Stories
FULLMOON BOULEVARD MOTEL
March 31, 2019
By Patrick Ngugi The dark grey clouds that had hung precariously over the sky most of the afternoon finally made way for a clear and somehow chilly twilight that was…
SEVEN DAYS OF LOVE
May 12, 2020
By Lewis Wamwanda and Ezekiel Immo Monday I met a lady Collided with me at the bus stop Her apologies was a love song in my mind Tuesday I roamed…
SIKUKUU Vs AUNT WAITHERERO
January 11, 2020
By Mundia Ngumi Let me first acknowledge our peers who because of various unavoidable circumstances were unable to celebrate the holidays. Here are some of the happenings that occurred when…
BELLA’S SURPRISE
February 3, 2019
By Kemboi Victor I have been sitting at Barizi Gardens for over an hour waiting for my friend Sam to arrive from the other side of Eldoret town, where he had…
WHATEVER IT TAKES
May 15, 2020
By Rehema Malemba Robert is again on his lonely way home from Ubunifu Primary School. The sun is at its setting end, colouring the western horizon orange. Long shadows of…
CORRINE MY FRIEND [PART 5]
July 27, 2019
THE TRAP BY Jeddy Gibbs Ohanga We discussed the issue like two grown-ups and agreed on the way forward. His idea made sense and I agreed to it. Meanwhile I…
THE PROMISE: “PROTECT MY DAUGHTER” [Part Two]
December 1, 2018
If you missed Part One, get it here By Nimo Kuria Nadia’s sleep had left her with the arrest of her best friend Delyn. The episode had been short-lived but…
DANCE ON HIS GRAVE
June 18, 2019
BY Anita Wairimu We laid him here three years ago. I come here fortnightly to make sure everything is in order. To ensure that the love of my life is…
The Pain In Her Voice [Part Two]
August 5, 2018
Get Part One HERE By Kemboi Victor Everyone seemed to have made a great discovery about me. Reverend Nyakundi could not believe that I could lay my hands on my…
MABEL WACU, MY LOVE
May 21, 2020
By Patrick Ngugi Mabel was late. Very late. It was getting to 10.30 pm and this worried me tremendously because the stretch from the matatu stage to the house was…
LET YOU GO!
January 15, 2020
By Anita W. I thought that it’ll be easy, I thought it’ll cost me nothing, Little did I know it’ll rob me peace, The only thing that kept me going,…
SECRETS FROM MY LOVE
December 8, 2019
By Kemboi Victor I first saw her from the waiting room being cleared by the secretary at the reception. She looked thin, tired, emaciated, stressed, unkempt and desperate. She was…
MARRIED AN IMP
March 5, 2020
By Anita W. We stood by and watched jealously, As you were about to marry, For you we were happy, Yet we were feeling somehow empty, In our renowned singles’…
Confessions
May 31, 2018
By Kemboi Victor The rain stopped and cold braced the atmosphere ushering in discomfort. Kiruhi, the watchman on duty, entered the gatehouse and picked his raincoat from the hanger on…
WHY FATHER… WHY!!? [PART TWO]
July 16, 2019
By Rehema Malemba I haven’t talked of my grandmother’s previous life, or have I? We were living with her in the city and she was enjoying herself and I’m sure…
Mind Games
September 2, 2018
By Nimo Kuria I checked in late… Not that I didn’t know my boarding time, there had been a mix up. Two friends of mine had suddenly decided to…
ONE-OFF SIN
January 1, 2020
By Beverly Masita You could say I was deep in thought as I sipped my coffee on New Year’s Eve. I was here early, drowning in coffee and music, reading…
HOME WRECKER
May 12, 2019
I saw how you used to stare at him, How you used to smile at him, Saw how you allured him to your bed, How you saw him secede his…
BEAUTIFUL CHARADES
September 30, 2019
By Beverly Masita Sitting in the corner and looking at people have a go at champagne and dance maybe wasn’t my kind of thing. Grabbing a glass and standing with…
KABLA SIJAOA
September 20, 2019
Kabla sijaoa, nitataka kuwa na hakika kuwa anafaa kweli. Nitataka kudadisi hulka zake kwa upana. Nimpitue, halafu nimweke sawa. Nimkunje, kisha nimkunjue. Nimvae, kisha nimvue. Nimwangushe, kisha nimwinue. Nimtege, halafu…
MOURN HIM WELL
February 19, 2019
Akoko nyar nam, Mourn your husband well Mourn him, daughter of the Lake Mourn Oduka as if the world is ending tomorrow He was the spear that pierced the sleeping…
The Skeleton in the Closet
November 1, 2018
By Cecy Gaitho “The Forbes list of top 40 under 40 is out, and for the first time in history, a Kenyan is on the lead!” I cannot tell if…
A SUDDEN STRANGER
October 1, 2018
Yesterday, when we went to sleep, You were so quiet, so distant, You felt like a stranger lying next to me, You were like someone else, dressed up in you,…
ZOE’S REVENGE
March 12, 2019
By Jedidah Ohanga The day was quite chilly, and Zoe felt very lonely. So lonely that she didn’t care whose company would make her feel warm. She took her phone…
THE TRIP TO ISRAEL THAT ENDED AT THE EMBASSY
April 20, 2020
By Winfred Nyokabi What plans has Rona thwarted in your life? Well, for me, I had been saving for as long as I can remember for a trip to actually…
FROM MOTHERLAND
October 12, 2019
From motherland where sirens are war planes and tankers trains The ambulances, battle bullets and blasting bombs And medics, the vulgar murderous militias or the selfless slaying soldiers All in…
A FRESH BOUQUET OF FLOWERS
November 15, 2019
By Lilian Wairimu As William took a stroll along the beautifully paved street, taking in the scenery around him, the clear blue sky, the random singing from a bird, he…
ZENTA’S TATTOO [Part 3]
August 12, 2019
By Patrick Ngugi He opened his eyes, and this time the lights scorched his eyes. He let out a sharp scream and shut them tightly. He tried to lift his…
A DIFFERENT DAWN
March 23, 2020
BY SEEB DURAZI [U.K] The dim, smoky flame from the paraffin lamp flickered slightly in the salty night breeze wafting in through the open window. It was a warm night,…
BITTER SWEET VICISSITUDE
May 19, 2020
By Baya Osborn Change or vicissitude Awfully reassuring in its tidy reliance Something imminently bad must transpire Is it the enacting pain of Xenophobia? Is it Nairobi and Lusaka? Or…
If Tomorrow Fails to Come
December 3, 2018
Dear God, If Thou decides to take thy soul tonight, So that I won’t see tomorrow, My son, whom am so fond, Oh God of all Might, Let him not…
Grave Matter
July 3, 2018
By Patrick Ngugi Hackson Mukora didn’t think it funny although a crooked grin spread across his face as if he was enjoying the macabre joke that was sending his…
INAMA IS REAL
July 19, 2019
By Mundia Ngumi It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon in the outskirts of the city. I’m slowly sipping my favourite drink, at my favourite joint, with my mind disengaged, wondering about…
A WAKE UP CALL FROM MAMA ONYANGO
June 26, 2019
By Mundia Ngumi It was getting to dusk. This day, I was not in a hurry as usual. I had sworn to start taking things easy, maybe because of age…
SO FAR YET SO CLOSE
June 26, 2020
By Anita W. At times I wonder, How do things happen? Why do they happen anyway? It all leaves me bewildered, And can make one go insane. Life is…
THERE YOU STAND ALL MAJESTIC
November 21, 2019
With a gleam in your eye There you stand all majestic With a determined stance Glowing…? Majestic I once stood The gleam in my eye all but dull Majestic…
TALKING TO LITTLE COUSIN ABOUT SEX
July 18, 2020
By Beverly Masita Hi, it’s me. Just like most people, dear ‘Rona found me at the confines of home. You know- where your mother threatens to behead you because you…
Birds of Ng’ethe
October 1, 2018
By Nimo Kuria So this morning in Wakanda … having coffee… I’ve known her for awhile; the woman does well. Financially. But it’s from what I hear not what I…
THE ESCAPADES OF KIVAVA KIKONZE
February 16, 2020
By John Masunga The petrol station attendant showed him a corner near the drainage and generously dosed him with the water cannon. It was not a fire extinguishing drill. It…
24 Parenting Websites that Pay Writers
February 10, 2020
Writers! Are you a parent, do you know parents, or do you have parents? Then maybe, just maybe, you’ll be interested in getting paid to write about parenting. The following is a…
SECRETS FROM MY LOVE [Part Two]
December 13, 2019
Get Part One HERE BY Kemboi Victor “Some girls are funny sweetheart.” I continued. “Their eyes do not go beyond their noses. Their minds refuse to think when they see…
FREEDOM IS COMING TOMORROW [PART ONE]
June 21, 2019
By Kemboi Victor I had never thought that a day would come when I would end up at the dungy, sweat-smelling cells of Shimoni Central Police station. I had…
THE POEM IN MY LIP
July 24, 2020
By Evelyn Ongogo The poem in my lip won’t fade with age Her melody ‘s like an arrow that dares the sun’s eyeball Waters of blue hue runs in the…
DESIDERATUM
June 2, 2020
By Evelyne Ongogo I won’t keep words that harm Nor sneers that hurt I won’t carry a tool of despise Nor attend a school of spite I haven’t a space…
THE LAST RAIN DANCE
February 2, 2020
By Mwaniki wa Muriuki Dance with me, in the rains Our sweats swept in its dousing heats Dance with me, when the heavens torrents downpours Our slippery grips sliding and…
ITARI MUTING’OE IGIRAGIO NGI NI NGAI
June 30, 2020
[God wipes flies of that without a tail] By Mundia Ngumi Gitonga grew up in a relatively wealthy family. When racing komerera [racing] bikes seemed like the Porshe 5.0, those…
DO NOT CRY
June 15, 2019
Do not cry my darling For I waited for too long Do not cry Because you thought too long Was not really so long But my heart remained open Do…
ROZZINA’S HEARTBREAKING TALE [PART TWO]
February 3, 2019
By Jedidah Ohanga The two men stood there looking at each other. They had received a blow they didn’t expect and that somewhat excited them even more. They were used…
KIKOTO’S MOUTH
February 26, 2020
By Evelyn Ongogo Okoth Kikoto has a mouth His mouth is just like any other mouth But his mouth is dangerous! It is venomous! The village calls him the Mouthy…
ROZZINA’S HEARTBREAKING TALE [PART 3]
February 18, 2019
ByJedidah Ohanga To the hotel manager, Rozzina’s dad arrival was like a terrorist attack. He wore ordinary clothes so that nobody recognized who he was. First he went to his…
COLD BLOODED JUSTICE
December 20, 2019
By Patrick Ngugi I buried my face in my handcuffed palms, too ashamed to lookup and scan the courtroom, as I did not want my gaze to meet my family…
The Priest, The Prostitute and the Urchin [Part One]
August 5, 2018
By Patrick Ngugi He was a street urchin, alright, but still a human being, and every medical care possible should be given to him, I thought as I hurriedly pushed…