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Removing the Mask by Nandipha
15 2 4
This is the story of a young village girl who came to Cape Town and got betrayed by a man she trusted from her church. She found herself in a very devastating situation after being molested by the very person she trusted. She then for a very long tim ...
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Circle of Life by Michael C. Ikegwu
16 8 4
Circle of Life is a story of hatred. It entails how a woman killed her friend using African magic. She later married her friend's husband, the reason she killed her friend. She swore to make life a living hell for the only child of her friend.
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OVER THE LUMUMBA BRIDGE and other stories. by TONY NJOROGE
11 3 4
This is a collection of ten short stories that does not shy away from tackling issues that society tends to turn a blind eye on. Issues such as hypocrisy in religion, incest and toxicity in marriages. What connects the ten short stories is that they ...
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The Light Workers by Tlotlego Mokgale
85 63 4
The Light Workers is a YA Novel by Tlotlego Mokgale, a blogger and Writer from Pretoria. This book is inspired by her curiosity surrounding the Mystical world. She describes the book as a mixture of the adventures and mysticism found in JK Ro ...
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Birthday Bash, Small Change and Sockit by cecily camara
16 2 4
The stories were inspired by real life people and events given a life of their own. Most of the stories have at their heart some addiction and its affects on family and individuals. The stories are aimed at the young adult .
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Gutting Instincts and Other Stories by Jarred Thompson
18 2 4
My short story collection reflects on the intersections between fantasy and reality in the mundane of the everyday. Entering the lives of characters as diverse as a coloured fisherman in the Western Cape (Gutting Instincts) and a white female Wits U ...
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Dark Tales by Sebentile
178 133 4
Dark Tales is a fictional book that is themed around the horrific and disturbing mysteries which a Swazi private investigation company tries to solve. The concept of the private investigation company is inspired by an investigative journalist that ...
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Salvation Captured State Cataclysm by TIM MURITHI
32 7 4
The short story collection confronts the challenge of fighting for freedom from oppressive systems. In Salvation, an student protest team confronts private security forces with dire consequences, and in Captured State a deputy minister faces up to a ...
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GIANT STRIDES: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES by Miracle T. Chukwuwetalu
11 2 4
Hope. I love that word. I believe in hoping against hope, I also believe Africa needs hope. I also believe strongly in the dictates of passion, hard work and perseverance. This short story collection fuses those virtues together to make for an inspir ...
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Each blood, the tombs we count by Mziwonke Qwesha
19 3 4
This novel is about two-spies-cum-comrades-cum-security personnel of a liberation movement in exile: how they break all the rules in their clandestine fight for freedom, but ultimately turn at each other - on the eleventh hour of smelling their freed ...
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A song about a girl by Antoine
23 5 2
A man wakes up in a morgue with no idea who he is, how he came to be here, and more importantly, who the dead woman on the table in front of him is. Slowly the memories start to surface. He will need to piece them all together to find out who she was ...
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The River's Song and other stories by Tumelo
18 7 4
This is a collection of stories set in modern and olden day Botswana. The themes explored include the ever constant clash of new western ideologies and traditional cultural Botswana beliefs as well as the role of women, homophobia and corrective rape ...
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The Creative Department by Chola Chisengalumbwe
14 2 4
The Creative Department is a novel about the wild ambitions and insecurities of a group of interconnected writers and art directors, in or around the global advertising industry. It focuses on the life and times of a copywriter who happens to be torn ...
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When the Nightjar Cries by William Smook
13 1 2
A carefree, surf-loving young journalist is warped by his quest to avenge the murder of his girlfriend by a serial-killing cop and becomes embroiled in a right-wing plot to trigger genocide and civil war. When the Nightjar Cries examines the light an ...
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36 Views of Naval Hill by Phinithi J. Ntelekoa
12 2 4
Reeva Greyling writes in her sleep, granting the narrative an additional glow of the magical. 36 Views of Naval Hill is a post-modernized Don Quixote pastiche set in a modern day South African University. Unlike its material source, a female student ...
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Intombazane by Annalie
7 2 4
This historical fiction novella tells the story of an unlikely team; their bond and several encounters whilst trading on ox-wagon between the port of Durban and the developing hinterland-industries and pioneer farmers. Bessie, an orphaned daughter ...
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Uncle Sbu by L. Sojini
68 33 4
Uncle Sbu is retiring in 2018. He lives alone in his suburban house. Everything changes when his seven-year-old nephew comes.
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The Broken Throne; The Awakening by Samuel Sebbowa
10 2 4
The Throne was broken; the bastards sat on the pieces; but they forgot to destroy all the dragons. The Dragons will return and with their return the bastards shall find themselves in a bitter civil war and a threat from one thought dead. Across the S ...
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Don't Blink by Bubele Retshe
300 221 4
Don't blink brings to life a collection of fast-paced tales of suspense, exploring themes of betrayal, revenge, death, greed, infidelity, love, and hate, amongst others. The tales of deception where no one can be trusted are meant to thrill and leave ...
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I Must Hide Him by Buntu Siwisa
21 4 4
This is an attempt of a stab at a 'state of the nation novel' genre. It interrogates some of the most gripping social and moral challenges South Africa faces, through the interacting world views of three main characters. We witness the effects of cor ...
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One evening at the end of summer by Erica Penfold
185 76 4
The novel tells the tale of the young girl, "I" and her efforts to outfox her captor and the nefarious smog of the Tetrahedron commandants. She crosses the country to escape the life she left behind in The Town and to stop the force of the Commandan ...
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Knowledge is The New Bliss by Rebecca
303 202 4
The following short stories highlight prevalent social issues in our current society. The aim of each story is to place the reader in the shoes of a person experiencing these issues. From Xenophobia to poverty and human trafficking, the reader is giv ...
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My Mother's Pyjamas by Jenni
9 2 4
My Mother's Pyjamas is a novel set in a high school in South Africa when schools first became racially integrated. The story follows the life of matric pupil, Jane Wharton as she negotiates the hazardous journey into adulthood which is complicated b ...
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The Light Workers by Tlotlego Mokgale
8 2 4
The Light Workers is a YA Novel by Tlotlego Mokgale, a blogger and Writer from Pretoria. This book is inspired by her curiosity surrounding the Mystical world. She describes the book as a mixture of the adventures and mysticism found in JK Ro ...
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Chewing Glass by Merle Grace
37 8 4
These three short stories are part of an anthology of stories that celebrate being different, standing out, and making peace with the past, without giving in to social norms. They are a celebration of uniqueness and finding your own voice, no matter ...
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Through Her Eyes by Ayanda Xaba
165 75 4
Ziningi tells her story as she gets lost in life, finds a new life partner and is an accessory to crimes she had never imagined. She tried to get her life together when little Zahra is introduced to her. This is the story of the Mgabaye village throu ...
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Inconsistencies by Sichone Noah
10 2 4
Michael is a typical high school student, in a boring town where nothing happens. He spends most of his time with his two best friends, and relaxing in the comfort of a town that thrives on predictability. Life is normal for him until he is hit with ...
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Loss: A collection of short stories by Tumelo Moleleki
173 56 4
This is a short story collection comprising of one short story and two novelettes. The theme of the stories are centered around loss. It explores how each of the protagonists deal with the losses that they encounter.
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Tears, Shadow Of My Past by David Lungu
7 1 4
Tears, Shadow Of My Past, a drama and thriller genre story telling the tale of two lovers with the male spouse having a hidden past.
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Mom, and the Prince of devastation by Mlunghisi
35 3 4
A boy, in search of a significance to liken to that of his own; looking for a mother after he had lost his, someone who will steer him right, through the turbulence of youth, and offer a bosom, when he goes into that good night. He found her, in a wa ...
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The Marriage Theory by Keri-lee Muller
85 28 4
In a world where marriage and love no longer appear to be synonymous and eternal, Nick Brady has found himself desperate for a solution; a solution which will help him prove his theory once and for all: Love and marriage aren’t synonymous. Nick sets ...
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Story Title Tags Reads Reviews Ave Rating Score
Knowledge is The New Bliss CompetitionEntry 303 202 4,95 1303
Don't Blink CompetitionEntry 300 221 4,46 1285
Dark Tales CompetitionEntry 178 133 4,64 795
One evening at the end of summer CompetitionEntry 185 76 4,25 508
Through Her Eyes CompetitionEntry 165 75 4,03 467
Loss: A collection of short stories CompetitionEntry 173 56 4,02 398
The Light Workers CompetitionEntry 85 63 4,7 381
The Marriage Theory CompetitionEntry 85 28 5 225
Uncle Sbu CompetitionEntry 68 33 4,27 209
Chewing Glass CompetitionEntry 37 8 5 77