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Night Shift

K. Kimuyu | September 7, 2023

“Where will we sleep?” I asked as Hani served us boiled camel meat and ugali. “The boy wants to sleep,” Uncle Ayaan mocked.

K. Kimuyu | August 31, 2023

“How is Sara?” he asked. “Is she still with that good-for-nothing husband who is always complaining as if the world owes him something?”

K. Kimuyu | August 10, 2023

The ground underneath me seemed to be moving when I woke up. What kind of dream was this? I wondered.

K. Kimuyu | July 27, 2023

We left Muige forest into an expanse of desert. Muige was hot but it had the advantage of vegetation; Now we baked under the naked sun.

K. Kimuyu | July 20, 2023

The cannibals behaved and looked like nothing I had ever seen before. Their hair was green, and their teeth long, crooked, and discolored.

K. Kimuyu | July 13, 2023

The sun was up in the sky scorching everything beneath it and not even the forest’s vegetation protected us from it.

K. Kimuyu | July 6, 2023

The silhouette of the man began coming towards us. Beatrice screamed and hid behind me.

K. Kimuyu | June 15, 2023

The sound that escorted us through the night was the squeaking of Njoro’s bicycle, the hooting of owls, and the chirping of crickets.