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Stories from 2022
12 stories published then.
Dusty RugsA boy called MikeI used to mentor a young man called Mike. Michael Njuguna Muthaka. Aka Mike. Mike was 21 when I met him in 2016…
MotherhoodNjeeh is bornIt is 1a.m when I text my girls and my family group on WhatsApp: I am in labour. Headed to hosi. Pray…2022Craft ItCraft ItThis is homeI bet you have never been to Kaplong. Hell, I bet you have not even heard about it before. I would not…2022Craft ItCraft ItTo ValentineA reader WhatsApp’d me this message: Hello, Bett. I have a question. Apart from consistently writing and reading books, is there a…2022Craft ItCraft ItHis name is ChristopherHow it goes with these things is, sometimes, you are not ready. No one is ever truly ready for anything, I’ll tell…2022Craft ItCraft ItToastmasterI don’t know what you’re doing right now but I want you to head over to YouTube and watch Barack Obama’s old…2022Craft ItCraft ItDial my heartMy word of the year in 2020 and 2021 was ‘start again’. I recall, it was early January 2020 and I was…
Urban GuideStart againNobody asked but I will tell you how my piano lessons have been fairing on. Ha-ha. Taking it from the top. I…2022Craft ItCraft ItPainting your home: a beginner’s guideIt was in 2020, the pandemic year, when we had to hunker down indoors and work from home, that GB and I…2022Craft ItCraft ItMake your bed…. On second thought, don’tIf you are one of the three people left in this town who have not mastered the urban metaphor of ‘make your…2022Craft ItCraft ItThe bell has rungSomething beautiful happened after I finished writing my book. Heads up: I am going to talk to you so much about this…2022Craft ItCraft ItLet’s try this againTruth is, I am scared. I am scared shitless. I come on to this site and I am scared about how eerie…