Ije Stories

A Spiritual Horror Thriller by Ọzọnna Onyedika. 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 There are stories that grip your heart slowly, like thick harmattan fog curling through the hills of Nsukka before dawn. IJE; The Journey is one of them. This is not just a story. It's a mirror. A mirror held up to the hidden world that lives beside the visible. A tale born from the soil of southeastern Nigeria, where ancestors whisper through trees, where shadows are more than just lack of light, and where silence can be louder than thunder. Set in Ụmụnna, a forgotten village nestled in the spiritual belly of Anambra State, this story follows Ọzọnna, a young man haunted by a past he barely remembers and a destiny he didn't choose. When he returns home after ten years abroad, Ọzọnna is forced to face not only the trauma buried within him but a deeper evil buried in the very soil of his village. IJE is a blend of fiction and lived experience, a spiritual thriller soaked in the horror of truths unspoken, where rituals meet dreams, and where survival means reclaiming your voice. This journey is for anyone who has ever felt lost, anyone who has ever carried silence like a weight, anyone who has burned and still risen. May your own journey lead you back to yourself. 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 The story is set in Ụmụnna, a fictional village deep in the forests of southeastern Nigeria. The village is isolated, surrounded by thick trees, a river said to have no beginning, and hills that echo at night. It is a place where tradition rules, where Christianity lives beside older gods, and where time does not always move in a straight line.