Fiction – Page 2 – Tampered Press

Parkour

Fiction by Elfreda Tetteh 1 On the day that Johnson falls, he is thinking of heading to the bridge. During the class break, he stands outside and tries to fold himself in the corner, all sharp joints and school-approved colours. Even so, he hears Garu and the rest of the...

November 24, 2020

A Written Misconception

Fiction by Nana Yaa Osei Every day that I don’t write is laced with an echo of regret. It pains my children that I have not traced my emotions, ideas and thoughts down to them. They borrow and buy a means of transport through time and form themselves in a...

November 24, 2020

God Loves The Unbeliever

Fiction by Tim Banks They called him Mr Glenfiddich because that's all he drank. Nobody knew anything about him except that everything he owned was expensive and new. The people in his neighbourhood would suck their teeth when he drove past in...

November 6, 2020

Mozart Park

Fiction by Amoafoa-Smart You can barely see the lines on the basketball court at Mozart Park. All of it is a eulogy, one that every game contributes something to. You hit a three from the line that has “R.I.P Brai” spray painted onto it. When you take a free shot,...

September 9, 2020

Tick Tock

Fiction by Mayfair Maclean It was 5:15 pm in Accra, the sun was setting and it was starting to get dark. Nii Lante slowed his car to a stop at the intersection, his was the first car to arrive. The light turned red, and unconsciously he begun to count the...

April 15, 2020

“MOVING CAR” [TWI]

Fiction by Amma Konadu Anarfi Mama, Nneɛma pii yɛ me anika wɔ wiase ha. Biribi te sɛ sɛdeɛ wɔn de "MOVING CAR" si taxi a ɛsi faako apampam, anaa sɛdeɛ kwanho adetɔnfoɔ pae wɔn dwa. Wobɛka sɛ saa nneɛma no nnyɛ biribiara saa, nanso ɛma m'ani gye. Ɛma asetena yɛ...

March 29, 2020

Kerosene

Fiction by Kadi Yao Tay Huff, huff, huff. Itoh panted as she squatted to catch her breath. This was the last shop in her area to check for precious fuel. She mentally crossed her fingers and prayed this provision shop had what she was looking for. It didn’t. The tears...

January 8, 2020

The Visitor

Fiction by Elizabeth Johnson The gate was no longer brown as he had described it, instead, it was a deep shade of green. The walls and grass remained the exact same way, uneven and unhealthy. This was the house. The house Nathan had driven her close enough to a few...

December 5, 2019

Magic

Fiction by Amoafoa Smart “Do you want to see magic?” We were in the playground. KG2. I had been standing next to the swings, thinking how I might convince Desmond to let me have a go, having fought with him just 5 minutes earlier. Kofi popped up close to my...

November 10, 2019

Abrewa Bottom

Fiction by Korkor Kanor A square of toilet tissue used to be all it took – the patterned kind for added texture, unscented, two ply thickness. Lucinda would place it flat in her mouth and gnash it into a soggy mess before rolling it with her tongue. "You're eating loo...

October 23, 2019