Dennis Asiimwe’s Notes
TOP STORIES FROM YOUR SELECTION
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in Fiction#SSWCIII – ‘Rock A Bye Baby’ by Charlotte Bossa
Like porridge on fire, your anxiety is bubbling over, turning into froth and steam. You don’t have many friends left. Not since that fit you threw at the last baby-shower. […] More
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in Fiction‘Kidolopia’ by Edward Musisi
But wait, is that even possible? Can anyone leave ‘the castle’? How does she even know about it? I guess I was not the only one learning more than was […] More
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in Fiction‘Dear Liz’ by Kakinda Maria Birungi
“I am a man of action,” Musa says with finality. When I fell in love with him, I became the spring flower that unfolded itself enticingly, to him pleading to […] More
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in Fiction‘Is This It?’ by Dave Ndyanabo
Oli kiliya(clear)?” ..came the rough retort from the bloodshot bangi-chewing bear of a man that was my housemate. It was what we chose to greet our lot in this dungeon […] More
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in Fiction‘A Very Important Meeting’ by Maria Nabatanzi
A beautifully familiar peachy golden sky signals the beginning of a brief moment of calmness, before traffic descends upon Helen’s neighborhood. Soon, Toyota Prados, Noahs, Ipsums and BMW’s with tinted […] More
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#SSWCIII – ‘And When Death Is On Your Side’ by Denise Kavuma
She had long since given up on trying to decipher the difference between reality and the dream. At first she could always tell for even at 5 years of age, […] More
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in Community & Opinion#SSWC – Short Story Writing Competition – Third Edition
And like a line from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, we are back! The third edition of the Short Story Writing Competition will have a few tweaks – what’s life without […] More
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in Fiction#SSWCIII – Deus Ex Machina by Lennox Kesington
CHAPTER I MEMENTO MORI Misery may be manifold, and despair is likely relentless, but there is nothing quite so designed to inspire the supremeness of psychological distress as the fear […] More
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in Fiction‘The Day Home Ended’ by Roland Aruho
It was a cloudy May afternoon, and all seemed well at the Mbaho residence. Eight-year-old Kenan was watching the latest sci-fi movie on the TV screen in the living room. […] More
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in Fiction‘Taming the Flame’ by Okello Herbert Andrew
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in Fiction‘Ear to the Ground’ by Symon Kenny
“What the f…” “Yo yo yo! Not in front of the kids, man! What’s wrong with you?” “Oh. Sorry. Sometimes this shit just spills out.” “Ugh!” “I mean, why is […] More
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‘I Doodled Your Name By Force’ by Naggayi Sanyu Lydia
I doodled your name by force. Yes please. I was not going to be that girl who’d pass through her teenage years without ever doodling a boy’s name in a […] More
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in Fiction#SSWCIII – His Slave, their Queen by Margaret Wamanga
Surrounded by a thick security detail, with her shoulders back, her head held high and a slight constant smile playing on her lips as her eyes skimmed through the adoring, […] More
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in Fiction‘Life’ by Pearl Gahwera
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in Fiction#SSWCIII – Losing Innocence by Lutwama Buttercup Kylie
Adeke gathered her faded purple nightgown tightly around her thin shoulders and moved to sit on the floor, near the lone candle mounted on the hollow tip of an empty […] More
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in Fiction‘Not Spies But Battalions’ by Gloria W Nanfuka
“Vaawo waano” she yelled, getting shocked at the sound of her own voice. He was back. The spirit that had haunted her was back and he wouldn’t stop mocking her. […] More
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in Fiction‘Morning Has Broken’ by Dave Ndyanabo
She looked so peaceful. Nothing looked amiss. She cut the most tranquil picture of sleeping beauty if ever there was one. Except she wasn’t sleeping. She was dead. Interesting that […] More
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in Fiction‘Hell Hath No Fury’ by Julian Icyl Jones
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‘Right By Her’ by D’rita Nanyanzi
“I pray God blesses your marriage through good and hard times, to hold unto and care for each other in all circumstances. May He bless you as you birth a […] More
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#SSWCIII – Torn by Paul Kisakye
The hot stream of urine hitting the dark, cavernous bottom of the pit latrine is music to my ears. I take a deep, satisfying breath as my body releases the […] More
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in Fiction‘Blue’ by John Barigye
I would be hard-pressed to describe with clarity the scene that lay at my feet in the plantation of Muzeyi Mukabya on the cold, dewy morning of June 23rd. Having […] More























