Short Stories/Novellas

Should I run I thought. A ghost can run faster than me. No, I won't run. Ngoli has heard many stories about Long Juju Man from her grandfather. But she is not prepared for her first meeting with him in the forest, or for the strange friendship which follows... Long Juju Man won the Junior Award in the Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa, 2008 A humorous modern take on traditional story elements, and an imaginative use of language makes this a deserving winner. Judges Meshack Asare, Jamila Gavin, Jack Mapanje and Helen Oyeyemi Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning science fiction novelist of Nigerian descent. Her works include Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the 2008 Wole Soyinka Africa Prize for Literature) and The Shadow Speaker, inspired by Africa and her heritage. A professor of creative writing at Chicago State University, she lives in Chicago with her family. Visit her online at nnedi.com.

Nnedi Okorafor's "Hello, Moto" has been adapted by C.J. Obasi into the short film Hello, Rain . There is witchcraft in science and a science to witchcraft. Both will conspire against you eventually in Okorafor's dark fantasy tale, A Tor.com Original. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

"It’s a tragedy for a mere girl to experience such deep sorrow. But things were about to change for this girl. Oh yes. When things are meant to be, they will. The world always turns and the candle always burns. And Chidera was about to learn that one can get the very things one yearns." From the Introduction of The Girl with the Magic Hands Worldreader proudly presents this ebook in a new series of children's and young adult books from Sub-Saharan Africa. Worldreader is a non-profit organization committed to delivering digital books to children and families in the developing world using e-book technology. By purchasing this book you directly contribute to this effort by helping fund school literacy programs, and promote the writing and publication of great books from local authors everywhere.