Nick Mulgrew

Rachel Zadok

Dayo Ntwari

An Anthology from Short Story Day Africa

Water : New Short Story Fiction from Africa

Karina Magdalena Szczurek

New Short Fiction from Africa

Water

"Durban North, 1997. Following two shocking and insidious incidents of violence, nineteen-year-old Mary Da Costa is flying to Auckland ahead of her parents to make a new start. She is riddled with reservations - New Zealand is where her late brother was supposed to move - and all she really wants to do is keep to herself and work on her art. On arrival, Mary comes under the wings of the South African ex-pat community, struggling with its own tensions between homesickness and belonging. Finding work at a local dairy, she meets self-appointed M♯1ori leader Nepukaneha Cooper - or Buck, as he0́9s better known. He and his family have some history with these rugby-mad lovers of apartheid, even more now that they0́9re encroaching on his turf. If only he had the means to fight them off and realise his life-long dream of establishing a marae on the beautiful strip of coast he has always called home. Meanwhile, adrift between past and present, Mary is forced to dig deep in order to find her own truths and place in the world"--Front flap.

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A Hibiscus Coast

Paul Kennedy

Graham Paterson

He’s quite good at climbing. He knows how to swing. But sleeping’s his favourite, favourite thing!

Sleepy Mr Sloth

Nick Mulgrew

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