Diary of a Wanderer

Tag: Story

  • Flash

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    Rain. Lightening. A glimpse of his foot in an old shoe trekking a familiar road. Reminds him of the old oversized overalls he wore, and his affinity to antiquity which the rain seemed determined to wash away. Flash of lightning. Reveals an approaching shadow that arrives and greets. No responds. This was no time for…

  • 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…

  • Juliet

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    8 O’Clock. He’s getting late. Still upstairs. On the first floor. There! His window. He walks down the stairs, halfway, he climbs up to hug and kiss his wife. Comes down. Runs up again. He’s possessed. Of love. Romantic. Like his red scooter. https://cyranny.com/2022/08/10/august-10th-1minfiction-challenge/

  • 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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    Benjamin Nambu
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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…

  • A living canvass

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    A soothing song sat softly on her mind all day and wouldn’t leave, like the way her story was trapped in that old dress and wouldn’t fade. The moving notes guided her fingers groping the margins of her heart for the right words to describe what that dress had come to symbolize for her. Although…

  • 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…

  • Odessa – Chapter 1 : Cold war ( Continuation )

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    Benjamin Nambu
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    A new fetish priest was in town. As his way of announcing himself, he built his shrine on a controversial piece of land, a site along the beach on which the president sent soldiers to supervise the demolition of illegal structures, to pave way for the expansion of a road network linking China Town and…

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