Author: Commonwealth Writers

‘Love-life’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   How’s your love-life? my father asks. He is drunk. We…

Brother has a scar. It takes the shape of Africa on his slim chest. An accident of childhood, it is…

‘The Night of Hungry Ghosts’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

-  Not for Rudyard Kipling

‘Bluey’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

‘The Blessing of Kali’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

‘How to Marry an African President’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   When you are interviewed for…

My roots are in Manila — that's above Bali and    to the right of Bangkok. You might know the area. …

‘Oats’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

my tongue mutters a p at p at wa a poetry of brevity in acoustic effect it rolls clinks spits…

‘Deserted’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

'Miss Coelho, English Teacher' was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.