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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 24, 2023

I was being reprimanded for not having the correct dress code for the cocktail party. White with a touch of gold the invitation read.

K. Kimuyu | August 17, 2023

I had come to admire people who smoked cigarettes, not the act itself—it was the prop of the stick that interested me.

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 | August 3, 2023

I miss those days when I used to wake up, sit on my couch, and finish a book in one sitting.

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.