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For My Child, I Will Rise.

She fell in love with the way he protected a stranger. It never crossed her mind to ask — who would protect her from him? Amara thought she had found the kind of love women pray for. Dayo was calm where the world was chaotic, gentle where life was rough. He was the man who stepped into a violent crowd to save a stranger — the man who made her believe that good men still existed. So when he chose her, she chose him back. Completely. Their love was the kind that made people smile. Family approved. Friends envied. The wedding felt like a beginning of everything good. But good things can hide sharp edges. Slowly — so slowly she almost didn't notice — the man who once protected a stranger began to become the thing she needed protection from. The gentleness curdled into control. The calm became something colder. And the love she had built her whole life around began to cost her more than she ever agreed to pay. Then she found out she was pregnant. And everything changed. Because now it wasn't just her life she was living for. For My Child, I Will Rise is the story of one woman's journey through love, loss, and the quiet, terrifying courage it takes to choose yourself — and your daughter — before it's too late. It is a story for every woman who has ever stayed too long. For every woman who has ever been told she was too much and not enough at the same time. For every woman who looked at her child and finally found the reason to rise. Some love stories teach you about love. This one teaches you about survival.

Ifeoma Goodness Fidelix

The Senator’s Last Deal

In the shadowy underbelly of Nigeria’s political elite, investigative journalist Iniobong has unearthed a conspiracy that could shake the nation. When sixteen gifted students from a prestigious College of Technology in Kogi State are abducted in a daring night raid by men in military uniforms, all evidence points to a deadly alliance between corrupt practices, religion, and powerful business interests. Hired by a casual friend and Senator to clear the his name and expose the truth behind an innovative AI project the students created, Iniobong quickly finds himself marked for elimination. One humid night in a high-end Abuja lounge, Iniobong is seduced and woven intoby the enigmatic and ruthless Udoka Egwunba, a once-celebrated journalist turned blogger contracted to deliver him to the feared Chairman of the investigative committee. But just as Udoka prepares to hand him over, breaking news shatters the night: Three powerful lawmakers have been assassinated. Suddenly, every major character of the night became the hunted. With killers closing in and the explosive truth about the missing students still buried, Iniobong and Udoka are forced into a reluctant alliance. As they flee through the backroads of Nigeria , from deluxe lounges to Kogi swamps circling back Northern highways to damnation, they must navigate betrayal, hidden agendas, and a web of political violence where no one is truly innocent.

Zechariah Adedotun

BOUND BY BLOOD

Amara was just trying to get through another night… until she witnessed something she was never meant to see. Now, she’s in the hands of Dante Ricci—a cold, powerful mafia boss who doesn’t forgive and never forgets. Her father’s debt has become hers, and in Dante’s world, debts are paid in blood… or something far more dangerous. Trapped in a life she never chose, Amara refuses to be controlled. But as enemies close in and secrets begin to unravel, she realizes the truth— The man who claims to own her may be the only one standing between her and death. She was taken to survive. She stayed to fight. But falling for him… could cost her everything.

Abiodun Adedeji Emmanuel

The River That Spoke… and Was Ignored.

After the hunter Okeke loses his shadow, the black river at the edge of Umudi speaks for the first time in a hundred years. It delivers a terrifying warning: "Leave before the next full moon. Something has been sleeping under my water for a thousand years, and it is about to wake up." But when Okeke and the immortal Bone Speaker Dembo bring the warning to the village, the elders mock them, the villagers turn away, and even those closest to them refuse to believe. Strange signs begin to appear, a stream dries up overnight, drums fall silent, fires burn cold blue. A group of men sent to investigate the river discover the bottom is covered with thousands of human bones arranged in ancient words. The river rises, flooding the village and trapping everyone. But the water is not trying to drown them. It is trying to show them the truth: the real moon mother Nneoma has been chained at the bottom of the river for three hundred years, replaced in the sky by a false shadow moon. The spider Udude trapped her there as part of a forbidden deal with Death. To free her, Dembo must dive into the river and speak every forgotten name of every child who ever died without air, without stopping, without forgetting a single one. But at the last moment, he forgets the most important name. As the darkness closes in and the moon mother begins to sink forever, a small hare watching from the grass reveals it knows the secret. What does the hare know? And how can such a tiny creature challenge the most powerful ruler of the wild? The truth will shatter everything.

Nathaniel Ethe

BY ANY MEANS

Two brothers made a promise in poverty: “We’ll do whatever it takes to survive.” Years later, one became the law… while the other disappeared into the shadows. But some promises come back with blood. 🔥

Rukeme Philip Okenini

She Loved Him But He Chose Someone Else 💔

A young girl gave her heart to a boy she trusted deeply, believing their love would last forever. But everything changed when betrayal, secrets, and heartbreak came into their relationship. What she discovered broke her completely… but also changed her life forever.

Kenny Stories

The Children and the Dark

There are whispers about the dark woods. Warnings of what might become of you if you trespass. All that was needed was three stubborn children filled with adventurous spirits. Will they survive the dark woods or never live to tell the story?

Chelsea Chinweokwu

Between Duty And Desire 💕

She built walls to protect her future. He showed up to break them—without forcing, without rushing… just staying. In a world where love feels like a distraction, Amara must choose between the life she planned and the feelings she never saw coming.

Favour Unyime

The son of the serpent

Bible story had always been told in a compiled and confused details. The son of the serpent reveals why the devil react the same way the bible wrote about her and why Eve fell.

Bello Micheal

Why Owls Cry Only at Midnight

In the village of Umudi, owls begin crying in broad daylight, a terrible omen that has not been seen for centuries. Each time an owl cries, a villager dies before nightfall. The Bone Speaker Dembo reveals the terrifying truth: the owls are not the killers, but messengers for an ancient horror called the Voice Eater, a shapeless creature created by the spider Udude to feast on sound. For five hundred years, the Voice Eater slept under the river, but Dembo's attempt to free the real moon woke it up. Now it hunts every voice in Umudi, swallowing cries, laughter, prayers, and names. The only way to destroy it is to speak the last forgotten name, the name of the first child who ever died inside the creature's lair. A brave woman named Adaeze volunteers to enter the river with Dembo, risking death by silence. Together, they confront the Voice Eater in the cold darkness beneath the water. Dembo remembers the final name "silence itself" and shatters the monster forever. The real moon rises, the owls stop crying, and the village is saved. But as peace returns, the owls turn their eyes toward the forest with terror. A new voice rides the wind, singing a lullaby of the vanished and forgotten. Something worse than the Voice Eater was held back by its presence. And now that something is coming.

Nathaniel Ethe

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Tortoise became a king

Ama's ink

About our childhood tale's of the tortoise , outsmarting the king and marrying the princess.just a short tale to bring back our childhood memories

Stay On Line

Dike

When you receive a phone call at work that threatens your life; when the slightest deviation from the caller's instructions spells doom for every other member of your family, what do you do? What do you do when evil personified decides that you are its most important target? It happened to me!

A Tale Of Sheba

Dike

A true tale by a great orator delves into the myth and legend of the mysterious Queen of Sheba - she who beguiled King Solomon himself!

THE HIDDEN COST OF POWER

Midnight Gist series

In the village of Isieke, whispers tell of the Midnight Market—a place where shadows, secrets, and desires are sold at the cost of the heart. Nineteen-year-old Ngozi steps into the forest to uncover the truth about the market that claimed her father. Among glowing stalls, eerie traders, and a prisoner named Chima, she discovers that courage, love, and sacrifice may be the only way to break its hold. Will she survive the night and free the souls trapped within, or will she too become part of the legend?

When Autumn leaves fall

An ambitious, experienced and interesting story writer

A Romantic story

The World We Didn't Know Existed

Weirdo 💙💙

Life is meant to be simple, planned and free and it was, until Him, A Creature I would never forget and he keeps calling me "Mine".

Imani's Story

Debby

Imani's story unfolds during a meeting between a writer and a young woman who shares her story of love, loss, and rediscovery. A walk down memory lane where secrets are shared and regrets remain high.

Celestial

Dike

Deep inside the forests of Esie town in South-West Nigeria lies a sacred grove filled with hundreds of soapstone statuettes bearing unearthly features. This is their origin story – an account of how the stone sentinels of Esie came to be!

Trauma Code: A Happy Ending or Not

Weirdo 💙💙

Life doesn't always go as planned, Or Does it? Follow Ron on her journey to discover Life and it's dealings.

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