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Guide to Confession

Omondi had a situation brewing in his chest. Omondi, by normal standards, was a don. Sharp in class, meme lord in WhatsApp groups, and debate club chairman with a tongue…

SON OF A DEITY

In the ancient village of Sawiya, there lived a very handsome man called Osire. Tallest of his peers with well-defined muscles and smooth ginger skin, he depicted an outcome of…

THE STORM

  A mother had four children, two sons, and two daughters. One day, she sent them to the market with some bananas to sell. The children carried the bananas in…

THE MUD LESSON

Apiyo and Adongo went to visit their grandmother. Their mother gave them a basket of fruits and a knitted sweater to take to the old lady. Their grandmother was always…

WHAT IF

What if you woke up one day and realized that you are something else rather than you? This is the story of Watii who was not only a woodcutter but…

THE GOLDEN MATCH

Long ago all the stars in the sky looked the same, tiny and shined in bright white. Moreover, they were friendly to one other and liked to warm each other up…