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Humpty Dumpty Remembers

BY MIKE MUTHAKA This post will make better sense if you’ve seen ‘The Affair’ Part 1: Me. Tuesday The lady behind the cafeteria at school is called Linet. She sits behind the counter in her yellow uniform, and she’s my go-to when I want a cup of coffee. Always

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A Song for Old Men

BY MIKE MUTHAKA The stillness of Moi Avenue was disturbed by a Citi Hoppa turning off the street. No.46, Kawangware: a big green rectangle on wheels. It took a sharp turn at

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The Sad Man from Jus’ Chicken

BY MIKE MUTHAKA [Editor’s notes: Mike’s initial titles to this story, ‘Even the crow is a hero’. Then, ‘The Flightless Hero.’ I scratched them both and made my own attempts. First, ‘Superman’. Then, ‘Superman, without the Cape’. All these titles sucked major pipe so I settled for what we have

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The Windmills in the Hills

BY MIKE MUTHAKA There has been an empty can of ginger beer living on my dresser for the past two weeks. It’s a beautiful bottle. Placed among the clutter of coins, colognes, cable wires, bits of hair

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Someone, please call the Lifeguard

BY MIKE MUTHAKA I have a phobia for swimming pools. I’ve always hated them. I see them as nothing but chlorinated death-traps. I mean, sure, swimming pools are a great place to see half-naked girls drenched in water but that’s

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Happy Hour… And some Weed

BY MIKE MUTHAKA Let’s call him Tom. He’s in his first year in my campus and has the longest legs you’ve ever seen on a boy. He comes from Burundi, and

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