Billie-Leigh Burns — Excerpt: Steve Irwin takes his place in the cafeteria line. I ask him what he’s doing down here.

Miss BayLeaf — Excerpt: Did Israfil blow the trumpet of doom or is it the constant ringing in my ears?

MN Wiggins — Excerpt: “Sweetheart, you can’t keep eating our friends.” “Was he that great a friend, Stan?” “Kind of. Yeah.”

Nina Miller — Selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 2025 Longlist

Ojingiri Hannah — Excerpt: Baba Shayo lavishly spoiled Kemi with palm wine before they decided to lodge in a local motel with a large signboard that read “no money, no room.”