JUMP INTO A COLLECTION THAT JOLTS YOU WITH STORIES AND CHARACTERS THAT EMBRACE THE WEIRD, BIZARRE, AND INSANE. In this collection of short stories, everyday anxieties unravel into the strange and surreal: a man in Abule, desperate to “hammer” like his peers, risks everything for a shortcut to success; a young woman, weary of the endless pressure to marry, turns to magical matchmaking with unexpected consequences; a greedy man finds himself unable to stop eating, his hunger growing beyond control; and a Lagos-based graphics designer’s simple attempt to get rid of ants spirals into something far more existential. With a sharp wit, keen eye for the bizarre and highly stylised syntax, Ipinmoye reshapes familiar anxieties – ambition, love, survival – into haunting and unexpected narratives. Each story in this eclectic collection is a cold shower – urgent, sharp and unforgettable.
Author
Jesutomisin is, currently, best described as an alleged author working in a university where he does fiction and other things. He can also be described as: "enigmatic", "curious", "communitarian", "postmodern", "an unserious engineer", "hilarious", "living on an island", "survivor of ages nineteen and twenty-three", "from Nigeria", "a relentless idealist", "a writer of nigerian weird and afro-depression", and "over-employed". Depending on who you ask, he can also be described as: "anxious", "possibly insane", "pretentious*", "a train wreck", "unreasonably passionate", "chaotic", and "lost in his thoughts". He is published in Hobert After Dark, Kenga, and Brittle Paper. He came second in the 2023 Happy Noisemaker Prize for Storytelling, and he was published in 2024's Afritondo Anthology after being long-listed. "How to Get Rid of Ants", (Parresia Publishers, 2025) is his second short story collection. *It will never be pretentious to care a lot about what you do.
