Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Short Story Competition, University Prize
Tears fell down her cheeks as those of Kapichira falls on the great Shire River. The shout of a cry awakened all the patients in the ward and even those from nearby wards. It was early in the morning, with mild cold air coming from Lake Kapiri penetrated through the...
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Short Story Competition, University Prize
This particular evening, I was behind our house which sat just in front of the village cemetery. It was secluded; carefully shrouded from full view by rows of tightly-spaced trees. Our nearest neighbours were a fair distance away so nobody ever saw or heard me...
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Short Story Competition, University Prize
Ndaicha sat in her bedroom, her eyes fixed on the rain drops sliding down the windowpane. She was lost in thought, her mind replaying the events of the day. It had been a day like any other until a moment of carelessness had turned everything upside down in her mind....
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Main Prize, Short Story Competition
When I heard my grandmother call me from the front of the church door, I knew New Year’s Eve was destined to be a nightmare. To say I was embarrassed is an understatement – I was holding on to my dear life. My brief two minutes of romantic conversation were...
Feb 13, 2024 | 2023 Competition, Main Prize, Short Story Competition
They have chosen a husband for me but he is already dead. His body is a pile of bones buried many a dark moon ago. Only his head remains in a dark room, preserved by ancient ways. So strange was the day when they came to tell me about it. Before the rooster crowed, a...
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