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Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by TamunoRichard(m): 8:34am On Sep 20, 2016
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Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by NkyOtk: 8:02am On Nov 08, 2016
I held his hand to my face. His sweet, cold hands. I had fallen in love with those hands from the first day I held them. He’d fallen in love with me too, wholly and completely; it was his love that took his life. Actually, it was me. I took his life. The tears choked me as I remembered.
It was during our latest fight. Why call them quarrels when they always ended up as brutal fights. Leaving the ripped clothes and bruised skin to sing of his exploits. I was never one to go down easy. This was one of those times someone ended up in the hospital; but for the first time it wasn’t me.
He was screaming as he hauled me against the wall. He always got so angry. I dragged myself behind the couch where I could temporarily be out of harm’s way. With whatever was left of my swollen eye I saw Eze, his father’s shouting had woken him again. He had seen me on the floor and was walking quietly towards me.
“Answer me, you prostitute!” he shouted.
I could only tolerate the pain long enough to hold out my arm to Eze. He clutched his teddy as he tearfully walked towards me. Confusion and pain telling on his four year old face.
“I’ll open those deaf ears for you today!” He said and the next thing I saw were things flying over my very temporary fortress. First the hardback dictionary, then a lamp that cut me on my leg and then the gold plated award that hit Eze right in the head.
His father cried when the doctor let us say goodbye. All I could do was squeeze his sweet, cold hands.


This is my entry for the etisalat flash fiction prize. Please click the link and log into facebook to vote. Thank you!
http://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=101
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by silvoice(m): 8:54am On Nov 08, 2016
"Ooh CREATOR! why is this woman so wicked," EMBRYO yelled. The liquid splashed on his face the fifth time with thunderous spark.
"You're wicked," he cursed, and swam to a corner of the uterus.
The alcohol engulfed womb quaked with torrent.
" What's my mother doing up there- she want's to killed me?"
"She's drinking Gin," Creator replied. "Heh! Don't ask me question again, I'm done with you."
" why?"
"You chose a wrong woman," Creator declared and disappeared.
From his position, Embryo opened his sensory eyes and saw MARY on a chair, with a bottle of beer atop, and a half filled cup.
"Chai! My mother: a drunker?"
Now in shock, Embryo fainted.

Two weeks after, at about 10.am, a rough hand of a gynecologist on Mary's stomach, woke him up. Again, he watched as this doctor ran her fingers across Mary's protruding tummy, occasionally blinding his view.
Now relaxed, he listened to their conversation.
"Avoid alcoholic drinks and don't take any medication without doctor's prescription." He heard the doctor advised Mary.
Embryo sighed, as he realized that this good-for-nothing kind of a mother had already done much damage to his health.

It's three months since he began this journey. Mary his mother, a drunker, smoker and notorious street fighter, had refused to obey pregnancy precaution.
Again, Embryo went into coma.

The third day of the eighth month,
Mary was in severe pain, and was rushed to a maternity.
Inside her womb, the male child panned radially to the left, as he struggled for breath, with an alcohol damaged limb. He saw JOHN, his Father, standing perplexed; and a confused Midwife, with Mary on a bed, struggling for survival.
Go-ossh! He dropped on the flannel bed: a dangerous silence that ensued, announced his death.
Please click this link https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=68v
to complete this story and login to Facebook through the page and vote for me. Thanks for your support
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by dakkylove(f): 9:03am On Nov 08, 2016
Guys please vote for me by linking my two entries into the Etisalat Flash Fiction Award.

go to the links below and like my entries

Maidens Release

I took a Knife from the dressing table,
Its sharp blade glistened in the morning light,
From my mind a dark twisted tale revealed itself in a fable.
Perched on the Kitchen sink I stared under the kitchen light.
I knew what I was about to do but something held me back.

I snuck a peek at my reflection by the window.
Vain thoughts trickled through my consciousness.
Would I look beautiful in death, would I give them a show?
Would he even care or would he look away at my grossness.
Slowly I pulled up my blouse, sharp bruises a reminder of his blows.
My frame once plump and robust was all but skin and bones.
The consequence of several days without food and water.

Like a prisoner I was trapped behind these walls,
Cut off from the outside world, with wrists bound and without a phone.
My sins were unknown and my punishment meted out like water gushing out from its fall.
The wrong words spoken, mis-interpreted looks given was all it took to force his hand.

To read the complete poem and vote please follow the link below and like the entry.

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=1056

Xenophobia

James ran as he heard the screaming crowd coming for him, right into the dirty bush he ran, previous days he would watch his steps to avoid stepping into human feces today there was no such luxury.
Fear pulsated through his blood stream propelling his legs to move at an alarming speed. The wind whispered as he felt it’s touch, he felt the hot air wafting through his nose. Their chants roared in his ears, their aggressive voices rising in unison , his senses unconsciously calculating their distance they were closing in on him and fast.


Oh such small dreams, to complete a small structure to house his family , to buy his aged grandmother a wheel chair to ease her back pain, to start his own family, or such small dreams , they seemed a life time away as he jumped over a large pile of tree trunks , the one thought in his mind right now was to survive this savages.

They ran, blood flowing through their veins their eyes red with blood lust , their belligerence stimulated by cheap alcohol, ignorance and crack , their prey maneuvered through the bush jumping over broken tree stumps and mounts of dirt, his tenacity angered them, they were close enough now to see the soles of his canvas agilely maintaining the distance between them, the intruder, the job taker, they would catch him, they would tie him, they would beat him with sticks and stones, with their machetes and knives they would carve him and before he took his last breath they would douse him with petrol and burn him, with this ongomazi they would know, the others who came in thousands to steal their jobs, their women, their money, they would know to leave their precious jewels alone.

Please follow the link below and like the entry

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=1057

Thanks
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by joyclyne: 9:19am On Nov 08, 2016
YES


I once read a quote that said something like: “It doesn’t matter how many 'No's' you get from men, all you need is just one 'Yes' from God”. And it made a lasting impression on me. On days like today, the overwhelming depression I had to stave off begged the question, ‘’when am I going to get a yes?’’. As if in response to the rhetoric, my phone beeped announcing the arrival of a new text message.
As my fingers tapped their way into my inbox I was certain it was the service provider advertising a product or service. My brows shot up in sudden interest as my brain registered it was a customized message.

A smile slowly creased my cheeks when I read the content of the text message for the second time; the interview was scheduled three days from today, I noted. When the security guard had asked me to leave my CV with him I had reluctantly agreed but immediately forgotten about it after I did

***

As I flung myself on the bed, try as I could, it was impossible to banish the memories from the interview out of my head. I had somehow managed to forget every answer to the likely interview questions I had memorized the previous night. I practically stuttered my way through the interview.

TWO NIGHTS LATER

On the verge of sleeping off, an email jolted me to reality. My sleep-filled eyes lit up as they skimmed through the contents of the mail. They immediately became misty when they saw for the first time who the sender of the mail was.

‘’ I Finally Got a Yes’’. This thought was still bouncing haphazardly off the walls of my mind when I slept off.

To vote for the above story (my story) in the Etisalat Flash Fiction Award , kindly click on the link supplied below
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=90
Be sure to use your phone browser. Then click on the thumbs up icon to vote.

Thanks a lot for your vote

Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Nobody: 9:35am On Nov 08, 2016
Kindly vote for me using this link

Mr Shomolu

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=492
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Davidbanky(m): 9:39am On Nov 08, 2016
To Die A Death

He felt the beads of sweat running down his face, back and calves before the tackle that brought him down. He tumbled on the gravel road as he hit the ground face first. Hot liquid ran down his nose as he made to sit up. A quick thud at the base of his skull jettisoned such movement. Someone grabbed the stack of old tires sitting in the gutter and threw them on him. He felt cold and pungent liquid splash down his back.

He made to move but the blow had paralyzed him. He could hear himself breathing. He could hear his mother’s warnings. Her voice, strenuously berating him began to fill his head. She was swearing and gesticulating in her usual manner of condemnation and damnation.

He had to get up. He had to put up some defense. But the blow lithified him firmly to the gravel. Suddenly, he was hot. Very hot. Too hot. He opened his eyes in one last reflex and he could make out yellow flames around him.

They were yellow and they were red and they were hot. His flesh gave out crispy crackling sounds as the flames, yellow and red, danced a tango on his skin. The pungent smell was gradually replaced by charcoal. Smell like charcoal from the stove of the fish seller at the Monday market.

The heat made his eyes hurt. He closed them and with that a raging inferno developed inside his abdomen.

He felt a torched wooden stave driving up his throat. The inferno had spread to his chest, up his throat and into his head. A tear sneaked out the corner of his right eye, closest to the gravel.

With one final meek breath, he died.



Here is a link to the post on it,
please kindly click on it and vote. Thank you and God bless you all!

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=122
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Echad(m): 9:52am On Nov 08, 2016
Hello! Friends
I need you all to help me win the 2016 edition of Etisalt Flash Fiction contest

Click the link below to vote for my story (Hit the like button i.e. thumb icon to vote)
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=137

I aware that some of you have issues with the link. Pls find below another route to voting

1. Visit www.prize.etisalat.com.ng
2. Click on flash fiction icon
3. Click approved stories
4. Search for "The Happy Puppy of Ibafo"
5. Vote by clicking the hand icon with an upright thumb
6. Supply your Facebook name to avoid multiple voting
7. Ensure that your vote counts i.e you must observe an increase in the number of votes.
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by anthonydunamis: 3:18pm On Nov 08, 2016
THE SHEPHERD WHO GOT AWAY

Surging through the air with Abhoni beside me, I wondered why the urge to mate was so strong in humans. As if he heard my thoughts, he said, "The Creator put it within them, to make them obey the instructions given to the First Two in the Garden. But we now use it to weaken them, because there are spiritual implications."

Spiritual implications- yes, I knew about that. If two humans mated without the midora- or ‘marriage’ as they called it- there were consequences. This Shepherd we were following had broken the rules…

The Khrona with us suddenly began to shriek and flap their wings loudly. An extremely bright glow, pulsating with a level of energy I had never seen before, had appeared above the vehicle. "What is that?" I wondered, mesmerized by the enthralling power of this Force. Abhoni did not open his mouth, but I still heard him. "The Control Centre of the Elect is trying to communicate. If this Shepherd listens and his strength is restored, all our efforts here would have been for nothing."

The dark cloud of Khrona suddenly surged forward, as they tried to disrupt the communication between the Control Centre and the Shepherd. Amidst the cacophony, I began to hear a voice. It was whispery, yet very distinct. The Shepherd was being persuaded to return under the protection of the Final Sacrifice. As I waited to see what would be the outcome, Abhoni said sharply, ‘Prepare yourself, this is the decisive moment.’

Barely had he finished speaking when a powerful blast of spiritual energy surged from within the car. The spiritual strength of the Shepherd had been restored! Suddenly, all the Khrona were blown away like a black mist and I found myself spinning downwards, back into Hades with Abhoni.

Did you like this fiction story? This is my entry into the Etisalat Prize for Flash Fiction 2016, for stories not more than 300 words. Because many people send in stories, online voting is used to reduce the number to 50 for the judges to start making selections. I know you are rooting for me, so I need you to do ONE thing for me. Click the link below to VOTE for me. Press the thumbs-up icon beside my name and we are good to go. You will be asked to use your Facebook profile to vote- that's to prevent multiple voting. It all takes less than 2 minutes. Thank you very much!

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=276

P.S. Opera may not be the best browser to use for voting.

-Anthony Igbinosun
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Nobody: 9:33pm On Nov 08, 2016
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Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by RealJenny(f): 10:26pm On Nov 08, 2016
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=1935

Please click the link above to read and vote for my story "MY DREAM MAN" by clicking the thumbs up button. Thank you so much and GOD bless.
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Krystalzkris(f): 11:39pm On Nov 08, 2016
We all know that it's not easy being a writer in Nigeria, where writers are treated somehow. I think we should help one another achieve our dreams. I was shortlisted for Etisalat flash writing contest, and I need your votes. It's simple. Copy and paste the link to your phone browser. Not opera mini or Uc browser. Your main browser. You will see my story. Please read the story and vote for me. You will see a blue stuff with a thumb on it. Click on it. You will be asked to log into Facebook. Once you are done, you have voted for me. The link is

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=651 Thanks.
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by nwaobipeter(m): 10:58am On Nov 12, 2016
Hello guys... i was also shortlisted for the Etisalat flash fiction literature award....

Please click on this link

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2881

To read my piece and and vote by liking the story ...
please it is important. Thanks
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 3:10pm On Nov 12, 2016
Interesting read. Let's support each other. I was also nominated and would appreciate your vote. Let's trade votes. My link is https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454

Thanks


NkyOtk:
I held his hand to my face. His sweet, cold hands. I had fallen in love with those hands from the first day I held them. He’d fallen in love with me too, wholly and completely; it was his love that took his life. Actually, it was me. I took his life. The tears choked me as I remembered.
It was during our latest fight. Why call them quarrels when they always ended up as brutal fights. Leaving the ripped clothes and bruised skin to sing of his exploits. I was never one to go down easy. This was one of those times someone ended up in the hospital; but for the first time it wasn’t me.
He was screaming as he hauled me against the wall. He always got so angry. I dragged myself behind the couch where I could temporarily be out of harm’s way. With whatever was left of my swollen eye I saw Eze, his father’s shouting had woken him again. He had seen me on the floor and was walking quietly towards me.
“Answer me, you prostitute!” he shouted.
I could only tolerate the pain long enough to hold out my arm to Eze. He clutched his teddy as he tearfully walked towards me. Confusion and pain telling on his four year old face.
“I’ll open those deaf ears for you today!” He said and the next thing I saw were things flying over my very temporary fortress. First the hardback dictionary, then a lamp that cut me on my leg and then the gold plated award that hit Eze right in the head.
His father cried when the doctor let us say goodbye. All I could do was squeeze his sweet, cold hands.
This is my entry for the etisalat flash fiction prize. Please click the link and log into facebook to vote. Thank you!
http://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=101
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 3:11pm On Nov 12, 2016
Hi let's trade votes. Here is my link
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454

Let me know if interested. Thank you

nwaobipeter:
Hello guys... i was also shortlisted for the Etisalat flash fiction literature award....

Please click on this link

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2881

To read my piece and and vote by liking the story ...
please it is important. Thanks

1 Like

Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 3:12pm On Nov 12, 2016
Hi, would you be interested in exchanging votes. My link is https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454 . Let me know. Thank you

RealJenny:
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=1935

Please click the link above to read and vote for my story "MY DREAM MAN" by clicking the thumbs up button. Thank you so much and GOD bless.

1 Like

Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 3:16pm On Nov 12, 2016
Hi David. Would you like to trade votes with me? My link is
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454. Let me know if interested. Thank you

Davidbanky:
To Die A Death

He felt the beads of sweat running down his face, back and calves before the tackle that brought him down. He tumbled on the gravel road as he hit the ground face first. Hot liquid ran down his nose as he made to sit up. A quick thud at the base of his skull jettisoned such movement. Someone grabbed the stack of old tires sitting in the gutter and threw them on him. He felt cold and pungent liquid splash down his back.

He made to move but the blow had paralyzed him. He could hear himself breathing. He could hear his mother’s warnings. Her voice, strenuously berating him began to fill his head. She was swearing and gesticulating in her usual manner of condemnation and damnation.

He had to get up. He had to put up some defense. But the blow lithified him firmly to the gravel. Suddenly, he was hot. Very hot. Too hot. He opened his eyes in one last reflex and he could make out yellow flames around him.

They were yellow and they were red and they were hot. His flesh gave out crispy crackling sounds as the flames, yellow and red, danced a tango on his skin. The pungent smell was gradually replaced by charcoal. Smell like charcoal from the stove of the fish seller at the Monday market.

The heat made his eyes hurt. He closed them and with that a raging inferno developed inside his abdomen.

He felt a torched wooden stave driving up his throat. The inferno had spread to his chest, up his throat and into his head. A tear sneaked out the corner of his right eye, closest to the gravel.

With one final meek breath, he died.



Here is a link to the post on it,
please kindly click on it and vote. Thank you and God bless you all!

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=122

1 Like

Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 3:19pm On Nov 12, 2016
Hi Anthony, interesting story. Would you like to trade votes with me? My link is
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454. Let me know if interested. Thank you

anthonydunamis:
THE SHEPHERD WHO GOT AWAY

Surging through the air with Abhoni beside me, I wondered why the urge to mate was so strong in humans. As if he heard my thoughts, he said, "The Creator put it within them, to make them obey the instructions given to the First Two in the Garden. But we now use it to weaken them, because there are spiritual implications."

Spiritual implications- yes, I knew about that. If two humans mated without the midora- or ‘marriage’ as they called it- there were consequences. This Shepherd we were following had broken the rules…

The Khrona with us suddenly began to shriek and flap their wings loudly. An extremely bright glow, pulsating with a level of energy I had never seen before, had appeared above the vehicle. "What is that?" I wondered, mesmerized by the enthralling power of this Force. Abhoni did not open his mouth, but I still heard him. "The Control Centre of the Elect is trying to communicate. If this Shepherd listens and his strength is restored, all our efforts here would have been for nothing."

The dark cloud of Khrona suddenly surged forward, as they tried to disrupt the communication between the Control Centre and the Shepherd. Amidst the cacophony, I began to hear a voice. It was whispery, yet very distinct. The Shepherd was being persuaded to return under the protection of the Final Sacrifice. As I waited to see what would be the outcome, Abhoni said sharply, ‘Prepare yourself, this is the decisive moment.’

Barely had he finished speaking when a powerful blast of spiritual energy surged from within the car. The spiritual strength of the Shepherd had been restored! Suddenly, all the Khrona were blown away like a black mist and I found myself spinning downwards, back into Hades with Abhoni.

Did you like this fiction story? This is my entry into the Etisalat Prize for Flash Fiction 2016, for stories not more than 300 words. Because many people send in stories, online voting is used to reduce the number to 50 for the judges to start making selections. I know you are rooting for me, so I need you to do ONE thing for me. Click the link below to VOTE for me. Press the thumbs-up icon beside my name and we are good to go. You will be asked to use your Facebook profile to vote- that's to prevent multiple voting. It all takes less than 2 minutes. Thank you very much!

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=276

P.S. Opera may not be the best browser to use for voting.

-Anthony Igbinosun

1 Like

Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 3:22pm On Nov 12, 2016
Hi Nkyotk, interested in exchanging votes. My link is https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454 let me know if interested.

NkyOtk:
I held his hand to my face. His sweet, cold hands. I had fallen in love with those hands from the first day I held them. He’d fallen in love with me too, wholly and completely; it was his love that took his life. Actually, it was me. I took his life. The tears choked me as I remembered.
It was during our latest fight. Why call them quarrels when they always ended up as brutal fights. Leaving the ripped clothes and bruised skin to sing of his exploits. I was never one to go down easy. This was one of those times someone ended up in the hospital; but for the first time it wasn’t me.
He was screaming as he hauled me against the wall. He always got so angry. I dragged myself behind the couch where I could temporarily be out of harm’s way. With whatever was left of my swollen eye I saw Eze, his father’s shouting had woken him again. He had seen me on the floor and was walking quietly towards me.
“Answer me, you prostitute!” he shouted.
I could only tolerate the pain long enough to hold out my arm to Eze. He clutched his teddy as he tearfully walked towards me. Confusion and pain telling on his four year old face.
“I’ll open those deaf ears for you today!” He said and the next thing I saw were things flying over my very temporary fortress. First the hardback dictionary, then a lamp that cut me on my leg and then the gold plated award that hit Eze right in the head.
His father cried when the doctor let us say goodbye. All I could do was squeeze his sweet, cold hands.


This is my entry for the etisalat flash fiction prize. Please click the link and log into facebook to vote. Thank you!
http://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=101
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 3:24pm On Nov 12, 2016
Hi Michael let's trade votes. My link is https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454

Let me know if interested. Thank you

michaelobinna:
Kindly vote for me using this link

Mr Shomolu

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=492
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 3:27pm On Nov 12, 2016
Hi dakkylove, il vote for you. Let's trade votes. My link is https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454 thank you.

dakkylove:
Guys please vote for me by linking my two entries into the Etisalat Flash Fiction Award.

go to the links below and like my entries

Maidens Release

I took a Knife from the dressing table,
Its sharp blade glistened in the morning light,
From my mind a dark twisted tale revealed itself in a fable.
Perched on the Kitchen sink I stared under the kitchen light.
I knew what I was about to do but something held me back.

I snuck a peek at my reflection by the window.
Vain thoughts trickled through my consciousness.
Would I look beautiful in death, would I give them a show?
Would he even care or would he look away at my grossness.
Slowly I pulled up my blouse, sharp bruises a reminder of his blows.
My frame once plump and robust was all but skin and bones.
The consequence of several days without food and water.

Like a prisoner I was trapped behind these walls,
Cut off from the outside world, with wrists bound and without a phone.
My sins were unknown and my punishment meted out like water gushing out from its fall.
The wrong words spoken, mis-interpreted looks given was all it took to force his hand.

To read the complete poem and vote please follow the link below and like the entry.

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=1056

Xenophobia

James ran as he heard the screaming crowd coming for him, right into the dirty bush he ran, previous days he would watch his steps to avoid stepping into human feces today there was no such luxury.
Fear pulsated through his blood stream propelling his legs to move at an alarming speed. The wind whispered as he felt it’s touch, he felt the hot air wafting through his nose. Their chants roared in his ears, their aggressive voices rising in unison , his senses unconsciously calculating their distance they were closing in on him and fast.


Oh such small dreams, to complete a small structure to house his family , to buy his aged grandmother a wheel chair to ease her back pain, to start his own family, or such small dreams , they seemed a life time away as he jumped over a large pile of tree trunks , the one thought in his mind right now was to survive this savages.

They ran, blood flowing through their veins their eyes red with blood lust , their belligerence stimulated by cheap alcohol, ignorance and crack , their prey maneuvered through the bush jumping over broken tree stumps and mounts of dirt, his tenacity angered them, they were close enough now to see the soles of his canvas agilely maintaining the distance between them, the intruder, the job taker, they would catch him, they would tie him, they would beat him with sticks and stones, with their machetes and knives they would carve him and before he took his last breath they would douse him with petrol and burn him, with this ongomazi they would know, the others who came in thousands to steal their jobs, their women, their money, they would know to leave their precious jewels alone.

Please follow the link below and like the entry

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=1057

Thanks


Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 3:28pm On Nov 12, 2016
Such an interesting story. I would like to trade votes with you if interested. My link is
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454
Thank you

silvoice:

"Ooh CREATOR! why is this woman so wicked," EMBRYO yelled. The liquid splashed on his face the fifth time with thunderous spark.
"You're wicked," he cursed, and swam to a corner of the uterus.
The alcohol engulfed womb quaked with torrent.
" What's my mother doing up there- she want's to killed me?"
"She's drinking Gin," Creator replied. "Heh! Don't ask me question again, I'm done with you."
" why?"
"You chose a wrong woman," Creator declared and disappeared.
From his position, Embryo opened his sensory eyes and saw MARY on a chair, with a bottle of beer atop, and a half filled cup.
"Chai! My mother: a drunker?"
Now in shock, Embryo fainted.

Two weeks after, at about 10.am, a rough hand of a gynecologist on Mary's stomach, woke him up. Again, he watched as this doctor ran her fingers across Mary's protruding tummy, occasionally blinding his view.
Now relaxed, he listened to their conversation.
"Avoid alcoholic drinks and don't take any medication without doctor's prescription." He heard the doctor advised Mary.
Embryo sighed, as he realized that this good-for-nothing kind of a mother had already done much damage to his health.

It's three months since he began this journey. Mary his mother, a drunker, smoker and notorious street fighter, had refused to obey pregnancy precaution.
Again, Embryo went into coma.

The third day of the eighth month,
Mary was in severe pain, and was rushed to a maternity.
Inside her womb, the male child panned radially to the left, as he struggled for breath, with an alcohol damaged limb. He saw JOHN, his Father, standing perplexed; and a confused Midwife, with Mary on a bed, struggling for survival.
Go-ossh! He dropped on the flannel bed: a dangerous silence that ensued, announced his death.
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Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Nobody: 4:16pm On Nov 12, 2016
HelenaG:
Hi Michael let's trade votes. My link is https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454

Let me know if interested. Thank you

lol.. how do we do that
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 4:23pm On Nov 12, 2016
Lol. I vote for you via your link and you vote for me via mine... then i let you know when I vote and you do the same...easy

michaelobinna:
lol.. how do we do that

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Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Nobody: 4:28pm On Nov 12, 2016
HelenaG:
Lol. I vote for you via your link and you vote for me via mine... then i let you know when I vote and you do the same...easy

ok ... Let's do it

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Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by nwaobipeter(m): 4:32pm On Nov 12, 2016
SNAKES may be feared... however I love and live with them... eventhough my dad, his brother and grandpa died from snake bites.... Do you want to know more about my story, click on this link

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2881

Remember to like the story ... Thanks
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 4:52pm On Nov 12, 2016
Mr Shomulu just got an extra vote. Iv voted your story. My link is https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454

michaelobinna:
ok ... Let's do it
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Vicrown(m): 5:26pm On Nov 12, 2016
Please for for my story "Mama Wouldn't Approve"

Who else has the audacity to knock on my door so loudly apart from Rukky? She probably came to makeup for not showing up yesterday at the joint where we booze with friends. Because of her absence, I had to sleep alone on a Friday night, first time in a long time. She is my kind of girl who simply wants to have fun, with marriage as the last thing on her mind.
But Mama wouldn’t approve. She has been drumming into my ears how much she wants me to settle down and give her grandchildren.
‘Your mates in the village have fathered several children but you stay there in Lagos wasting your precious seed on loose girls,” she had said over the telephone. “Haba! My back is aching to carry my grandchildren o. If it is about the right girl, don’t worry. I’ve noticed a number of them here in the village and have begun speaking to their families. I know your work will not allow you come down here for the rites, but don’t worry, I’ll handle everything.”
I feel the stab of a terrible headache as I move, a hangover from yesterday’s outing with the boys. I can’t even remember how I drove back home.

I walk woozily to the door, wearing nothing but my flimsy underwear that does little to cover my ample morning glory. I fumble for a while with the keyhole before I eventually open the door. The sight that meets my eyes almost gives me a heart attack. Mama and a dark-skinned village girl with a ridiculous hairdo standing at my doorpost. I swallowed hard. Mama has fulfilled her threats. She has married a wife for me.

https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=128

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Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Ashtonmcqueen(m): 5:28pm On Nov 12, 2016
Competition is really tough... Please check mine out and i promise you its worthwhile reading if not voting...

"Project sparkles "


https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2797
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by HelenaG(f): 5:45pm On Nov 12, 2016
Hi astonmcqueen, let's support ourselves by voting for each other if you are interested. My link is
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454

Ashtonmcqueen:
Competition is really tough... Please check mine out and i promise you its worthwhile reading if not voting...

"Project sparkles "


https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2797
Re: Etisalat Flash Fiction Award 2016 For Unpublished African Writers by Davidbanky(m): 6:30pm On Nov 12, 2016
HelenaG:
Hi David. Would you like to trade votes with me? My link is
https://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash-fiction/voteall.php?id=2454. Let me know if interested. Thank you


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