KENYA
THE LAND OF GOLD A Novel of Dreams, Dust, and Destiny ANTHONY MUCHOKI To Cucu Wanjiku and Guka Muchoki, who taught me that the richest gold is the one we…
Short Stories
Original fiction that captures moments, reveals characters, and explores the boundaries of imagination.
The Writer
By Anthony Muchoki , originally published 2005. For the last forty years he had not written anything. He was just about to celebrate his 90th birthday. There was a time…
The Encounter
By Anthony Muchoki , originally published 2005. You wouldn’t know she is a traditional healer. She is a light skinned woman, tantalizingly beautiful and in the prime of her life.…
The Child-man
By Anthony Muchoki , originally published 2005. “Please come and help my ma,” the young boy told his stepmother. She looked at him laughing in mockery. “Let her die, the…
The Love of Simon Peter
By Anthony Muchoki , originally published 2005. Simon Peter took a deep breath. “I believe! I believe!” he shouted. With all his heart, he knew that he was going to…
The Wild Jump
By Anthony Muchoki , originally published 2005. His wild beard looked at me while his roving eyes were jumping all over my body dethroned of all my clothes. Like a…
Laila’s Dream
By Anthony Muchoki , originally published 2005. Laila was fast asleep. Yesterday had been a very good day. She had confirmed her admission to a South African University. She was…
My Bicycle My Wife
By Anthony Muchoki , originally published 2005. Frenchi’s muscles were aching. But this was nothing compared to the pain in his heart. He was riding his old bicycle very fast…
The Great Defeat
By Anthony Muchoki , originally published 2005. She was going about her business in the house. Her second born child who was hardly two years old broke a tea glass.…
Captain Gathera
By Anthony Muchoki , originally published 2005. Captain Gathera elicited jeers and laugher in Kariba Town, in the central parts of Randiera state where he lived. He was the town’s…