I read and write stories.

Fourteen stories about the cost of loving too much, or not enough, on the kind of day that changes a life.

“Generous, destabilizing, and hungry for life.”

“A tender and nuanced story collection.”

“These stories are searing and unforgettable.”

Buy it from Arsenal Pulp Press

• Runner-up, Danuta Gleed Literary Award
• Finalist, Dayne Ogilvie Prize
• CBC Books Writer to Watch

Selected stories

I was born and raised in Enugu, Nigeria, moved to the United States to study at MIT, and now live in Ontario, Canada. By day, I’m a software engineer. At night, I write fiction. My debut story collection, Perfect Little Angels, came out from Arsenal Pulp Press in 2024.

At boarding school, I handwrote six volumes of convoluted, deeply plotted, and often nonsensical galactic intrigue. Lots of deaths, too. In one volume, the hero’s twin turns out to be a main villain, ten years younger thanks to cryosleep on an orbital outpost. Some of those folks still live with me.

I love impossible truths and characters with lives beyond mine, whether they’re facing life and death, or getting a haircut.

There’s an interview with me from 2021 at The Needle and the Knife. I’m on X as @AniokeVincent.

I’m working on a novel.

I’m not taking messages right now.

Work and some personal commitments are taking up most of my time. For rights and publishing, you can reach my agent, Carolyn Forde, at Transatlantic Agency.