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The Lagos Night Bus

Nine strangers, one bus that does not stop where it says it will. Each chapter belongs to a different passenger.

Jae Okonkwo

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Chapters
3
Writers
27
Genre
Magical realism

Chapter 1 of 3

Seat 14, Window

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The bus takes on passengers the way a river takes on rain — without asking, without counting. I paid four hundred and the driver did not look up.

Seat fourteen was warm when I sat in it. Nobody had left it. I checked twice.

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