Night Time Stranger and Other Stories

This collection of short stories Night Time Stranger and Other Stories comprises of three thought provoking short stories. Each of the stories is written in a unique style and targeted at different segments of society with life impacting themes. The short stories are namely: “The Oath,” “Monkey Village Blues” and “Night Time Stranger.” The Oath is set in a traditional African environment where superstition and fear of the supernatural hold sway. A great injustice has been done to Awa by the chief priest of Abinta town but in a swift twist of events, Awa finally gets justice in a manner that left him and the entire village thoroughly shaken and bemused. Of a truth all shall not be the same again in the village of Abinta again. “Monkey Village Blues” chronicles a string of bizarre and outrageous events that occur in “Kendo’s Lodge” a house in Monkey village purported to be owned by an occult landlord. The tenants realize only too late they are entrapped and help is far from them. However, help comes their way when one of the tenants and his wife decided to take up the matter and go the extra mile for solution. In what appears as a supernatural conflict it is judgment time finally. Hope is restored and good triumphs over evil at last. “In Night Time Stranger” Shade is emotionally low and trying to gather the pieces of her shattered life once again after a major breakup with her fiancé. Her undoing is her kindness and gullibility. A chance meeting with a stranger raises her expectations several notches higher as she is convinced this must be heaven’s answer to her prayers. In her euphoria she lets down her guard once more. No sooner had she done this than she realized that she had made a huge mistake. Yes a huge mistake that would leave an indelible mark on her for life.

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