"RE: Prince of Nigeria is hilarious, fun… Set aside an hour or two and prepare to fall in love with the most charming scammer ever." – Jenni Lada

Story

"Once upon a time, I met a prince… the Prince of Nigeria. Throughout his lovely poetry and wonderful serenades of emails, I couldn't help but fall in love with him. Too bad falling in love with a prince isn't all flowers and bunnies as fairytales claimed – we were playing a dangerous game of passion, wildfire and strife. What awaited us both was a story of heartbreak, of tragedy, of broken romance, and deer droppings…"

RE: Prince of Nigeria is a crack comedy about a girl who falls in love with a prince – or rather, just the perpetrator of a commonly known Nigerian internet scam.

Characters

Protagonist

"The moment I saw his email, my heart felt like it could burst, with the greatest sense of salvation I've ever felt… like a roller-coaster slamming itself into a puddle of… salvation gas? I don't know. I'm not very good with metaphors. "

Her default name is Horai Owen. She likes butter cookies, her ex-boyfriend Zak, and badass steamrollers.

The Prince of Nigeria

"DEAR HORAI MY FATHER AND MOTHER RECENTLY DIDEDED AND I NEED UR MONEH NAO THX I AM 100% TRUSTWORTH DUN WORRY BEST REGARD – PRINCE APARA"

A mysterious yet totally unsuspicious person who sent the protagonist a series of emails one fateful day…

The Mother

"Horai? Are you dead or something?"

The mother. Nothing else about her shall be said… Cue ominous music.

Epilogue Characters

Mr. Copern McRooney

"I am not old. I am just middle-aged!"

A publisher for an online comedy website.

Rich Hastley

"Hi. I'm your senior in middle school."

A senior in middle school. He's never gonna give you up.