Postcolonial Stories

Sunguard Special Agent Rehema Nyasi has upheld peace in the Terran Federation for over five centuries. But when an anti-insurgency mission on Jerr ends in a civilian massacre, she faces a question she can no longer ignore: What if loyalty itself is a kind of betrayal? Amid the chaos, she finds Myan Lami - a five-day-old biotic soldier, engineered to obey, now paralyzed by guilt. Haunted by the lives he was built to take, Lami is the perfect weapon beginning to think for himself. As Nyasi challenges corrupt leaders and rising racial injustice, Lami wrestles with guilt and the hope of redemption. Together, they must choose whether to follow orders, defy them, or forge a new path entirely. This story takes place in my Lords of the Stars shared universe. See my profile for other stories set in the same universe.

In an alternate history, Palestinian archaeologist-adventurer Yafa Awad and her companions embark on a quest to find a mysterious culture known only as the Lost Tribe, once sought by her mother, the famed anthropologist Dr. Yusra Hamad. However, also seeking the tribe is a band of mercenaries led by the ruthless Adriaan Kruger all of whom work on behalf of the sinister Ansuz Foundation led by the mysterious Hugo Nordmann. Would Welcome Good-Faith feedback and critiques on this version. The definitive version will take time to be released. TW: Villains express virulent racism, sexism, and antisemitism; action-adventure violence; substance abuse; one instance of sexual harassment by a villain

A few years after winning their independence from colonial oppression, the people of the newly formed state of Akanta struggle to find their place in a new country. Guerrilla fighters struggle to no be subsumed in the new state, elders find it difficult to balance old traditions in a new world, and most are only trying to stay alive after the country-side and the economy has been nearly destroyed by recently finished war.

In a land divided by fire and silence, one family stands between two worlds - London's cold restraint and Ghana's burning unrest. When Aziza returns to her mother's homeland, she's thrown into a storm of love, loss, and the haunting cost of belonging. As cities burn and loyalties crumble, the line between survival and surrender blurs - and the embers of the past refuse to die.

[COMPLETED STORY]. All's fair in love and war. But the efforts striven in the name of war translates into futility. Because the Universe states that only love transcends across space and time. Published: 12th May, 2017.

I felt the sword cutting through my neck. It was cold to my blood. Believe me or not, my blood was as shiny and deep red as theirs. Within seconds, my vision started to blur. I saw my friends running to their fear in the darkness.

"Still the phoenix sits upon / The world in fearsome form, / With a crown upon her head / And the beauty of a storm." Newfound World, c. 1699: A phoenix nests on the roof of a house in a small colonial town, sending ripples throughout the community. Why is the phoenix here? Is she friend or foe? Heaven-sent or hell-bent? The town will grapple with the bird's presence in heated clashes of suppositions, superstitions and science. _____ HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 in Allegorical (July 2020) #1 in Cautionary / CautionaryTale (June 2020) #1 in Didactic (June 2020) #1 in FantasyPoetry (August 2020) #1 in Iambic (April 2022) #2 in NarrativePoem (June 2020) #2 in Postcolonial (August 2024) _____ AWARDS: 🥇 1st place in Poetry | Autumn Awards (2020) | @GinaCharlotte 🥇 1st place in Poetry | The Talent Awards (2020) | @TheTalentAwards 🥉 3rd place in Poetry | Star Gazing Awards (2020) | @StarGazingAwards 🥉 3rd place in Poetry | The Sunshine Awards (2020) | @SunshineAwards2020

Imani Mumbi Akinyi grew up in a household where her mother served and silence was survival. Matthew Walker, the British employer's frail son, lived on the other side of that silence - privileged, protected, yet deeply lonely. Their childhood connection broke every rule. Their separation seemed final. Now, in the 1990s, Matthew returns to Nairobi - no longer weak, no longer innocent. Imani has built her life on her own terms. Yet the past waits for them, in memories, in unfinished words, and in a child Matthew never knew existed. As old wounds resurface, they must confront the legacy of power, faith, and forgiveness - and decide what it means to belong in a world still learning to heal.

A collection of poems about pain, loss, and the wounds we carry-both personal and inherited. From the arrows that pierce the heart to the rivers that stain the land, these pieces confront what it means to suffer, survive, and remember.

A postcolonial prequel to Shakespeare's The Tempest, told from Ariel's point of view.

Six people all around the world, socially adrift and isolated, bound intimately and inescapably by the chains that bind us all, the chains of capitalism

As the sun sank beneath the skyline, the port city of Chattogram was showered in a brilliant hue. The scent of salt and spice blends into the talk of the city, mixed with the mutter of ships and the thunder of the evening swarm. Within the middle of this chaos, Arif stood at the edge of the wharf, overlooking the Bay of Bengal. The waves whispered many insights to him, but the words were bizarre and unsettling. ... Arif murmured, "Conceivably. Composing in English feels like walking a tightrope. One wrong step, and you lose your balance." ... The pieces fell into place. His verse started to reflect the duality of his life - the amalgamation of his legacy and his yearnings. ...

A group of young backpackers from Manila get more than they expected when they seek out a reclusive tribe in the Scottish highlands. ☠ Originally published on microhorror.com in August 2013

If Modi indeed were to be the ninth avatar, besides restoring the purity of the Bhagvad-Gita by ridding it of its ritualistic as well as the casteist interpolations to usher in the Hindu renaissance and social unity, he would rectify the detrimental religious fault lines in the India-inimical constitution. Equally importantly, besides blinding the demographic eye of the Abrahamic faiths on Maa Bharati, he would ensure that they won't foul mouth the Hindus and their dharma. If not, he could be but a half avatar meant only to make India strong so that the external developments on the anvil - the electric vehicle short-circuit in the Muslim oil wells and the Islamic strife in the Christian world - would take care of its internal problems.

A coming of age short story that explores a post-colonial small town which held prejudice against those deemed "different". Kyle was the best footy player on his team, yet despite his skills his teammates cannot see past the colour of his skin and the history it holds. The narrative follows Timothy's perspective, a young boy in the middle of it all, disillusioned to the unjust treatment towards his teammate.

Who doesn't like going on adventures with close friends or close crushes? Enter Franz Dalembert, a regular teen embarking on a spectacular and CREEPY journey with his good friend, Chantale. What begins as a search for a "mythical snake" (Damballa) for Franz, quickly transforms into a search for both the truth and the love of his life. This is... The Serpent's Tale! Cover made by: royalhues https://www.wattpad.com/story/190167718-the-north-star

In an alternate history, Palestinian archaeologist-adventurer Yafa Awad and companions embark on a quest to find a mysterious group known only as the Lost Tribe, once sought by her mother, the famed anthropologist Dr. Yusra Hamad. However, also seeking the tribe is a band of mercenaries led by the ruthless Adriaan Kruger all of whom work on behalf of the sinister Ansuz Foundation led by the mysterious Hugo Nordmann.

They came with paper and left with everything else. The paper stayed. We have been governing ourselves with their handwriting ever since. Valdara is thirty-one years free and not free at all. The Auren Empire is gone. What remains is The Registry - their administrative backbone, buried inside the Federal Union's digital infrastructure, forgotten by everyone except the ghost of the system that built it. It gives whoever finds it something the constitution never intended any single person to have: access to everything. Every contract. Every account. Every stolen valda sitting in a ghost company's ledger while a northern village buries its children. Zara Mosa found it at 2am in a government server room, on her knees on cold concrete, following a paper trail that led from a phantom road contractor to a school convoy massacre to the quiet, catastrophic center of how Valdara actually works. She is twenty-five. She is precise, patient, and furious in the specific way of someone who has watched the same theft performed on the same people for her entire life. She is going to burn it down - not with fire, but with the Aurens' own instrument. The Registry, turned against the system it was built to protect. Rowan Vael, the man hired to stop her, calls this dangerous. He is right. Zara calls it justice. She is also right. Valdara calls it nothing yet. It doesn't know she exists. Not yet. The Registry is literary political thriller - a story about colonialism's long shadow, the mathematics of corruption, and one woman's war against a system designed to survive every attempt to fix it. For anyone who has ever watched their country perform justice without delivering it.