Author: Commonwealth Writers

Before I left, my mother gave me one piece of advice. ‘Everybody dies,’ she said. ‘Just don't die stupid.’ Eleven…

‘Fatou vs the Dictator’ was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

Return   I don’t know how we go on, some nights, how I live – I get antsy and want…

'Cash and Carry' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

In spite of everything, the heat is relentless. I move slowly to limit the flow of sweat. I may be…

'Provenance' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

Uncle is dead but my eyes have remained dry like the August sun strolled into my tear glands and scorched…

‘How to Find Your Vagina- An Instruction Manual’ was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

‘Mafootoo’ was the Caribbean regional winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   The people at Number 24 are…

In the kitchen sits a cooler box. In it, a Fanta.   The Fanta in the cooler box is not mine.…

‘Ouroboros, Ouroboros’ was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

Polar The Russian poet said in Paris she felt like an iceless polar bear.   One drifts on a flow,…