my stories – Becoming The Muse

Of The Muse In You: Code Name Uhuru

23 Sep 202224 Sep 2022

Welcome to the story which I will write with your help. This project is a simple speculative fiction communally inspired but in the course of its creation I have found…

Of Lost in The Stars

“Oh come on!” Tatenda exclaimed as the laptop along with the lights switched off. “Loadshedding” he muttered. “Loadshedding” Tinashe echoed back. There was no point in checking if the mains…

Of The inlovetuation (i) Phone Call to God

21 Jul 202223 Jul 2022

Guest Post I used to have “God” saved in my phone and the number was 333 because “‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and…

Of Somnus Interruptus

17 Jul 202217 Jul 2022

6yo: Uncle B are you awake? Me: *hiding beneath my duvet* nope 6yo: OK I will sing you Sunday School hymns while you sleep

Of Skipping Church

10 Jul 202210 Jul 2022

Mom: Ok, I am off to church….Grown-up Kid Still In Bed: OKMom: Arent you coming with…GKSIB: erm….. I have.. erm… stuff… to do.. Travel safe, see you when you get…

Of Being Heard

Fear, just like hate is a behaviour that is taught. Fear is the ignorant child born of misunderstanding and hate. At birth we start off curious and fearless, then learn…

Of Paivapo Once Upon A Time

3 Jun 20223 Jun 2022

Paivapo (Once upon a time) that’s how the storyteller began every tale to which the audience replied Dzepfunde (I don’t know if it meant anything else, apart from serving as…

Of Sunshine City Skyline

2 Jun 20222 Jun 2022

When I was 16 I had the dubious honour of escorting my grandmother to Harare for her medicals. She was a proud woman, my grandmother, she refused to be a…

Of Soul Dates

It was the birthday of an elderly couple the other day… I was amazed how they shared the same birthday, like what other sign could there be that someone was…

Of The Tangled Web

The sun made a feeble attempt to warm up the planet, a weaker willed sun would have given up, plunging the world into darkness. The horizon was a dusty mask…

Of The Maskarade

1 May 20201 May 2020

Genre: Magical Realism The last shrill notes of The Lockdown alarm faded away leaving room for only silence and darkness; it would have been a silent and dark night were…

Of Freedom’s Symmetry

9 Apr 20209 Apr 2020

With independence coming up, The Freedom Fighter’s Diary has been on my mind. Its ironic that lockdown will end, the day after our independence; seems almost that in a strange…