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All the Fire You Can Swallow

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By Jamie McGhee, Lutivini Majanja, Innocent Chizaram Ilo
| Adi Magazine Verified
Artwork by Kaya Joan In my coldest memories, there is fire. I shiver at the top of the stairs, clutching the banister and wishing my mother would stop crying. I also wish I could stop watching her—that I could sprint back into the house and escape into the warmth—but I can’t tear myself away. Down in the bowels of the basement, she hunches over the incinerator as a hungry flame wraps itself around the air. On the icy concrete floor, her feet are bare and fleabitten.
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Innocent Chizaram Ilo

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By Innocent Chizaram Ilo
| Adi Magazine Verified
Innocent Chizaram Ilo is Igbo. They live in Lagos and write to make sense of the world around them. Inno won the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize (African Region) and is a finalist of Theodore Sturgeon, Otherwise, and Ignyte Awards. Their works have been published by journals across five continents.
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On (Not) Reclaiming My Father's Head

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By Innocent Chizaram Ilo
| The Audacity
Every two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, we are publishing “On (Not) Reclaiming My Father’s Head” by Innocent Ilo. Innocent Chizaram Ilo is Igbo. They live in Lagos and write to make sense of the world around them.
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