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To Be a Woman Is to Be Without a Name i.For most of her fifty-three years of life on Earth, she was called Mama Jide by everyone except for her son. He–the ‘Jide’ from which her identity was coined–called her Mummy.And so, when she die…

My latest flash fiction story is liveeeeee💃💃💃💃💃
Please read and leave a comment if you like it (or even if you don't🤭)
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/to-b...

Please read my interview with the amazing Pegah Ouij where we talk about war, morality and a girl who wants to eat her father🤭

I'm totally NOT crying right now😭😭😭
Thank you for this honor🙏🖤

Smoke & Mirrors with Chidera Solomon Anikpe - SmokeLong Quarterly The piece begins with a taboo—a daughter contemplating eating her father. She’s filled with shame, yet by the end of the piece, there’s movement. In what ways does this piece play with taboos and use ...

This week's featured writer is Chidera Solomon Anikpe
@dera-writes.bsky.social ⭐. You can read his interview with Pegah Ouji here: www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

A Eulogy for Happy Girls | Chidera Anikpe “No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone.” Paul Coelho i. In his dorm room, with your bodies entwined and the odour of sex hanging heavily in the air, Akande says that Iréoluwa&…

A new short story to end the year?👀

Yes please!!! 🤭💃

agbowo.org/2024/12/27/a...

Black background, light grey and gold text with long galaxy of gold stars running through: The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest Winners. SLQ logo

⭐⭐⭐Please join us in congratulating the authors of the prize-winning stories of The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2024!

1st: jj peña, "the sky didn̶'t̶ slip inside"
2nd: Christine H. Chen, "I See You"
3rd: Chidera Solomon Anikpe, "In War, Daughters Bury Their Fathers."⭐⭐⭐

In War, Daughters Bury Their Fathers. - SmokeLong Quarterly On their way to the refugee camp in Okigwe, Nnodim toys with the idea of eating her sickly father. It is only a slight joke, a passing thought, one that nonetheless fills her with shame. She wonders i...

Have you read my award winning micro fiction yet?👀
No?
Well what are you waiting for? Dive Right in💃
www.smokelong.com/stories/in-w...

Please read this wonderful issue. The works here are simply breathtaking.
And yes, I am published in it🤭🤭🤭

Art image of a charcoal-coloured umbrella with green and white lace-patterned lining, sheltering blue sky with white fluffy clouds from the dark, stormy sky above it. Text overlay: SmokeLong Issue 86. December 2024. Stories by: Banchiwosen Woldeyesus Karen Kao jj peña Chidera Solomon Anikpe Christine H. Chen Mitch James Sam Matin Priya Ele Georgie Morvis Featuring the winners and finalists of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Cover art: Getty Images (detail). SLQ logo.

SmokeLong Quarterly Issue 86 is live. Featuring the six finalists of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) and four stories from this quarter's general submissions. It's wonderful.
www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...

I am ugly crying all over the house today😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

MAMA I MADE IT TO SMOKELONG!!! 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

Everyday for the past week, I've woken up remembering that I have two pieces forthcoming in Smokelong and Agbowo and I just cry every single time.

This year has been a lot!!!

I received a ton of rejections. I lost faith in myself and my craft.

I'm glad things turned out fine in the end🤭

Thank you so much 🤭

Did I mention that I'm a finalist for this prize???👀🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

My friend wrote this btw

Readddddddd!!!

I made this prestigious list

APPLAUSEEEEE 🤭

shout out to all the writers and artists who take forever to finish something. I get it, bro. I take a long time too. but your worth as a writer/artist isn't built upon production. so just keep striding it out. keep taking those steps. we each have our own race track. we'll get to the finish line

OMG it's so pretty over here.
Felon Tusk's app could never