Short Story More Deadly than the Male By Lawrence Kadzitche 1. Jack was so engrossed in packing that he did not notice his mother enter the room through the open doorway. It was not until she spoke that he became aware of...
Category - English Short Stories
Short Story The cardsharp By Lawrence Kadzitche Jack was determined to follow his uncle’s advice not to stop anywhere after withdrawing the money from the bank. He was nearing the bus depot when a big group bubbling with...
Short Story THE TESTIMONY OF NIMON KAMUNDI By Lawrence Kadzitche The scraping of my shovel as I opened the grave was the only sound in the silent, pitch-black night. Although I could hardly see the walls of the grave as the pit I...
Short Story The Best Revenge is None By Lawrence Kadzitche The prison was exactly what it was meant to be: a place of despair. The buildings looked like some abandoned badly built ancient fortress. Although it was...
Short Story The Headless Torso By Lawrence Kadzitche They called it the headless torso. It stood menacing, like an angry gorilla about to pounce on its tiny adversary. It was naked, as if all types of vegetation were...
Short Story Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pastor By Lawrence Kadzitche A gust of icy cold wind hit the pastor’s face when he opened the bedroom window. Birds and insects chirped and chattered, happy that the rain that had fallen all...
A PLAY Where the Devil Hides By Lawrence Kadzitche Cast Betina -A girl of between 25 and 30 who is usually dressed in oversized cast away clothes given by Mrs...
Short Story The Devil Always Carries the Bible Part 3 By Lawrence Kadzitche Despite Betina’s entreaties, Anna refused to spend the night under what she said was the roof of a sorceress. She left in the afternoon. Mrs...
Short Story The Devil Always Carries the Bible Part 2 By Lawrence Kadzitche After the prayers, Abigail left. But it appeared as if the prayers had not destroyed the powers of the fiend. October is normally a hot and dry...
Short Story The Devil Always Carries the Bible By Lawrence Kadzitche It is given that women are generally more religious than men. Therefore, there was no reason why Comfort Gobede should have been any...
Short Story Protocols of Corruption Part 2 By Lawrence Kadzitche True to his conviction, John Bauti was awarded the contract. It was a massive multi-billion contract which involved construction of a major road through a rural...
Short Story Protocols of Corruption Part 1: The Greedy Minister By Lawrence Kadzitche John Bauti owned one of the largest construction companies in the country. He gave no interviews, preferring to operate in the shadows...
Short Story The Black Widow Spider Part 3: The Russian Roulette By Lawrence Kadzitche As the two women sipped the wine while gossiping, Donovan was attending several meetings with potential sub-contractors. The sun was a...
Short Story The Black Widow Spider Part 2: Dangle and Withdraw By Lawrence Kadzitche From the glitzy restaurant, Sabina drove as the crow flies to the elegant suburb just out of town. Her destination was a massive house in a huge...
Short Story The Black Widow Spider By Lawrence Kadzitche There are some restaurants that are so expensive that once you go there with your loved ones, you wince whenever they order something. When you receive the bill, you go...
Short Story From Social Media with Love By Lawrence Kadzitche Whether you like it or not, there are some women that once you see them, something makes you take a second look. And after taking the second look, something forces you...
Short Story Entanglement with a Prophet By Lawrence Kadzitche That Sunday I arrived at the church a bit late. The church building was a multi-purpose hall that had been rented by the prophet for his prayer services. It was weird...
Short Story Simon Thubwa By Lawrence Kadzitche “From Finance Department, we’re sending John Tsipe,” the Financial Controller said. The nomination was accepted quickly and unanimously. “From Administration we are sending...
Short Story The Devils Own By Lawrence Kadzitche Everyone said Jonah 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 of the church. At that speed he...
Short Story The Cheating Houseboy By Lawrence Kadzitche The young man stopped her as she walked out of the supermarket. “Excuse me, are you…Jane?” Shade was about to dismiss him her usual rudeness to men...