Short Story Mark of the Boot By: Lawrence Kadzitche Within fifteen minutes of being put on the case, Detective Painti arrived at the scene of murder. Abiti Sitolo lay sprawled on her back in a pool of her own blood in her...
Author - Lawrence Kadzitche
Short Story The Day the Devil Came Knocking By Lawrence Kadzitche For whatever reasons, most popular Pentecostal preachers are rich and conduct themselves more or less like movie stars. They dress in expensive suits and...
Short Story Three Dirty Old Men By Lawrence Kadzitche The three shadows that formed before him were sinister. They sat in a semi-circle around the fire in the huge graveyard, stinking dirty old men with evil faces...
Short Story PRIMO PHIRI By Lawrence Kadzitche For the past ten years, Primo Phiri, the houseboy they called PP had worked faithfully for John Tsetekani, owner of the biggest store at Kamwendo Trading Centre in...
SHORT STORY THE REPLICA By Lawrence Kadzitche “If you thought you’d get rich from murdering my brother, you were terribly wrong,” Kangaude roared. “You’ll leave this house the way you came-with nothing!” “But I...
Short Story Nomsa By Lawrence Kadzitche It is my first time for me to go outside Malawi. After promising a quarter of my training allowances to the fat frog of a training officer, I find myself at Kamuzu...
Short Story Chitekwe’s Mistake By Lawrence Kadzitche The offer could not have come at any better time. Chitekwe was deep in financial problems. He was behind with his rent by six months. In three days the loan shark...
Short Story DOWNFALL OF A JUDGE By Lawrence Kadzitche The Judge sat back in his chair and rubbed his hands with glee. He was a very short and very fat man in a suit that was a size or two too small. He wore...
Short Story The Devil’s Own By Lawrence Kadzitche Everyone said Noah was destined to be a great pastor in the church. In a few years he had moved from an assistant pastor to a full pastor. At that speed, he...
Short Story Between a rock and a hard place By Lawrence Kadzitche Staring out of the window, Jessica’s eyes were fixed on the lean, tall handsome man approaching her house. Her heart beating wildly, she went to open the door...
Short Story Strike of the Vulture By Lawrence Kadzitche They were drinking beer in Joe’s, their favourite pub in Old Town, when Wiley Katani said suddenly, “Guess what, Jonah; I’m getting married!” Jonah’s jaw almost...
Short Story Money Evil By Lawrence Kadzitche Phingo became rich the simplest way. His uncle, who owned a chain of stores and maize mills died and left all his wealth amounting to over a hundred million Kwacha to him. Phingo...
Short Story Hanna’s Choice By Lawrence Kadzitche The story was the same everyday: he did not have money that day but hoped to have some the following morning. Hanna was fed up, fed up beyond imagination. “You don’t...
Short Story The Price of Jealousy By Lawrence Kadzitche Man, what do you do when you are a jobless man married to a woman with a good job? And what do you do when the woman is beautiful and you yourself is as ugly as a...
Short Story The Two Desperate Brothers By Lawrence Kadzitche In a small shop at Chitakale Trading Center, two brothers were engrossed in a discussion. Moya, the older of the two, was short and fat. His younger brother, Supada...
Short Story The girl in red By Lawrence Kadzitche Naganje had always been a connoisseur of beautiful women and a womanizer to the full extent of the word. Approaching fifty, the Casanova now believed that he had become too old to...
Short Story The Avenging Corpse By Lawrence Kadzitche The house, a sprawling bungalow, stood at the foot of Mulanje Mountain. Inside, the tall man sitting in an armchair by the fire reading a bible in the posh lounge on that cold...
Short Story Letter From the Grave By Lawrence Kadzitche I eased myself on the sofa, preparing to watch soccer on the TV when, Flora, my wife entered the lounge. “Dear, why haven’t you still read that letter?” she...
Short Story Full circle By Lawrence Kadzitche The house was large and set in large garden with a beautiful lawn and a lot of flowers. A large black Mercedes Benz and a Toyota Camry were packed in an open garage. A sporty red BMW...
Short Story Machete for the Grand Elder By Lawrence Kadzitche For administrative purposes, Malawi is divided into three regions-North, South and Center. Strange as it may sound, witches also use these regions for their own...