Peace Nakiyemba

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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“In the blink of an eye. ” by Peace Nakiyemba

Submitted to Contest #31

‘It’s the WindDown Hour, bringing you your favourite songs as you head back home. Drive safely as we keep you company,’ the car radio blared. She was tired. That’s what you get for working hard at your job but having tasted unemployment, she wouldn’t have it any other way. And yet she was tired. She drove a little afraid of blinking, because she was sure all the sleep hiding behind her eyelids would overwhelm her as she drove home. She’ll enjoy the weekend and call in sick on Monday so that she can prolong the weekend a little more. She was...

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“Give Caesar his chicken.” by Peace Nakiyemba

Submitted to Contest #31

Tonight’s menuDrink - Strawberry lemonade spritzerStarter - A bowl of fruit saladMain course - Caesar chicken served with pilao rice, a side dish of cabbage rollsDessert - Lemon pudding cakeGuaranteed - White wine & waterDress code - The little black dress you’ve been saving for my funeral. I told my mother ‘no’ when she suggested I have a dinner party. And yet the woman has an uncanny way of always getting what she wants. She’s getting concerned that I may not maintain my marriage, which I’m yet to enter, if I can’t cook. She is al...

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“The Perfect Place.” by Peace Nakiyemba

Submitted to Contest #30

Midlife crisis struck him early. At just thirty, his life was falling apart. He usually felt this way after socialising with his former classmates. Today was no different, especially after that wedding. When the speeches started, echoing the success of the couple, the pit in his stomach felt deeper. He needed to get out of there. He needed fresher air to breathe. He needed isolation to think. He needed to walk down memory lane in search of that defining point, when everything unraveled.He hadn’t meant to do it literally but he found himself ...

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“Parting is such sweet sorrow.” by Peace Nakiyemba

Submitted to Contest #30

Some things happen in your life and change the projected course of your life in an instant. Some of them are big and attention worthy like an earthquake, or the death of your favourite pet, or a terminal illness diagnosis. Some of them are small and negligible like getting a pimple on picture day, forgetting your own birthday or not following the dress code for a high-end party. Some of them fall in between. I think mine is an ‘in between something’.I am sitting in the airport, taking inventory of everything I have carried against everything...

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“The Pains of Abnormal.” by Peace Nakiyemba

Submitted to Contest #29

‘Oh good, you are awake. It’s about time too or the boss was going to employ unkind means,’ he heard a squeaky voice say and thought he hadn’t been able to shake the bad dream he was having. He closed his eyes and thought, one more minute and I’ll wake up in my bed at home to mum’s shouting and Ella’s whining.He opened his eyes and an old face was just above him. Startled him a little but it’s had to run anywhere when you are lying down.‘Up, up, up!! We have no time to waste,’ the old man said as he walked to the wall and pushed it revealing...

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“I call dibs!” by Peace Nakiyemba

Submitted to Contest #29

 Feb 14thDear diary, I should stop starting my entries like that but this is out of habit. I went to the cinema today to celebrate my single-hood. Follow this story to find out why this is the event I’ve picked to write about from my day. It gets real good. The cinema was a bad choice. All those nauseatingly happy couples were all over the mall and made me feel a little out of place. But I stuck it out and got a ticket for the horror movie. I’ve got to live what I blog about. It was rather full and I sat at the very front. I think my he...

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“LOVE IN THE TIME OF CRISIS” by Peace Nakiyemba

Submitted to Contest #29

They said he would be back in hours.It’s been days.I should have put up a better fight when they came. I should have known not to trust the Resistance even though we are its spies. I should never have agreed to be the one to stay behind. But all the ‘should haves’ in this world will not prompt the Resistance to keep its word and yet, I should have known better.I keep my face down as I make my way through Market Street. It is a long stretch of land, about 10km. At the end of the stretch, a few meters from the towering black gate, sits the ‘Su...

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I am so honoured that you have somehow, in the mix of all the beautiful writing on this platform, found your way here. 🤗 Hi! I'm Peace. Keep writing!!!! Peace out.