LIFT ME HIGHER – ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
By Alexis karpouzos: ”God, why give Wings for the angels, but feet for people? . ”You were born to dream, you were born to love”. ”Give me wine. Give me bread, Lift me higher! Lift me higher! From this sphere…
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The Wealthy Psychic Lady: 99 Stolen Kisses
By Samagidi Victor: Chapter 1: After Passing Through This Door, I Have No Thoughts of Coming Out Again Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios – The chill from autumn crept into the air — the night sky was overcast, and…
United in Grief
By Lucas Henshaw: You curse Nigeria under your breath as you straddle all your problems in your backpack— all your problems being your malaria drugs, your ATM card that almost never works due to your shitty bank’s services, your laptop…
Kiss The Stars — Alexis Karpouzos
By Alexis karpouzos: When in the world grows the dark cold and the empty desolation, then going back where one starts from. Do you recall the longing of our wishes? It is time, rise up to meet the heaven, to…
THERE ARE NO BORDERS – ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
By Alexis karpouzos: I know not what tomorrow may unfold, Or where the roads, as yet untrod, may lead; but i know There are no borders, only wind. Like you, I was born. Like you, I was raised in the…
My autistic child
By Nancy Omorojor: My autistic child Mama worries that my mates have left me She never says it, she just smiles it to me The doctors and teachers call me special I’m not sure special is what I am, But…
EWÀTÓMI
By Crystal_epoet: EWATOMI Ewatomi Omo Ola – Onibadi aran So swifty was your voice Like a dot on a hummingbird How can i easily read your flesh from my heart? How do i count the stars in your sky? Please…
MY HEALTH JOURNEY; HYPERTENSION
By Tracy Njeri: At the age of Seventeen, on July 19th, 2016, Tracy was diagnosed with Hypertension [ High Blood Pressure]. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition in which the pressure of the blood against artery walls is…
DAD RIGHT FROM THE HEART
By Tracy Njeri: I didn’t the sound of it the first time And coming from the physician was even worse A kidney transplant?! I didn’t know why he decided so Or why he thought so But I truly hated the…
After Your Burial
By Olabisi Abiodun Akinwale: we returned to a house full of emptiness, nothing takes the place of what gives a house the feeling of home. my heart became a mosaic of wreckage knowing it will live forever in a story…
THE NOISY OF GRAVE WHEN THEY SLEEP
By Abdullateef Balogun: In my night when by chance I traveled between the scars and its space through the realm of the lost soul it’s noisy through their grave and sounds On my way back to suburban I was cold…
BONUS STORY – Houston
By Jessica-Ken: Please ignore mistakes* “Are we there yet?” Jade Hadley’s voice came. “It’s taking really long, now.” Jade grumbled. Jade was a rebellious, almond eyes, teenager: A tenth grader with such shiny blonde hair, yay high and pretty slender…