Mphatso Nkhoma

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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2 Stories

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“Us” by Mphatso Nkhoma

Submitted to Contest #43

When you see us you see twins. You see a woman and her sister, a heart and its soul. Then you open us, lay us arms akimbo and realise that we are made of the same intensity, fed from the same milk. Our hearts steeled to the same nonsense, our minds empathizing to the tears. Yet to each other we are bulls. Unwilling and unyielding. Lost in the sea of misunderstanding, hanging on to the fragile hope of reconciliation. Why has our relationship strained and struggled to rebuild? Is it because we are twins just born in different eras? Is it becau...

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“Margaret the Thief” by Mphatso Nkhoma

Submitted to Contest #42

I am a thief, or as the French call us, ‘voleuse’. Additionally, you could also call me a yegg. I’m not sure if this counts as a secret because im sure the people closest to you are supposed to be unaware of such fact and I have no one to hide it from. So really, Im not sure if this counts. I’m trying to be authentic and funny, poignant while chilling. An apparently graceless combination that holds you to a task you created for yourself. I guess maybe what I hoped for was an apparent classic. One where you open you’re the first page and your...

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Author bio

I am a 19 year old aspiring writer based in Malawi.