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Stories from 2014
16 stories published then.
2014Craft ItCraft ItYou lie, there is no right or wrong answerIt’s the holiday season. You are late (as you always are these days) in sending this piece to publish. So let’s get…2014Craft ItCraft ItWarning: this is not a toyAt certain hours of a regular workday, I will need space to think. I will need to step away from my desk…2014Craft ItCraft ItDoes this blouse make me look like a magician?I turned 30. It’s been over a fortnight in the space between that sentence, and the remainder of this story. That’s what…2014Craft ItCraft ItRemember this nameThe hunt ran from May all the way to September: On the 7th of May, Antony ‘Anto NeoSoul’ Mwangi released his debut…2014Craft ItCraft ItFive heads, no bodiesI write my stories from their centre going out. When I open a new blank page, I hit the Enter button two,…2014Craft ItCraft ItIn the eyes of the AngelMy camera is a Canon SD1400IS. My pal sneaked it in across borders from the States three years ago. It’s black, with…2014Craft ItCraft ItJuly: When time foldedI pity July. July isn’t a month which feels inspired or original. It feels lethargic. Stolen and repetitive. As if it’s a…2014Craft ItCraft ItThe Nairobi WomanBy Robert Aseda Something about the Nairobi woman sets her apart from other females out there. The typical Nairobi woman is calculating…2014Craft ItCraft It21 days in the CityKate was no ordinary woman. I decided that after our second, maybe third encounter. The day she said she doesn’t keep a…2014Craft ItCraft ItMakadem and others’ storyThe excellent and terrible things about Choices Bar on Baricho Road teeter about its music and photography. Choices is excellent for the…2014Craft ItCraft ItGuest writer: The CallHe called. He makes me happy. He really does. He doesn’t make me happy as in laughing and giggling and joking. Well,…2014Craft ItCraft ItSizzle, no steakI am mighty fatigued. I was in Machakos over the weekend holding my kid brother’s hand as he wed then married. The…2014Craft ItCraft ItGentlemen of the Round TableWomen. Women are horrible creatures. We seesaw on the extremities of love and peace, war and hate. Women don’t sit on the…2014Craft ItCraft ItTrade-ins for a lifestyleLet me first tell you a story before I get into today’s story. Before I joined campus in 2004 (do you hear…2014Craft ItCraft ItEight simple rulesDear Miss LaMore, As I write to you, you are probably still unpacking your suitcases and lining up your closet with the…2014Craft ItCraft ItThomasEvery girl has a pocket of mischievous secrets. And every girl has the one boy who will spill his own blood before…