and found a not-so-dirty one. It was a shirt. Turning…

  • Odessa – Chapter 3: Fire on the mountain

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    As the setting sun faded in the sky, it dissolved its yellowish colour and sprayed it into the faces of the arrogant mountains that stood up to it. On a small, wooden, black and white tv, the president addressed the nation. The president wasn’t angry. He only struggled to keep his voice down when he…

  • Odessa -Chapter 2: Foreigner

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    The motorbike slipped and nearly spat him into the mud. He succeeded in escaping an embarrassing fall, smiling and scanning around to see if anyone noticed. His eyes met those of no one. He hoped to find an observer with whom to laugh at his awkwardness. Now, he found none and was only smiling to…

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