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Before the quarter-finals of the 2024 Basketball Tournament, Delilah is hired to seduce Samson, the star basketball player of Sorek University in order to learn his deepest, darkest secret that will be used to coerce him into throwing the game. When their worlds collide in unexpected ways, revealing vulnerabilities and desires beneath the surface, will she make the obvious choice? Or will she do the right thing and walk away from her family and everything she's ever known?-Written for the Open Novella Contest (2024)-Prompt 58: In a world where family business means being a bounty hunter, you're not really keen to be a part of it.…

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After years of following tradition and creating the perfect ecosystem for survival in the ranks of Nigeria's political elite, Lucifer's perfect world is thrown into chaos when the righteous Adam Ekikere is invited into it. Unlike anyone that Lucifer usually interacts with, Adam is straightforward, honest, and stoic in his mannerisms. He is nothing like Lucifer has ever had to deal with. In a bid to prove that Adam is just as much a sinner as everyone else, Lucifer gets close to him, tempts him, and tries to sully Adam's good name. Unknown to Lucifer, while he attempts to drag Adam into his world of depravity, he is also opening up himself to vulnerability in ways he's never done before. Will Lucifer succeed? Or will Adam be the downfall of the greatest political strategist Nigerian politics has ever seen?-TRIGGER WARNINGThis story will contain:strong languagesexual assaultdrug usemanipulationdubious consentblood shedviolencemutilationmental fuckeryreligious symbolism/imagery…

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Two roommates, Alari and Tolu, have lived together for years, getting to know one another in every way. To Alari, Tolu is the man of his dreams, and even though Alari has slept with every human being he's ever come in contact with, he's never been able to get the intimacy he wants with Tolu because he thinks Tolu is straight.…