“Don’t take anything from that witch!” Mommy yelled at Lisa not to accept gifts from Aunt Elizabeth. “What’s a wish?” asked Lisa, kissing an orange teddy bear. She chewed her bottom lip because she’d taken a magazine from Elizabeth, who was wearing orange high heels that matched her orange shoulder bag. Lisa clenched her fists...
A TikTok showing six hyenas crushing a faceless man into chunks of meat reached Musarakuumba. Afterwards, Zakueeua pranked Kanairombe that the chewed to bits shoes belong to Kambangane who’d been missing. Luckily, Kambangane had strayed into a bush-fenced graveyard and gathered a bundle of twigs. Immediately, he tripped over an unmarked grave. Instead of running...
Johanna curled in a corner, while her plate-sized eyes counted visitors coming in and out like red ants. She was diagnosed with an itching heart and suffered from daylight nightmares. The mirroring tiles revealed her wrinkling nose as she rubbed her swollen cheeks. The nylon stopwatch around her wrists showed the rate of her skipping...
Muroi was blessed with 200-l drum-width legs. One day, her husband refused to eat until she began to walk again. Every time Muhonge shuts his eyes, a satanic wind bounces his tongue-twisting prayers against the feathery clouds. Sometimes, Muroi played with demons by sucking babies’ blood. Later, Muhonge sprinkled holy water over her legs. The...
Long ago, along the wind-dancing grass, there lived the king of black water. “I have the magic to hold the water for hours,” said the 80-year-old crocodile One day, the king of muddy waters swallowed the boy whom the river people had anointed as the king in waiting. On his birthday, a crocodileodile fell from...
Once upon a time, an orange ant crawled towards the yellow ant. They hugged and high-fived. “What if we could fly?” said the orange ant, looking skyward. “That’s deadly,” said the yellow ant, scolding him for the strange dream. “Be careful, you’ll go mad,” said the yellow ant, threatening to end the minute-long friendship. “Let’s...
Matchstick lived with mommy in a blue door’s shack. The boy kicked his bowl and Oros’ bottle after he scored a nil in ‘My Family’ topic. Since then, he threw up after spotting a tapeworm inside the noodles. Apparently, he’ll eat if he played PlayStation while riding on daddy’s lap. Matchstick refused to eat, painted...
A black radio between the Y-shaped branches announced that an icy storm was headed toward Omusarakuumba. The presenter, who was coughing and sneezing, apologised for the short notice. First, Kambangane waved a finger at the villagers and prophesied that the gods were punishing Omusarakuumba with stone-sized raindrops. In response, the villagers joked about his truthful...
That Sunday, Karuru overslept, but the family arranged for his burial. The next day, he sneaked out of the grave and opened a case against his family at the Living Police Station. Unfortunately, the tearstained policewoman had watched the funeral, which was streamed live on all platforms. Strangely, the funeral coincided with his birthday, and...
Firstly, Kambangane twists his nose and sniffs some meat. The wind blows a meaty perfume towards him, and the swollen pimple on his tongue triggers his craving. Soon, his dog follows him, before he kicks the yapping dog in the tummy. Then, he sprinkles sand in the air and follows the smell. By now, he...