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2017 AMAB/HBF Flash Fiction Contest | Short listed Story - Still Miracle By Michael Larry | The Arts-Muse Fair

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If you had stayed until you turned six, you would have witnessed the birth of Adanne- Small and soft in her toes and her fingers and lips too. You would have smiled when your mother say; “Nna, play with her na… she’s your sister”. You would have watched her grow like trees—strong and beautiful, and eventually get married like others do. You would have gone to same school with her and it would have been her who will tell you that the black girl with plump butt and long hair in her faculty is Chika and that she doesn't do boys. You would have been handsome. Of course your father was handsome. He had sparse gray hair sprinkled among the black ones. You would have caught girls in the web of your mouth. But you would’ve also been into guys too but on a low-key. Your sister would have been the only one who knew this about you. She would be the one you will tell about your first experience with Kosi when you went for Youth Service in Taraba. She would have asked how it felt and y

7 Writers Make The 2017 AMAB/HBF Fash Fiction Award Short List

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AMAB Books & Publishing, Minna and Home of Books Foundation, Lagos have announced the shortlist of the 2017 Nigerian Flash Fiction Contest. This year, organisers received 76 entries with equal balance of love stories, loneliness and longings, dystopianism, contemplation and other themes that reflect contemporary Nigerian situations. A long list of 17 was earlier released in June. Writers on the short list are: Adekunle Adebayo - A Call from Heaven Damilare Bello - Roughshod Michael Larri - Still Miracle Amanda Madumare - Uchenna Samuel Ogechuckwu - One Hundred Tales Deborah Oluniran - Last Man Standing Fred Atanda - A Day You Lost Your Virginity  Judges for this year's contest are Abimbola Adunni Adelakun, University of Texas; Dr. Ismaila Bala, Bayero University, Kano; Uche Peter Umezurike, University of Alberta and Adeola Opeyemi , Poet & Critic, Lagos. The winner, 1st Runner-up and 2 nd Runner-up of this writing contest will