Things Get Funnier

by Okwudiri Gabriel Job

Overview

A taboo-boy flees his village through an unusual ford to avoid being stoned to death. He amasses a weighty size of wealth and bribes his way back home. And just when mortals seem to have unduly forgiven and forgotten the law he broke, the gods break his head with a concrete on his coronation eve, leaving everyone to marvel at how skillfully gods can handle funny situations their own way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781963869255
Publisher:	Running Wild Press
Publication date:	09/15/2025
Pages:	217
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Third child of five, Okwudiri Gabriel Job was born in the ultimate decade of the twentieth century, to Ohaozara natives, Ebonyi State. He studied Medical Rehabilitation for three years at University of Nigeria Nsukka, where he started manuscripting. His manuscript The Masses on Ashes was a finalist for the inaugural James Currey Prize for African Literature, in 2021. Okwudiri was Dean of Studies, Midlands International Schools Ohiya, where he taught Physics and Mathematics until September 2022. A theologian and trained pastor, too, he currently leads God’s flock at Behold He Cometh Pentecostal Church International, in a local congregation capacity though.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE A Pinch-sting Affliction .......................................................................7 CHAPTER TWO Manna in Mama’s House ..................................................................23 CHAPTER THREE Pickings from ‘Froglings’ ..................................................................33 CHAPTER FOUR As It Was In Baruru ..........................................................................45 CHAPTER FIVE The Strayed Dog Is Traced ...............................................................53 CHAPTER SIX Leaving for Merogwu ........................................................................61 CHAPTER SEVEN The Waylay........................................................................................65 CHAPTER EIGHT Nancy’s Pregnancy ............................................................................69 CHAPTER NINE A Triplet ............................................................................................81 CHAPTER TEN Igwe Dimanochie Is Dead .................................................................89 CHAPTER ELEVEN Nancy’s Dowry Paid .........................................................................97 CHAPTER TWELVE The Run Man Now a Yeoman ..........................................................113 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Fun Turns Folly...............................................................................125 CHAPTER FOURTEEN A Series of Silly Crises ....................................................................135 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Different Waters in One Pumpkin ...................................................145 CHAPTER SIXTEEN A Verdict of Deficits.........................................................................155 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN A Day of Fest and Fate ...................................................................167 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Conspiracy; Returning to Baruru ............................................177 CHAPTER NINETEEN Coup De Grace ...............................................................................191