The JRB presents ‘Blue Boy Lagoon’ by Keith Oliver Lewis, the winning short story from this year’s Short.Sharp.Stories Awards. The…
The JRB presents new short fiction by Makhosazana Xaba. I am telling the life story of a blue wedding suit…
The JRB presents new short fiction by Eckard Smuts. Let The Worms Have It By Eckard Smuts 8-45 When using…
The JRB presents new fiction by Wamuwi Mbao. Sebenza Sebenza brought recruiters to our villagesAnd took men far away to…
The JRB presents a psest by Ben Williams. Let That Sink In A writer once told me he carried around…
The JRB presents an excerpt from ‘Everywhere, Nowhere’, new short fiction by Lidudumalingani, excerpted from the new edition of Imbiza…
The JRB presents a new short story by Eckard Smuts. Home™ There it was, suspended like a giant Tinkertoy assemblage in…
The JRB presents a new short story by Abbey Khambule. The Burning Fruit The family room is wreathed in white…
The JRB presents a new short story by Patrick Flanery, which is part of a larger work. Archival Technics They say…
The JRB presents a new short story by Simon van Schalkwyk. A Second Mowing Alan was the gardener. I found him…
The JRB presents an excerpt from a work in progress by Glenn Diaz. The Capture Sleep was beginning to finally…
The JRB presents a new short story by Kiprop Kimutai. The Wood Carving On the bus to Donholm, I sat next…
The JRB presents a new short story by Zanta Nkumane. Petite Mort. When your father dies on a Friday night,…
The JRB presents a new short story by Barbara Boswell. Miss Johns The 06:55 train is late again. I groan…
The JRB presents a new short story by Keletso Mopai. The Boy and Other Disasters Papa’s face was fat and…
The JRB presents an excerpt from a work in progress, titled ‘Vacation’, by Sebastian Murdoch. ‘Oh my god, look,’ Sadie…
The JRB presents a new short story by Jarred Thompson. Waving and Drowning after Stevie Smith The door was barricaded….
The JRB presents a new short story by Wamuwi Mbao. From the Air Fare forward, you who think that you…
The JRB presents a new short story by Byron Loker. You wake up on a spaceship’s operating table surrounded by strange…
The JRB presents the winning stories of the inaugural Kendeka Prize for African Literature. The winners of the 2021 Kendeka…
The JRB presents the winning stories of the inaugural Kendeka Prize for African Literature. The winners of the 2021 Kendeka…
The JRB presents the winning stories of the inaugural Kendeka Prize for African Literature. The winners of the 2021 Kendeka…
The JRB presents a new short story by Agatha Zaza. Eye Contact This will be her husband. Litiya looks carefully at…
This week, The JRB has been publishing the winning stories from this year’s Short Story Day Africa Prize. The winners of…
This week, The JRB is publishing the three winning stories from this year’s Short Story Day Africa Prize. The winners of…
For the next three days, The JRB will be publishing the three winning stories from this year’s Short Story Day Africa…
The JRB presents a new short story by Khaddafina Mbabazi. Loyalty They were not enemies, but they were not friends…
The JRB presents a new short story by Sebastian Murdoch. The Reservoir Virginia had just gotten home from her shift…
The JRB presents a new short story by Keletso Mopai. Six Girls I In 2004, we hugged our daughters and…
The JRB presents a new short story by Jarred Thompson. Koe(k)sisters after Caroline Peters These days Oupa Ice-cream’s bell rings all…
The JRB presents a new short story by Byron Loker. Cobbled Together: A Lockdown Story I live now on a…
The JRB presents an excerpt from a work-in-progress by Wamuwi Mbao. In Search of an Exit It was a thoughtful…
The JRB presents new fiction by Richard de Nooy. Five Parables About My Personality 1. CuriousI steer my school bus…
The JRB presents a new short story by Makena Onjerika. ~~~ Black Beauty Our housegirl Scolastica only ever wore a…
The JRB presents new short fiction by Jerry Chiemeke. The piece is written in Warri Pidgin English, a dialect of…
The JRB presents a new short story by Fred Khumalo. ~~~ Mr Big Stuff 1. Harry is butchering Barry White’s…
The JRB presents a new short story by Lelissa Girma. Middle, beginning or end There was a series of confused…
The JRB presents a new short story by Zanta Nkumane. Mad About the Boy He comes to me one night,…
The JRB presents a new short story by Sebastian Murdoch. Georgia’s Errand ‘Doesn’t that get boring?’ I ask Boone one…
The JRB presents a new short story by Khanya Mtshali. The Survivor’s Group Every Friday morning, just before her earliest…
