Golden light streaming through what appears to be window blinds
Flash Fiction

Early Light

By Adebiyi Adedotun

Latest

  • People pretending to read Fiction

    How to Pretend You Read Achebe

    By Abdullahi Omoshalewa
  • Lady Justice taking her time to read a book—in style. Justice can wait. Cultural Comment

    The Streisand Effect on “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”

    An arguably esoteric book, through gung-ho policing attempts, may have been unwittingly accentuated by sheer negligence.

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • Sally’s Best Fiction

    Sally’s Best

    By Abdullahi Omoshalewa
  • Before You Call It a Comeback Cultural Comment

    Before You Call It a Comeback

    Refuting a proposition requires resisting knee-jerking and trying to fully understand it first.

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • People walking on sidewalk during night time Poem

    The Corridors Of Power

    A place better left unknown

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • Gray and white robot illustration Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI and a Tale Of Corporate Schism

    When the growing discontent at OpenAI came to a head.

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • A man is walking away Fiction

    Leaving Home

    When my home lost all of its appeal.

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • The unfortunate death of Dr. Diaso Oghenevwaere renders a well-intentioned proposition futile. Culture

    The Elevator Of Death

    The unfortunate death of Dr. Diaso Oghenevwaere renders a well-intentioned proposition futile.

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • A young Nigerian doctor with a stethoscope and a paintbrush attending to patients in the emergency department. Flash Fiction

    Silly Sketches

    While they may initially protest at the lackluster quality of your artwork, they will inevitably ask to keep the humorous mementos.

    By Abdullahi Omoshalewa
  • Woman in Black Hijab Sleeping Essay

    I Can Never Fall Asleep When It Matters

    My insomnia, years in the making, is a habit born out of innocence and self-sabotage.

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • An image of four actors in the Nigerian 2023 general election: Peter Obi, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, and Muhammadu Buhari Cultural Comment

    The Perils Of a Potential Fork In the Road

    Peter Obi is not—and will not be—the messiah many want him to be, and if that doesn't matter to them now, when should it?

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • An image of the purple Game Boy Advance console. Personal History

    My Game Boy Advance Was the Perfect Tragedy for a Healthy Life

    My experience of owning a Game Boy Advance was a travail that taught me more than I bargained for.

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • An iPhone screenshot showing a list of social media apps, with the Twitter icon, magnified. Cultural Comment

    Twitter, the Digital Town Square With a Bittersweet Allure

    A closer look into the microblogging hub might reveal it to be a near-perfect simulation of what is obtainable in the real world.

    By Abdullahi Omoshalewa
  • Man sitting alone. Poem

    This Poem Would Be Stolen, Again

    An exploration on the themes of insecurities, depths, and lack of appreciation for creative craft.

    By Adedimeji Quayyim Abdul-Hafeez
  • Man Standing In The Dessert Poem

    Aloha

    Whatever happens to unkempt memories.

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • A person sitting under a Wall of Fame of notable figures in history. Personal History

    “Hindsight” and the Many Nights Of Resurrections

    The podcast that resurrects memorable figures in history has been my go-to bedtime listen and touchstone for knowledge of time past.

    By Adebiyi Adedotun
  • A field out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing where the center holds. History

    Welcome to the Septum

    The Center that Holds.

    By The Septum