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The Boy in Blue

The priest asked if I wanted to give a speech. I said, ‘no’. What was I supposed to say at my son’s funeral? I cradled my wife, while she wept freely. She’d become so pale recently and the best I could offer was a shoulder to cry on.

“Sir?” a kid of about Andy’s age rose and approached the priest. I never knew Andy had a friend.
“I have a speech.” He announced and began:

“The first time I met Andy, he was on a denim and blue shirt. Blue was his favourite colour. He mostly sat isolated and wouldn’t talk to anyone. To him, we were enemies, opponents that he must defeat in academics. He spent extra hours in library on Fridays mostly.

“I tried to see if I could make him loosen up a little, but he rebuffed me from the onset. He made it clear that he wanted to be alone, but the time he spent in the library crying says otherwise.

“Six days ago, after we received our report cards, he walked up to me and said, ‘Tiga, if I take this result home, he would kill me.’ I frowned. He was the second best student. How do you get killed for that? He rose without another word and chose to end his own life rather than allow anyone else. Adieu Andy, our friend.”

Tiga ran off into his mother’s open arms, while the others turned their attention to me. I killed the boy in blue.

6

Mom had always had the strangest ideas…”Never sit so close to the television or you’d get sucked in. Don’t sleep with your arms or legs crossed else you’d be paralyzed in the dream, Never whistle at night, you’ll never know what you’re calling forth.“

Although they all sounded silly to me and I never really paid attention to any of them, one however prickled my curiosity: “never stare at the mirror in the dark after midnight.”

So one night whilst everyone else slept, I crept into guest room and sat in front of the mirror, which was placed opposite the door. I gazed for 5, 10…15 minutes. Nothing. I remembered night was synonymous to darkness and I obviously should have turned off the light-switch. I did that and waited an extra 2 minutes. Still nothing.
Befooled, I made to get up, and that was when I vaguely saw it. White faced, bulgy eyed and dressed in flowing white.

I screamed, and it screamed back.
I thought I was going to die until it said dismissively angry, “Timi are you stupid? You scared the living daylights out of me. What are you doing here?” She turned on the light, “Please get out, I want to sleep…my room is too hot.”

I couldn’t say a word, I was yet to recover so I gestured to her face.
“It’s moju powder, how else do you think I maintain such flawless skin?”

Gmike2rule:
This might really ignite into my core... perhaps a challenge will raise the dying morale. good job @ divepen

Thanks boss .

10.

Title: The Last-Gang Standing (crime)
Producer: meneski
Starring: apollux, solohu19, stephenGee12, evajael, mhizgap, biafrabushboy,chipapii, oyinprince, leigh01, rachaelfst, theblessedman, jimkardashian, bibi234, pamelB and many more NL writers untold.
https://www.nairaland.com/3854102/last-gang-standing-crime/11#58062157
About: the first ever write along of its kind. The story is about guns, blood, love, betrayal, drugs, fight for power, survival of the fittest, maintaining order, family life and many more.
Williams a No.1 assasin is hired by the alliance of five Dons to take down a common enemy. But he his betrayed by the people who hired him. With his ego all botched up from the betrayal. The assassin sets out to take out his contract, his client and anyone who stands in his way.
Five dons fight for power but must unite to take down three common enemies(williams the assassin they betrayed, Isaac Nystrom the target who somehow resurrects from a headshot by a .50 caliber bullet[yeah u guessed right a armour piercing bullet] and the C.I.A baby agency S.A.T.A.N) before they can resume the battle for turfs.
An enraged upcoming Don of hardware that has control of gun flow anywhere in the world. Now he must take down the five dons, the assassin and S.A.T.A.N.
S.A.T.A.N an agency set out to stop the oncoming fued and probably nab out all the criminals from their book.
Which group would suceed, which group will unite to take down a common enemy.
Watch out in this breatgtaking write along first if its kind ever on nairaland.

9.

Last week's No. 1

Countless by TheBlessedMan
https://www.nairaland.com/3696077/countless-story-sex-betrayal-vengeance
This is a story of a guy, Darous, whose lust for the opposite sex keeps getting him in trouble but he kept finding one way or the other to escape because he is a genius. But is Darous really going to escape or he would meet his doom one day? Read this interesting rib cracking story to find out

8.
lot of her fans have nominated her. But none of them drop a summary.
Tradition by Chumzypinky https://www.nairaland.com/3667472/tradition-stor

7.

DECEIT by surestG
www.nairaland.com/3802084/deceit-short-story-amponsem-akosua
A young lady who was being pressurized to get married finally found her heartthrob. Unfortunately, he was not somebody who was worthy of her love. He was not the kind of person she thought he was. She found out a bit late but it's better late than never.

6. Last week's no.8


Hidden Diamonds By Evajael
https://www.nairaland.com/3769912/hidden-diamonds
A story about two adorable twins; Jason and Jamille, who lived happily with their parent; Brian and Kimberly until one faithful evening.
Things turned sour on their prom night when they lost their mum to Asthma and Brian their father blames Jamille for the death of her mother.
Read to find out why!
Brian develops a strong feeling of hatred towards his daughter for making him loose his wife and his sister, Liz had to take Jamille to live with her in Uyo.
Jamille soon moved on and sooner than expected she found love and her life changed for good again.
But the question is, will it last? Is it for real?
Her dad also got a second chance from love, but is it really with the right person or with a lady on a misson?
Everything is there, read the story to find out.

5.
Last week's no.5



United in Betrayal by PamelB
https://www.nairaland.com/3687646/united-betrayal#54669768
This is a story of a family, Micheal who obviously isn't patient and thoughtful almost tore his family apart and just when he thought he has gotten his family back, something else sea to be happening, it looks like someone else wants his home broken. Find out who and why? I'm sure you won't want to miss this story.

4.

Last week's no.7

Entangled by shalomdee
https://www.nairaland.com/3809667/entangled
This is a story of a young girl Jane who made a mistake while she was young and who retraced her step and wanted to make her dream come true. The future looks promising but then one can't be so sure

3.

Last week's no.2

Delayed Diagnosis by souloho19
https://www.nairaland.com/3571801/delayed-diagnosis
A moment of greed turned his life upside down. He was just your average banker, trying to come to terms with the fact that his fiance left him after eight years. Now he has something deadly in his possession. A piece of paper containing something dangerous, something he doesn't understand.
Now he finds his world of deposit slips and cheque books turned upside down, now its guns and bullets and assassins.
Something terrible has been going on, women- widows are being trafficked out of the country under the guise of a N.G.O
Its up to Rex to put an end to it, redeem his conscience and avenge the death of his fiance and just maybe get a second shot at love.
But there's every possibility that a gun shot is
coming for him.
Find out how this plays out..
#Delayed diagnosis
*complete

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This story was number 5 upper week, no.6 last week


Love Hiccups By Kimberlywest.
https://www.nairaland.com/3831055/love-hiccups
A story about three friends: Nate, Ken and K.C, three rich, cute and chronic playboys.
Despite his father and his stepmother's hatred towards him, Ken eventually fell in love and marries a pretty lady called Victoria, whom he completely adores but as the saying goes ''once a player, always a player''
Will he be able to stay faithful to his wife?
What made his own father hate him?
Nate and K.C didn't believe in the word 'love' nor 'marriage' due to the ugly situations they had both been in, in the past,
Just to avoid nosy family members and friends,who wouldn't let them be with the issue of love and marriage, Nate had to lie about being gay and K.C had to lie about having Chlamydia a Sexually Transmitted Disease, which he claimed, rendered him impotent.
How far will these two go?
Will they ever fall in love?
What have they been through that made them believe that love doesn't exist?
And if and when they eventually fall in love would they be able to cope or withstand all the troubles, Hiccups and problems that comes with being in love?
Read the story and find out.

1.

Last week's No.4

The Auction by Lleigh
https://www.nairaland.com/3447082/auction

It is a story of revenge, deceit, murder, the supernatural and betrayal.
LINDA: The biggest runs girl in town, since runs began. She has done some evil things in the past and present in the name of RUNS. She uses strong juju to enslave her men. She has 4 men in her juju enabled clutches. Then she meets the ‘One’ Charles, who turns out to be anything but the ‘one’.
CHARLES: A hedge fund Director; with a house on Banana Island. Who wooed Linda before he turned against her and started torturing her. He knows everything about Linda, but why is he torturing her? Who is he? He has now left her.

LUCIEN: Sounds like Charles, acts like Charles, but does not look like Charles. He also knows everything about Linda. Who is he? He is about to Auction her.

The Auction: We are now at the Auction, who will Linda be sold to and what price will she go for?
PS.......Contains scenes some people might find disturbing.

By readers' nominations and Moderator's Judgement, these are the top 10 stories of the week.

The Nomination was to be in this order:
Name, Link and Summary.

As said in the nomination thread, Nominations with summary and link would be taken seriously than the rest.
Enjoy and encourage these great writers.
The top story would be made sticky for a week( from Monday)

Week1: Bukky Alakara by shewrites
Week2: ANIKE by Rachealfst
Week3: Countless By Blessedman
Week4: The Auction by Lleigh

5.

I jerked up to the sound of faint mutterings. Power supply was out, and outside, a raging wind howled eerily in a moonless night. I was alarmed when the mutterings returned once more with a guttural and non-human pulse. The dreadful sound was coming from the wall behind me.

A cold fear traveled down my spine when I suddenly realized my wife Susan was not in the bed with me. We were in her village for her grandmother’s burial and the room behind ours was where Anita her best friend was lodging.

What the heck was going on? I thought as I walked quietly to the bathroom and knocked.
“Susie?” I whispered, but there was no reply.
So stealthy, I unlocked the door of our room and slipped out with trepidation. I turned towards Anita’s room and found the door slightly open. My heart was thumping like a bass drum when I tiptoed to the door and peeped through it. What I saw shocked me to the marrow.

It was dark inside but I could make out a figure lying face up, hands suspended in the air and stretched towards the feet.
Then, as I rushed in, power was restored.
Right there, lying on the floor with her eyes shut was Anita. She wasn't having any supernatural encounter. Rather, she was performing a work-out exercise and the mutterings were her grunts blended with a song playing on her phone.
Her eyes slid open and found mine.
She was completely naked.

4

Unexplainable was the heat emaniating from this place.
The torment ravaged my soul,the pain was out of this world.
Was i even in the world? Or some where i don't want to believe i occupy a space in.

My God! This is hell where souls were in constant communion with torture, i could hear them scream in different tongues as i scream along.

Then i felt this pain in my whole body, pain more greater than the initial pain i felt on arrival. It was the arrival of lucifer that sent sort spasm of pain through hell realm.

"I welcome you to hell" he said to me
"this is your new realm where i shall feed from your soul"
Every word he pronounce, stings my soul. The torment was just unbearable.

"My God i can't be here,this is not where i belong" i said amidts my screaming and rolling on the hot floor of burning coals, no where seems accomodating.

"yes you belong here in hell, where the torment you recieve is little, compared to the awaiting pains my demons will offer to you. I believe you enjoyed the sex with your landlord's wife? Because it was your last."

Just then i woke up, only to behold the sight of my landlord's wife burnt body.

My God! My room was on fire and i was terrebly burnt too.
Unable to escape, i closed my eyes as a tear escaped from it. I sighd because i knew my DESTINATION.

Prizes: Prizes: Winner:#10,000
First runner up:# 5000
Second runner up: #3000
Third runner up: A #1000 card recharge card..
All Stories sent would be in Our Review ' In Short Words' FlashFictions( Maiden Edition).


1. GSteve001
2. Missnande
3. OluwabuqqyYOLO
4. Heryordele94
5. Debbietiyan
6. meneski
7. McLove
8. horlahmieh
9. Kusibe77
10. AyarmBoye
11.Jazmiynne
12. expensive2
13. KimberlyWest
14. Chipappii
15. Oyindawealth
16. comelyJummy
17. skarlett
18. Trip4Jozzy
19. devilmaycry
20. Lesky3
21. illicit
22. Frankenstein
23. perrypablo
24. boffinjay
25. piroux
26. Gmike2rule
27. ToluLolu0122

3.


Chinedu bent low and rained down the thick whitish liquid from his mouth. He raised his head and his eyes was a deep shade of red. At the corner, kunle stood, having the laugh of his life at his Igbo friend as he stood there, vomiting the hell out of his life.

He thought about it again. He had stood there, staring at her beautiful deep red colored lips and had kept falling in love with them over and over again. That particular day, it was obvious that he was running late for their CDS but he couldn't help admiring the luscious lady and her red lips clad in a pink hijab.

"If you kiss me first, I will tell you the secret of my red lips," she had insisted. He had no problem with kissing those lips. He brushed his sweating palms against his NYSC wear and checked the time on his wrist watch and it was 9:15 am. He had 15 more minutes to be done with the kiss and get to his station. He brought her closer and kissed her deeply with the both of them shutting their eyes while at it. He thought her lips tasted a little bit salty.

"So tell me, what did you rub on it?" he asked after pulling away. "Salt?"
She shook her head and smiled. "Cow urine. 9 am in the morning and 9 pm at night," she replied casually.

He bent down again and went into another vomiting bout.

Entry 2

There are events in your life that you don't think you can survive...and aren't sure you want to. Things happen that are so painful, you'd rather die of them than go on living with the agony of surviving. I know what that feels like.

I remember when I lost my younger brother in a car accident. King was a sweet and lovely child. He was just five years old when mom sent me to the market to get some groceries. King was restless that day, he wanted to accompany his big sister to the market, he made a lot of ruckus that he simply had to be allowed to go. I had just gotten my driver's licence and was eager to show off my driving skills even if it was just to my baby brother.

I still wish I can turn back the hands of time to stopping at that intersection. I still wonder if perhaps I'd gone faster before the red light, I would have avoided the wait and we wouldn't have been rammed into by the drunk driver. It was just one second in time and our small family was changed forever.
I remember what it felt like to suffer a heartache so severe I wanted to die.

Nothing short of death would relieve the pain. But the survival instinct is a miraculous thing. Even when the will to live is lost, the heart goes on beating. One takes a breath and then another. One lives on.

Entry 1


A handwriting draft my boss wanted me to type, urgently, lay on my documents congested desk.

I wanted to check a famous online platform with my laptop, briefly, before typing his document. This website has always slip into my tight schedules; the type of ritual the creator did to endear must be potent.

I scrolled through the front page of the site. The topics alone were enough to make a man bury his meal, to say the least of the diverse comments that follows them.

I saw a strange topic: man goes unclad to protest; goat ate his only pieces of slice bread. This country is already in disarray like the top of my desk --- hungry men are turning insane. I wished things would change positively. Urgently, it should change else suicide rate scale rapidly. I clicked to enjoy the comical comments that do not disappoint.

Just look at this topic staring at me: I need your prayerness, am sick.
The comments poured and I was left in guffaw. One got me hard: guy, I pray for your healingness o.

Always, there will be something to laugh about. A minute had turned ten while I was still online, the draft on table, untouched. I was still laughing when the door busted open, I prostrated flatly. I still cherished my job, and I don’t want to be the next suicide. My boss is always strict when it comes to selecting days to be nice, thanks, today is one of them.

This thread is the place the judges would make their numerous picks

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Judges

1. Larrysun
: blogs at https://larrysunwrites./ but will be moving to his permanent site soon. He's a prolific writer whose works have distinguished him from a lot of other writers and had made him a boss in Literature writing. He had embarked on many collaborative works on Nairaland as well as outside Nairaland.

Get his books here

2. AudreyTimms
: She writes at www.Facebook.com/audreytimmss. She's one of Okadabooks 2016 25 Bestsellers of the year. Her book, Unfulfilled Promises' is still one of the 25 bestsellers of August, 2017



Get her books here

3. Repogirl Peju Amadi
: She writes at http://www.pejuscorner./ and has joined Writertain where her works would be treated like the romance Queen she is... She's also one of Okadabooks 2016 Bestsellers and her book was one of July's bestsellers.

get her books here

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Prizes: Winner:#33,000

First runner up:# 25000
Second runner up: #18000
Third runner up: A #11000 card recharge card..



Sponsors:1.
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Only the judges and moderator can drop anything here.
For next rounds, all contestants are to drop their work, comments and observation at this thread.
The instructions are also there and would be posted later



https://www.nairaland.com/3915558/seun-osewa-flash-fiction-instructions

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Contestants


1. GSteve001
2. Missnande
3. OluwabuqqyYOLO
4. Heryordele94
5. Debbietiyan
6. meneski
7. McLove
8. horlahmieh
9. Kusibe77
10. AyarmBoye
11.Jazmiynne
12. expensive2
13. KimberlyWest
14. Chipappii
15. Oyindawealth
16. comelyJummy
17. skarlett
18. Trip4Jozzy
19. devilmaycry
20. Lesky3
21. illicit
22. Frankenstein
23. perrypablo
24. boffinjay
25. piroux
26. Gmike2rule
27. ToluLolu0122

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Repogirl's Team
8. Missnande
15. ToluLolu0122
11. piroux
12. illicit
13. Jazmiynne
4. Meneski
First Battle
Missnande (won) vs ToluLolu0122
( Lose but stolen by Audreytimms)
piroux (Loss but stolen by Audreytimms) vs Jazmiynne
( won)
illicit (won) vs Meneski
(lost)

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Team Elixir ( Audreytimm)
6. Debbietiyan
14. Heryordele94
16. kimberlywest
9. Gmike2rule
7. GSteve001
17. Mclove
First Battle
Debbietiyan (won)versus Heryordele94
(lose)
GSteve001 (won) versus Mclove
(lost but stolen by Larrysun)
Gmike2rule (lost but stolen by versus kimberlywest
(won)

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Larrysun's team
1. Kusibe
3. Chipappii
2. Skarlett
5. Frankenstein
10. OluwabuqqyYOLO
19. Perrypablo


First Battle
Kusibe( lost but stolen by Repogirl) versus OluwabuqqyYOLO
( won)
Chipappi (lost but was stolen by ) versus Frankenstein
(won)
Skarlett(won) versus Perrypablo
( lost)

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First Stage
Team Repogirl
Selected
1. Jazzmiynne
2. Missnande
3. illicit

Steals

Chipappi vs Kusibe77

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Team Elixir ( Audreytimms)
Selected

1. Kimberlywest
2. Gsteve001
3. Debbietiyan

steals

Prioux
vs ToluLolu0122

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Team Larrysun
Selected

1. OluwabuqqyYOLO
2.Skarlett
3.Frankenstein
Steals
Mclove
vs Gmike2Rule

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Draw
For Twitterture

Chipappi(Lost) vs Kusibe77
(won)

Prioux (won)vs ToluLolu0122
(loss)

Mclove(loss vs Gmike2Rule
(won)

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55 words Fiction

Team Repogirl
Jazzmiynne (Lost )vs missnande ( Won)
Illicit(Lost) vs Kusibe77 (won)
Team Elixir
Debbietiyan(lost) versus piroux(won)
Kimberlywest (Lost but won by reader's votes) versus GSteve001(won)
Team Larrysun
OluwabuqqyYOLO (won)vs Frankenstein( lost)
Skarlett( lost but won by votes vs Gmike2Rule (won)

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50 words
Contestants
piroux(Won)
GSteve001(Lost)
Kimberlywest
(voted)
Illicit
(Won)
Missnande
(voted)
OluwabuqqyYOLO
(Lost)
Gmike2Rule
(voted)
Skarlett
(won)

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25 words

Team Repogirl

Illicit
(Lost)

Missnande
( Picked)

Team Elixir

Piroux
(Picked)

Kimberlywest
(lost)

Team Larrysun

Skarlett
(voted)


Gmike2rule
(picked)

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6 words

Skarlett( Winner)
Missnande ( 1st runner-up)
Gmike2rule (2nd runner-up)
Piroux- (3rd runner-up)

Shalomdee:
Thought this was in August, anyway I missed so I am here to just watch and learn, I've still not recovered from being kicked out of Stars 2017 Writing Competition

Yes, the battle itself is in August. This is the selection stage...

Divepen1:
Sorry, maybe next season..

Thanks for understanding..

JamesReacher:
Divepen1, I'm late but I'm interested.

Sorry, maybe next season..

Lesky3:
does it have to be exactly 250 words or can we write above or below.

Exactly 250 words, not less not higher..

cyberrex, you've been unbanned.

princesa:
The name though... Is seun also sponsoring the competition?

No.. it's just honorary.

ToluLolu0122:
Hmmmm!! Don't let me say I'm scared yet......no harm in trying...

But are we required to complete the story within the given number of words and is space part of the words?

No. This one is just words.

AyarmBoye:
Something I'm not understanding.... Will topic be given at every stage, or each contestant writes on any topic

Each contestant is at liberty to pick his or her topic.

Crystalom3:
sent!

please mine too.. Akintayoakinjide0@gmail.com