By Brian Nzomo When I took my first breathe, my friends and I were huddled together and bound with an uncomfortable rubber band. I cried out in pain, but my voice was inaudible. The asphyxiation, the stuffiness, motion sickness…”I wonder where they are taking us?” I could not see anything except darkness. I would notContinue reading “SERVING THE GODS”
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THE SIX GIRLS AND THEIR FATE
By Brian Nzomo Sylvia has passed her KCSE examinations. She got an A. Her family lives in Donholm. Going to the university to pursue medicine will be hard, but she can easily apply for a HELB loan and her father can afford some amount to top it up. She really wants to go to campus.Continue reading “THE SIX GIRLS AND THEIR FATE”
STORIES OF THE DILAPIDATED HUMAN.
MWANAIDI’S STORY By Brian Nzomo Brian, I have muzzled this darkness for long and I don’t know how long I can let it enshroud me in secrecy. I am a thirty year old single mother. I have a son, Jeremy, who is a month shy of marking his ninth birthday. I also have a boyfriendContinue reading “STORIES OF THE DILAPIDATED HUMAN.”
STORIES OF THE DILAPIDATED HUMAN.
MICHAEL’S STORY. By Brian Nzomo I was seemingly satisfied with the type of lifestyle I was leading until I made a three-day stay at a cousin’s place. Frank was an year older than me, and I considered him more handsome and outgoing. He was also fly, enigmatic and passionately ethereal. But one thing about himContinue reading “STORIES OF THE DILAPIDATED HUMAN.”
JUST A RANT: NOTHING SPECTACULAR ABOUT A SINGLE SOLAR REVOLUTION.
By Brian Nzomo “Happy New Year!” Another resounding phrase that irks me to the core. It just makes me sick! So repugnant is this dreary statement! Yes. Another year dawns in, while another dusks behind us. What is so remarkable about that? If anything, the commencement of another year should be a grim reminder ofContinue reading “JUST A RANT: NOTHING SPECTACULAR ABOUT A SINGLE SOLAR REVOLUTION.”
A LIST OF ALL MY READS IN 2021.
By Brian Nzomo 2020 was a lethargic year for me. My social and economic life was precarious to say the least. With COVID-19 squelch gripping harder, I could find no time or pleasure in reading anything. Not even an article. But towards the end of that wan year, my situation became better and I pledgedContinue reading “A LIST OF ALL MY READS IN 2021.”
‘MEDEA’ BY EURIPIDES
Tragedy European drama. Perhaps one of the most famous Greek tragedies, Medea is the first Greek play I have read. A woman is betrayed. Medea. All she had sacrificed for in life is on the verge of being scrapped. And what remains of her, as she wallows in abandonment ; is a passionate rage andContinue reading “‘MEDEA’ BY EURIPIDES”
STORIES OF THE DILAPIDATED HUMAN MIND.
By Brian Nzomo. Story one. NICHOLAS STORY. I have long pondered about my dissipating desire for women, fearing that I may soon identify myself as asexual. One may be tempted to ask “how”. I mean, how does a heterosexual man’s desire fizzle out in the presence of a charming beau? Is it even possible? HowContinue reading “STORIES OF THE DILAPIDATED HUMAN MIND.”
TWISTED.
By Brian Nzomo. When I first met Sheila’s parents, I was anxious at first because they were stinking rich. I was not doing bad financially, but I was afraid they would turn our fianceeship down on those grounds. Sheila convinced me that her parents were liberal enough to oversee petty reasons for not liking me.Continue reading “TWISTED.”
A NIGHT HUNT.
By Brian Nzomo. On that fateful night of a cold July, Mutunga’s father Mativo was in his barn sharpening his machete. It was a brand new machete and he loved to keep it maintained well as possible. “Aiii weee!” Kaveni his wife puzzled. “Are you going out to the bush right now? Or do youContinue reading “A NIGHT HUNT.”
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