A Collection of Short Stories
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Jumoke Omisore We only die once I wish people like my stepmother would be befallen by evil. Only a mean spirited child would think this way. I am conflicted as to which of the two I am. I wonder if another fate, another life may find me where none of these determines my destiny. However here, I guess I wait to find out if I live or die. If it be the latter, would it not be just the once? I vow to face it unafraid. Olajumoke Omisore lives in Lancashire. She grew up in London and Abeokuta. As a child she enjoyed reading Achebe, Fagunwa, Emecheta, Alkali and others. She still counts reading her key hobby. Her writing has appeared in The Kalahari Review, Africanwriter, Naija Stories and TNC. Her flash story, Ochuga’s Girl was longlisted for the Minority Contest. 111
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Jumoke Omisore<br />
We only die once<br />
I wish people like my stepmother would be befallen by evil. Only a mean spirited child would<br />
think this way. I am conflicted as to which <strong>of</strong> the two I am. I wonder if another fate, another<br />
life may find me where none <strong>of</strong> these determines my destiny. However here, I guess I wait to<br />
find out if I live or die. If it be the latter, would it not be just the once? I vow to face it unafraid.<br />
Olajumoke Omisore lives in Lancashire. She grew up in London<br />
and Abeokuta. As a child she enjoyed reading Achebe, Fagunwa,<br />
Emecheta, Alkali and others. She still counts reading her key hobby.<br />
Her writing has appeared in The Kalahari Review, Africanwriter, Naija<br />
<strong>Stories</strong> and TNC. Her flash story, Ochuga’s Girl was longlisted for the<br />
Minority Contest.<br />
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