Latest arts stories from across Kenya.
Maggie’s husband was dead. She had found out her husband was cheating on her and if that was not enough, the lady claimed she was pregnant. She was heartbroken. She had been married for years and they did not have a child. The problem had…
It was the last day of his leave from work and David had not left his house the entire week. His routine was now basic and very depressing. He woke up, fed his dogs, brushed his teeth and sank his massive body into his three-seater sofa…
My Nightmare With A Stalker. I didn’t really want to be at that party, I am not a party person and the loud music was irritating. It always felt like it forced my heart to beat in tandem with the music and by the end of the night I never…
“This is not it,” thought Susan as she put her seven-month-old daughter in her crib. That was the third time she had woken up crying that night. Although the child wasn’t hungry and had a dry diaper, she was having trouble sleeping, and in…
I got married when I was young to a man I barely knew or loved. After I finished high school, my father showed up with a strange man and told me he was my husband. I packed my belongings and went with the man to the city where he worked as…
Darius was caught between a rock and a hard place. He needed to decide what to do but none of the options was right for him and each decision had negative implications for him. If he said no to Emma there was the possibility of losing his…
Dave was not a relationship expert or a therapist, but somehow, Hasan and his girl decided that they would always go to him when issues in their union overwhelmed them. It is like they sat down and drafted an agreement to make this a…
I was handcuffed as soon as I came to an abrupt stop inside the station. I had been running non-stop for nearly thirty minutes, tears obstructing my vision. I stumbled and fell a couple of times, but I got back up and continued running.…
Daisy, a Kenyan student in the US gets married to her classmate Wallace on a drunken whim. The fallout could be so much more than even she fears. Check out Marriage On A Whim: Their Vegas Wedding Could Ruin Her Life Part 1 His phone rang,…
“I can’t believe you guys got married. Like it was a dare, and you guys did it.” Riley, their classmate said convulsing with laughter. The rest of their three friends were equally amused if their accompanying guffaws were anything to go…
“You like it,” Steve asked. “It is beautiful. I love it,” Susan said. She looked at the silver locket in her hand and run her finger over the beautifully intricate design of a rose. Steve had great taste in everything, jewellery, clothes,…
Bianca and Bob had the most wonderful love story. Theirs was a story that proved the theory that love is blind. The universe brought them together from opposite ends of the earth, and together they created something beautiful. Everyone who…
The series of questions that Brad had asked me seemed very weird. The tone of these questions was off. Though he liked asking questions when he wanted to know where I was as a form of concern as a boyfriend, this time round something was…
You were nineteen when it first happened. The quiet in the room after you showed him the test and he held you clumsily and asked, “What should we do?” It surprised you, how calm, collected and put together he was that night. He kissed your…
Sabina is the seventh lady we have hired since the birth of our firstborn, Lawal. She started work two months before she turned eighteen, and it rattled me a little bit. Recently admitted to the bar, upholding the constitution has suddenly…
The silence between Mark and Maya was loud, especially with the scandal the two lovebirds had at hand. Maya had been grilling Mark for some time now, with Mark keeping his cool and holding his ground. Cheating and telling the truth do not…
Your wedding day is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life. It’s especially a big deal for the bride, so Emma was caught off guard by the events of that day. Emma was worried that the wedding vendors would get something…
We met at the local supermarket and I offered to help her take her body lotion of choice from the upper shelf. Her shy smile and slow speech endeared her to me, so I asked for her phone number when she lined up behind me at the cashier.…
She’s frowning by the bakery aisle, looking like a child that has been told a hard no. If she were a child, like my little angel Laura, she’d be sprawling on the floor, screaming and demanding whatever it is that she wants. Parenting has…
“Anita. Anita! Ani!” Mama’s voice called from the window. I woke from my deep slumber and tiptoed between my two siblings to open the door for her. Her voice was laden with pain, the kind of pain you experience when salt has been sprinkled…
This was the third time Pete had tried to call Fiona, whose phone seemed to be in the Himalayas mountains, a place too far to answer a call because the girl wasn’t picking up her phone. At a time when his heart was beating at a rate faster…
Alice had two goals when she went to campus; get a degree and get a husband. At least, that’s what her parents told her. Since she studied far from home, she mostly dated men from different tribes. Even though she enjoyed their company,…
When Maggie started her small, online business. She didn’t think much of it. It was a way for her to earn some passive income and keep herself busy as she found a more permanent job. However, luck didn’t seem to be on her side since she…
It was that time of year again. Sam didn’t particularly like it. His family had annual gatherings, and Sam’s mother expected everyone’s presence. Unless you were on your death bed in which case she would be there with you, Sam’s mother…
