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The sky is a frumpish mass of broken sheets of restless clouds, Inundated by shrieks and twitters of chimerical birds Watching over us with impatience and anger. Where storks had sought sure [...]

Barefoot I strode upon the damp earth The aroma of fresh rain permeating my nostrils The overnight downpour left behind a sandy velvet feel My diminutive feet sank slightly as I gleefully leaped [...]

Some say it was a genetic mutation which did it. Though others would claim it was the white lady. The one who not only reared them but apparently taught them to sing. The strange one who kept to [...]

Edith who? There must be a mistake. No. No. No. The news set tongues wagging in Highfields. She was the perfect wife and mother. Definitely any man’s dream wife. Any child’s mother. Edith Ramoke [...]

I sat huddled in the corner of the living room, the cold floor serving as my refuge. Thoughts raced through my mind, a chaotic mix of everything and nothing at all. My gaze drifted to the [...]

A syrup of blood with fleshy clots of strawberry. Brown bread sugar smudged in red, by a domesticated butter knife; ‘tis the grandson of a weapon. Maternal instincts raised pitchforks — forks to [...]

They asked the minister in charge of AI suppression if the country was ready for the next dimension. He said, artificial intelligence will not scare Africans, for we have long been robots without [...]

The guide tucked his feet into his black boots and strapped his binoculars around his neck by the fenced nursery at Number 1. He took me across Fenella Drive to the Ramsar Site with the woman who [...]

Timepiece ticked to blow whistle Menacing a scoreless wrestle. Silence chocked the spectator, Adding five minutes was the reporter. The pitch soaked to its pinnacle In lethargy, players held a [...]

To think the past never became the future I imagined…mph. “Do you have anything to say, Nyasha?” I was hooked out of a pool of thought. Seven pairs of eyes pierced through my glasses. How could I [...]