by Omukuvah Otido    – True, Horatio –In certain dialectic planeswhere thesismorphs with antithesis lovers eagerly forsake visasto tigereconomies and sky-scraped landsfor the sake ofloveand tar dark offspringin thatched mud huts andSavannah vistas (The nightoh the night– it smells like Eritreans havingcoffee –or drowning in the Mediterranean)   However,in this system that waxes solarall we … Read more

by Kadmiella Akosua Atuah                                    Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi There are so many things Things she wishes she could tell, So you understand at least a fourth of her But she can’t say really, she can’t just because because you aren’t really made … Read more

by Joe Mwenda                                     Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi The hangover that should be gone by mid-morning lingers The afternoon solar is lethal A brother sells cabbages by the roadside Blocking my path, of fellow in hurry, impatient, tired walkers, Of those that … Read more

by Mulumba Ivan Matthias                       Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi   Gourds he shook eyes opened wide evil spirits to hunt pitiful we, to save. Up and down he jumped mad man akin ancestors to convene pitiful we, to free. Hoarsely he spoke before hard slap evil spirits to beat pitiful we, to leave. Eyes he told on the ground … Read more

by Margaret Muthee                                                        Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi How did this happen? My life has been reduced to eating, reading, sleeping, hours with a shrink and some god damn music therapy session. I lie on a slim bed staring at the high white ceiling that seems to echo my screams every time I exhale. This usually is most of … Read more

by Peter Ngila                                                                      Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi    When everybody is looking up and the sun’s lips are about to connect with the moon’s in a kiss, and when the clouds are all smiling, Buda slaps me hard on the cheeks. The piece of glass I’m holding slides onto the ground and shatters into uncountable pieces. I … Read more

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Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi Download pdf ~ epub ~ mobi Short Stories Chi Chi Voices ~~ Novisi Dzitrie Trapped ~~ Margaret Muthee Home ~~ Peter Ngila Poetry Playing in Shadows ~~ Mulumba Ivan Matthias Msaa ~~ Joe Mwenda A Stranger’s Words to a Father ~~ Kadmiella Akosua Atuah AHA! ~~ Omukuvah Otido Editors Dilman Dila Davina Kawuma   Cover Artwork Jonathan Ojok Published by: … Read more