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Rendezvous by Chrispus Kimaru – Story of the Week of June 29th, 2009

July 3rd, 2009 by Storymoja | 6 Comments

The deadline for the Story of the Week has changed to Thursday 9th, 16th and the 23rd of July. These stories will be published on the Storymoja Blog and then entered into the Story of the Month Contest. The winner will get two tickets to the Storymoja Hay Festival. Enter now by sending in your story to blogs[a]storymojaafrica.co.ke


Mannequeen by Simon Mukali – Story of the Week June 22nd, 2009

June 29th, 2009 by Storymoja | 5 Comments

Your votes are in and the story of the week is…

Mannequin by Simon Mukali Read it below.


A Fateful Day in Paradise – Story of the Week, June 15, 2009

June 19th, 2009 by Storymoja | 6 Comments

She has a perfect nymph’s form, but for the tussled-up weave… Yes, the ubiquitous weave, defiantly escaping from beneath the versatile stocking. That stocking that is just as offensive, if not more, as the weave it’s meant to be restraining.


Jezebel by Cliff Oluoch – Story of the Week, May 8th, 2009

June 12th, 2009 by Storymoja | 6 Comments

Your votes are in and the story of the week is…

Jezebel by Cliff Oluoch… Read it


The Pain of Silence by Chrispus Githae Kimaru – Story of the Week of June 1, 2009

June 5th, 2009 by Storymoja | 11 Comments

Your votes are in and the story of the week is…


Cooking in the halls of Residence by Martin Mbugua – Story of the Week, May 25th, 2009

June 1st, 2009 by Storymoja | 11 Comments

No sooner had they signed their admission rules and regulations forms and understood cooking was illegal and that they would never engage in the practice; than the first year students pompously proceeded to their newly allocated rooms and cooked dainty pancakes as a way of celebrating. Not everybody made it to the university. Cooking in [...]


DIARY OF A FAT BLACK WOMAN By Stella Riunga – Story of the Week, May 18th, 2009

June 1st, 2009 by Storymoja | 10 Comments

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Story of the Week – May 18th, 2009

May 26th, 2009 by Storymoja | No Comments

The Diary of a Fat Black Woman!


The Storymoja Writers’ Blog – May 18th, 2009

May 19th, 2009 by Storymoja | No Comments

This editor admits that after a few weeks not working on the blog, I felt rather rusty, and a bit terrified. Rusty because I had forgotten some of the codes for maintaining the writers’ blog, and terrified because this blog represents the creativity and love for words of many writers in the Storymoja community, and [...]


The Ivory Tower By Boniface Gachugu:Story of the Week of 18th May, 2009

May 14th, 2009 by Storymoja | 10 Comments

Slowly, noisily and magnanimously, she rose from her seat, her huge bulk making and causing an orchestra of noises; from the groaning of her seat, the sucking squelch of the upholstery, and the creaking of her joints to the swishing noise her nylon dress made.



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