Nothing packs a punch like a collection of well written short stories. Consistency and conciseness are key and Yvette Lisa Ndlovu delivers with this anthology. In this volume, you will be introduced to Zimbabweans, both in the country and those living in the diaspora. Ndlovu covers diverse genres from fantasy, horror, magical realism, sci-fiction plus human-interest stories. In the latter, she deals with social themes like sexual assault, suicide, and misogyny. The book also provides political commentary about colonization, the bloody liberation struggle, and post-independent Zimbabwe with its oppression and police brutality.

Yvette Lisa Ndlovu calls herself a Zimbabwean surangano (storyteller). She has a BA from Cornell University (2021) and is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst where she teaches in the Writing Program. While this is her debut collection, her short stories have appeared in various anthologies. To follow her on social media, look for @lisa_teabag.

#ZimbabweLitMonth is curated by novelist Sue Nyathi. She is a published Zimbabwean author of four fiction titles: The Polygamist (2012), The Gold Diggers (2018), A Family Affair (2020), and An Angel’s Demise (2022). She also edited a nonfiction anthology titled When Secrets Become Stories, Women Speak Out (2021). You can visit her website here and follow her on Twitter at @SueNyathi.