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SHRIEKS AND GIGGLES(The Witch Drum Of Ikom)
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Series: Shrieks and Giggles
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ISBN13: 9798289554550
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 7 2025
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 7 2025
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
- Prepare your heart, for a tale is coming that walks softly but leaves footprints deep in the soul. SHRIEKS AND GIGGLES, the haunting collection of mystery and horror short stories, proudly brings you its Third Tale, titled SHRIEKS AND GIGGLES (The Witch Drum of Ikom). Some stories are told boldly at the village square, with open palms and loud laughter. Others are spoken only when the night is thick and the fire has burned low, shared in whispers meant for ears that will not betray them.
THE WITCH DRUM OF IKOM is one of the latter. Born from the deep belly of Ikom, where the Afi rainforest breathes and rivers murmur old secrets, this story carries the weight of generations. Here, the elders say, When the root rots, the tree falls without a sound. In these lands, silence is not emptiness, it is a burden passed from mother to daughter, from elder to child, woven into songs no one dares to finish. In this tale, a gifted girl, Ndifreke Ndem, stumbles upon what should have remained buried: a drum older than memory, heavier than grief. Under a blood-red moon, the drum hums, not to entertain, but to awaken the hidden betrayals that shaped her bloodline. In Ikom, not every rhythm calls for dancing.
Some, they say, awaken the forgotten dead. Here is a glimpse from Chapter Four: - When Ndifreke's drumbeat reached that cursed earth, the ground shivered. First a tremble, like the soft footfall of a lizard. Then a deep heaving, as if the earth itself was breathing. Cracks spider webbed across the graves. And then... they rose. Come closer.
The masquerade has begun, and in Ikom, even the trees remember the steps. Happy Reading,
Anselm Eme
Some, they say, awaken the forgotten dead. Here is a glimpse from Chapter Four: - When Ndifreke's drumbeat reached that cursed earth, the ground shivered. First a tremble, like the soft footfall of a lizard. Then a deep heaving, as if the earth itself was breathing. Cracks spider webbed across the graves. And then... they rose. Come closer.
The masquerade has begun, and in Ikom, even the trees remember the steps. Happy Reading,
Anselm Eme
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