Creative Writing

It was Easter break, and Sandra was looking forward to going home. She hadn’t spent time with her two elder...

Sarah refocused on the laptop screen, browsing through the Facebook page. "REAL CANADIAN WORK PERMITS-GUARANTEED SUCCESS-98% APPROVAL." The images showed...

I have always considered myself patient. I'd wait for buses without grumbling, stand in long supermarket queues while browsing my...

Kaleb and James are broke. Years after university, while their classmates are doing well, they are struggling. A former classmate...

Kaleb and James sat side by side on the only two-seater couch that was in Kaleb’s small one-bedroom house just...

Saturdays were special in the Karimi household. Aunty Sue would make us pancakes and sausages then Mum would turn on...

The air is thick with anticipation, a flutter of romance and perhaps a touch of trepidation. Valentine's Day, a celebration...

Carol put her phone down for the second time. She debated whether she wanted to respond to her best friend's...

Agnes stared at the email template Sam had sent her. She reread it and looked for ways to tweak it....

Seven months later, guests were still streaming in to see their child. The last seven months had been so chaotic,...

Kamau and Lily had been dating for less than a year. It was their first Valentine’s Day celebration together. They...

David patiently waited for Cheryl in the car. He had done this many times before in their marriage and long...

A maid in the city Zawadi hummed in the kitchen. She removed the spaghetti from the cooker and drained it....

Gerald Sophia squeezed Gerald’s hand, offering her continued support as they waited for someone to answer the door. He squeezed...

She was seated on the balcony with the sun's rays hitting her face. Her face was radiant and peaceful as...