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by Thor Jensen In 1876, Blanche Monnier was a typical young woman of Paris society. When the time came for her to find a suitor, she set upon a lawyer …

SEVEN He stopped talking when he realized the person he was talking to wasn’t actually listening. Quietly, he took her hand and gave it back to her. He began to …

Some people that purchased DNB eBooks needed help in getting the best eBook reader for their devices. There are dozens of eBook readers in Google Play Store. Categorically, we cannot …

The Meeting –2 He threw away his cigarette, stepped on it with his shoe and made his way towards her. Now in her front, he slotted both hands into the …

by Gloria Ezeh DNB Stories is not a charity organization. If after reading our sumptuous stories here, you suddenly decide that blogging is what you’ve always been destined to do, …

by Daniel Nkado It has started to rain again. Anytime it does, Dorcas gets a feeling. A sweet wonderful feeling. The smell of rain is the scent of her husband. …

by Staff writer Genetic and some other factors aside, technically, any profession where you constantly give in a lot more than you gain is prone to lead to depression. In …

by Einsteinette On 6th of October, 2015, I entered a bus at Allen, Ikeja at about 7:39pm after buying ‘small chops’ to calm the hunger my stomach had endured since …

by Victor Uma Ola – The Tale of a Young Moon Maiden by Daniel Nkado is not just an ordinary DNB Chapter Story. It is EPIC. It’s superb. Nothing you’ve …

SIX Mrs Rita Onalli is not particularly a bad woman. She went to church every Sunday, sometimes on big Wednesdays too, helped the poor and never shouted at an employee. …

by Ugochukwu Ezeani For a very long time now Okolo has wanted to leave. Disappear completely from this corrupt, sun-boiled country of his. America will be better than Canada, he …

by Gloria Ezeh So I have the entire blog all to myself today and I get to see all our trending stories. Roommates – Episode 4 topped the chart with …

by Gloria Ezeh   We are a blog of diverse interests! Whoever you are, whatever you do, you are allowed on here as long as you are not dangerous! The …

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The Meeting—1 ‘April, borrow me the money na,’ Loveth said again. ‘I already told you I don’t have!’ April shouted. ‘How can you say you don’t have when your mother …

by Calvin Thomas I died in 1975, from a stab wound to the heart. I was stabbed by my roommate. I was 23 years old. I was asleep in my …

by Daniel Nkado Life is hard everywhere, but in Nigeria, it can be a little tougher. A lot of people are sad. A lot of people are aggressive. A good few …

by Zeus There was a man who had worked all of his life and has saved all of his money. He was a real miser when it came to his …

FIVE ‘What is that?’ Amaka whispered. ‘What do you think it is?’ Without so much as another look at the object Phillip held out, Amaka tied her wrapper back, firmly …

by Daniel Nkado I saw it first yesterday, in the morning. It had rained all night. The power was out yet sleep was awesome. Very awesome. But in the morning …

by Staff writer Forget everything you hear in the news or read in foreign magazines, Africa is not a stretch of languishing land. Yes, there is poverty, poor infrastructure, insecurity, …

Night Encounters—2   When she first felt something sliding into her silk shorts, Georgina did nothing. In her semi-conscious state, she tried to be sure what sort of insect was …

by Staff writer You don’t need to travel to Asia in order to enjoy great insect delicacies. From crickets to termites, we eat them all here in Africa. But top …

by Gloria Ezeh A lot of people have contacted us seeking answers to a lot of questions. First, we’d like you all to know that we deeply appreciate your concern. …

In today’s era of so much musical noise and saddening lack of talent, it is only necessary that we continue to celebrate those whose creativity and grace have not only …

Night Encounters –1 April threw the door open and flung herself into the room. ‘Oh my God!’ she cried. ‘Oh Christ save me!’ The girls’ eyes ran to her, confused. …

by Daniel Nkado Cletus met Monica first on a sunny Saturday afternoon. It was UNIZIK’s rag day that day and all first-year students have stormed the main market at Ochanja …

  When a picture says a thousand words…

by Victor Uma An eBook is a book in electronic format. It is downloaded to a computer, Mac, laptop, PDA, tablet, smartphone or any other kind of reading device, and …

by Zeus Don’t ever make a woman cry! There is nothing more expensive than a woman’s tears. When a single drop of tear comes out, it first mixes with L’Oreal …

FOUR He was outside till 2 a.m., just watching the moon. It was near half of the month and the night was blessed by a bright gibbous. Even at 31, …

by Lola T.   Kpo!-kpo!-kpo!—the knocks on the door persisted. On the bed, I scratched through my hair and groaned again. ‘Why are you always in your room alone?’ my …

by Victor Uma It is easier for us to say the wrong things. To lie to ourselves and to others. To try not to show exactly how and what we …

 A Girl’s Mystery This would be the third time Georgina would wake up in the middle of the night with her eyes wetted by tears. But this time her tears …

THREE The bike man stopped just at the front of the gate. It was ajar. Near it, blue Tiger generators safely locked inside metal compartments lined up the wall. A …

The New Girl in the Hood ### Previously on Roommates!!! Harry didn’t make it. Rachel leaves. A new kind of queen arrives. Georgina and Nwamgbeke continues to fight. The girls …

by Gloria Ezeh ‘Sister!’ ‘Sister Charity!’ ‘Sister Charity!!’ ‘Sister!!!’ I turned back with great force to the yelling of my name. ‘Chinwe? What is it?’ I asked. ‘Why are you …

  For many people online shopping still remains something incomprehensible and convoluted. Some are worried to be fooled or are afraid of frauds. The others claim that they prefer to …

by Daniel Nkado It was just as she described. They got to the junction of three roads and followed left. Oye-Nta market, as usual, boomed with women. It was a …

TWO Bariga was messy. As she walked down the busy and noisy roadside market, some minutes after the tricycle she boarded stopped, Amaka had concluded in her mind that she …

by Daniel Nkado The onset of rainy season is usually my best part of the year. The rains bring a refreshing scent to the air. The baked soil is softened …

by Daniel Nkado There was a time, in the eighties, or nineties or so, that Gladys Ekwocha was a pretty woman. She knew luxury like no other woman in Lagos, …

by Gloria Ezeh A lot of people have contacted us seeking answers to a lot of questions. First, we’d like you all to know that we deeply appreciate your concern. …

ONE Amaka dropped the bundle of sticks near the tripod in the kitchen shed. At the veranda, Chinelo sat with her legs extended and crossed. A plastic tray containing beans …

by Chinwe J. Okafor He wanted to make Mama proud. He knew he was all she had; Papa was down with elephantiasis and Mama had cataract—those milky secretion threatening to …

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The Monster and the Queens Friday Evening: Chuka drove into the tiled compound and April and her long legs came down from the other side of the car. The house …

by Victor Uma “No one is ever ugly because their skin is black or white; you are only ugly because you think you are. Why not start to think you …

by Daniel Nkado Nne Akunedo has been at the Ugwuoji Memorial Hospital for over a week now. Her case was acute appendicitis. Mama needed to have an appendectomy conducted as …

Wins are calculated from readers’ shares and comments. 1. Most Read Story of the Month – Ahmed by Nnenna Okolo (Nigeria)2. Most Shared Story of the Month – Coming Back! (In-House) …

The door swings open and the trio let themselves in. Gloria blows off dust from the desk. “Puffffffff!” “Victor, broom now!” the thick DNB editor commands. “Me?” Victor grumbles. “Yes, …

by Olawoyin Mustapha Tolani I stood and watched as a mother cried She just heard her only son has died He didn’t die because he was sick Or because he …

by Daniel Nkado Sometime last week, I was sick. My mum insisted I come home. I told her I was well already but she wouldn’t hear it. She’d had a …

by Andrew Ifeatu Jennifer I walked for about ten minutes then stopped abruptly to see if the other boys were coming along. They were, but at a slower pace. They …

by Gloria Ezeh Hello, my DNB people. How una dey? I greet you all. So we have finally come to the end of Entangled. I need not ask if you …

The Meeting – 2 *** Saturday Evening: A yellow taxi stopped in front of Four Chefs restaurant. Georgina got down and paid. Inside, she turned her eyes left; Mrs Onwa …

by Daniel Nkado Mama Africa, that’s what we call her. She is dark and round. I never saw her stand—always sitting on her short chair, by the roadside, fanning her …