Let us get something out of the way upfront. I’m not the Good Samaritan kind. I don’t go around adopting…
Browsing: Short Stories
Jabali’s eyes flicker open with painful uncertainty. The full glare of the sun lands on his face, but he can…
I am in the latrine now. Baba says that my ancestors need my urine so that they can cure me…
*** The previous semester. I was not even planning on going for that party. Being a student leader, and a…
Mosquito larvae shared gutter space with floating cadavers. Chopped hairy thighs. Grass had grown wild and roads were trashed. Overturned…
It’s around mid-day and I am at home. I am alone because the sorghum plants in our farm are the…
[Author’s Note: Originally published in Kwani?06. But that version has several grammatical errors and typos. None of which were of…
She sees the marks that raindrops left on the tarmac when they hit the ground, and immediately imagines how long…
After the call, and without thinking again, Festus, my only son, took the glass, half-filled with hydrogen cyanide, studied the…
After three years without even a wink from a man, Jessica will finally have a lunch date at 1 PM.…
Author’s Note: “I thought it might be a good idea to share something with you that shows what can happen to short…