A Collection of Short Stories
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Aideyan Daniel Passenger 13E them, then I suggest they use a taxi cos’ the driver is taking me to the meeting with the airline people,’ he said matter of factly as he continued ransacking his brother’s study. Kelly watched her brother-in-law as he violated what used to be her husband’s altar, searching for documents that he had no idea how they’d come about. She despised him but she had become too weak to fight, her fully shorn head is the picture of a woman subdued. She blamed her parents for insisting that she obey tradition, endure and remain in her husband’s house, if only to prove that she had no hands in his death. But how could she have caused a plane crash? Daddy??? It was Joshua. She was sure she just heard her son from the living room. ‘Your children are beginning to lose their minds just like you. They have started seeing things too,’ Obinna chuckled wickedly, his hands still shuffling carelessly and hastily through the files on the shelf. Daddy!!! Kelly turned to leave the room and just as suddenly, a sight stopped her dead in her tracks. Standing by the door with Justin and Josh in his arms was her husband, Emeka Amadi. She tried to scream but remained transfixed on the same spot. Obinna felt an eerie silence in the room, but he knew he was not alone. ‘Now the madness is a contagion or is it, it is heredit...,’ the word stuck in his throat as he turned around to find his older brother standing at the entrance and holding on tightly to his sons. Obinna instantly felt a hot liquid run down his thighs. He was peeing on himself. He 71
Passenger 13E Aideyan Daniel bounded out the door. *** Emeka’s eyes doubled open as his wife handed him newspapers whose front pages were splattered with the grotesque images of the ill-fated aircraft, with his name spelt out as Passenger 13E on the flight manifest. He saw the burning questions in her eyes and wondered how many words it would take to tell her all about his cancelled Abuja appointment, his resold flight ticket, his hypnosis and kidnap by money-ritualists and his eventual escape from the jungles of Isase. These were tales from his side but right now he needed to hear the tales from the other side. Like why his wife had shaved off her long lustrous dark hair or why his brother peed on his pants and ran out of the house instead of being delighted at his return. As he gazed into his wife’s now misty eyes, he met a warmth and relief more than heart could hold. He was certain the tale would be nothing short of interesting. Aideyan Daniel is a trained engineer turned writer and he currently lives in the city of Lagos. His story arcs have been featured inThe Naked Convos and he’s the Platform manager at AideYarn, a blog where he contributes short stories and nonfiction pieces. He can be reached on twitter @Aideyandaniel.’ 72 Tales from the Other Side
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- Page 36 and 37: Cracks Sibbyl Whyte
- Page 38 and 39: Sibbyl Whyte Cracks customary famil
- Page 40: Sibbyl Whyte Cracks baby-snake and
- Page 43 and 44: Double Promotion Shittu Fowora Spre
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- Page 52 and 53: Fourteen Years Bankole Banjo
- Page 54 and 55: Bankole Banjo Fourteen Years speak
- Page 56 and 57: Bankole Banjo Fourteen Years But he
- Page 58: Bankole Banjo Fourteen Years rolled
- Page 61 and 62: Jibril Olisaeloka Onyekaonwu Hide u
- Page 63 and 64: Jibril Olisaeloka Onyekaonwu I groa
- Page 65 and 66: Jibril Olisaeloka Onyekaonwu “You
- Page 68 and 69: Open Your Eyes Su’eddie Agema
- Page 70 and 71: Su’eddie Agema Open Your Eyes see
- Page 72 and 73: Su’eddie Agema Open Your Eyes shi
- Page 75 and 76: Passenger 13E Aideyan Daniel
- Page 77 and 78: Passenger 13E Aideyan Daniel ‘Bab
- Page 79: Passenger 13E Aideyan Daniel make s
- Page 84 and 85: TJ Benson Pretty Bird The war had j
- Page 86 and 87: TJ Benson Pretty Bird rang out in t
- Page 88 and 89: TJ Benson Pretty Bird She pushed as
- Page 91 and 92: Sour Kisses Jennifer Emelife
- Page 93 and 94: Sour Kisses Jennifer Chinenye Emeli
- Page 95 and 96: Sour Kisses Jennifer Chinenye Emeli
- Page 98 and 99: The Indomie Man Michael Ogah
- Page 100 and 101: Michael Ogah The Indomie Man with m
- Page 102 and 103: Michael Ogah The Indomie Man “I
- Page 104: Michael Ogah The Indomie Man will t
- Page 107 and 108: Wanted: For fear Study Raymond Elen
- Page 109 and 110: Wanted: For fear Study Raymond Elen
- Page 111 and 112: Wanted: For fear Study Raymond Elen
- Page 114 and 115: We only die once Jumoke Omisore
- Page 116 and 117: Jumoke Omisore We only die once “
- Page 118 and 119: Jumoke Omisore We only die once “
- Page 120: Jumoke Omisore We only die once I w
- Page 123 and 124: Whispering Waters Soogun Omoniyi
- Page 125 and 126: Whispering Waters Soogun Omoniyi si
- Page 127: Whispering Waters Soogun Omoniyi
Passenger 13E<br />
Aideyan Daniel<br />
bounded out the door.<br />
***<br />
Emeka’s eyes doubled open as his wife handed him newspapers whose front pages were<br />
splattered with the grotesque images <strong>of</strong> the ill-fated aircraft, with his name spelt out as<br />
Passenger 13E on the flight manifest.<br />
He saw the burning questions in her eyes and wondered how many words it would take to<br />
tell her all about his cancelled Abuja appointment, his resold flight ticket, his hypnosis and<br />
kidnap by money-ritualists and his eventual escape from the jungles <strong>of</strong> Isase.<br />
These were tales from his side but right now he needed to hear the tales from the other<br />
side. Like why his wife had shaved <strong>of</strong>f her long lustrous dark hair or why his brother peed on<br />
his pants and ran out <strong>of</strong> the house instead <strong>of</strong> being delighted at his return.<br />
As he gazed into his wife’s now misty eyes, he met a warmth and relief more than heart<br />
could hold.<br />
He was certain the tale would be nothing short <strong>of</strong> interesting.<br />
Aideyan Daniel is a trained engineer turned writer and he<br />
currently lives in the city <strong>of</strong> Lagos. His story arcs have been<br />
featured inThe Naked Convos and he’s the Platform manager<br />
at AideYarn, a blog where he contributes short stories and nonfiction<br />
pieces. He can be reached on twitter @Aideyandaniel.’<br />
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