made for curious minds

Four readers getting lost in books on a colourful lounge, with a sleeping dog nearby

Your daily dose of short stories.
A little escape. A whole other world.

make yourself at home 21 stories.
Countless ways to get lost.

Some days, all you need is
a really good story.

Welcome to Brevity Bard. A home for tangled families, beautiful lies, restless spirits and the people caught between them. Written by Oluwasegun Soyinka. Read wherever life leaves you a little room.

Find your next little escape
From Lagos, with imagination.
Turn a page. Feel something.
just you + a good storyA reader unwinding on a green chair with a pink cushiona small pause can take you a long way ↗
03:00 min

MORNING

Before the world gets loud, slip into somewhere else. A whole story in the time it takes your coffee to cool.

plot twist: you have time.“okay, just one more chapter.”
05:00 min

ONE MORE

A break between things. A secret worth following. Meet the characters who make “one more chapter” feel like a perfectly good plan.

do not disturb — reading
the outside world can wait.
20 chapters

AFTER DARK

Settle in. Some stories need a little more of you. Switch off the noise and follow a thread all the way to the last page.

Reading weekA little reading time
A little focus15:00
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

The world can
wait a little.

your next five rabbit holes

a shelf full of secrets, a quiet moment, and absolutely nowhere else to be.

MAKE A LITTLE ROOMFOR A REALLY GOOD STORY

READING WEEK

A little ritual, Monday to Friday.
YOUR
MOMENT
MONA little mystery
TUEFollow the rhythm
WEDRaise the stakes
THULeave a light on
FRIOne more chapter
COFFEEBREAK
A LITTLEESCAPE
ONE MORECHAPTER

Put a little fiction in your calendar.
Choose a moment, pick a story, see where it takes you.

A good story.
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