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Emmanuella Eledu

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The Other Side

Emmanuella Eledu

Submitted to Contest #253

Black hail batters the broken earth. The violently sweeping flurries of steam do nothing to melt or slow it, for it is more like dull, glittering stones. On other days, it falls lazily in imprecise ellipses, but all afternoon, it drops with a determined intensity only matched by the beating of my heart. I recline in front of the hearth and stare at the dying fire licking up the debris that sits loosely on the floorboards underneath. It's the only break I get from anxiety—to pause and stare, take in reality. But these days, I find it hard to ...

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The Last Chapter

Emmanuella Eledu

Submitted to Contest #238

Have a cup of chamomile tea. Listen to a song on loop. Take a vitamin pill. Walk two miles. Remember a tidy desk is a tidy mind. Writing routines are meant to squeeze out your creative juices, but whatever I'm doing—whether it's fit to be a routine or not—has accomplished nothing but the complete opposite. Ideas are as elusive as creases on a perfectly-ironed shirt. Everytime I shut my eyes, I see the brilliant hues of a dreamscape I'm currently unable to capture in coherent words. When I open them, my paper remains blank and my pencils unsh...

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6-3-0-7

Emmanuella Eledu

Submitted to Contest #233

Jungle justice in Nigeria—anywhere—is an earthly simulation of hellfire. A curse. A great affliction. A dearth of empathy. A near-death experience. Although God would be shaking His head up in the clouds, this act is the lovechild of the Old Testament's passion, the New Testament's persecution and Lagos' perspiration, and as I sat in one of Mama's threadbare couches with the silk off-white chair covers, having my wounds examined, I resolved not to endanger myself again. Whenever a jerry can of petrol or diesel (it burns more efficiently) emp...

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