Author: Florence Kahuhu
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At The Host Stand
I trot into the restaurant late, again. Droplets of rain roll off my hair and coat, onto the tiled floor of the ‘Golden unagi’, the sushi restaurant I finally found that had a host spot open. My fourth shift and I’m already getting a bit too comfortable. Profanity lights up my imagination at memory of…
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Spring House Ball
Mrs. Wordsworth’s French residence has always been the topic of conversation back in England. Apparently, the gossip is even greater here in Loire. See, entry to the residence is a rarity. Be it about the loneliness Mrs. Wordsworth might feel after the passing of her beloved nearly ten years past, or the isolation she keeps…
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A Gentlemanly debate. Which is better, film or TV show?
The Gentlemen (film) has been my go-to comfort movie when I want a bit of laughter, a lot of sexy gangsters running around London getting revenge, and the inner workings of a marijuana crime syndicate. Guy Richie, English film director, screenwriter, and creator of The Gentleman brings in a concoction of men, guns, and fighting…
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Sights We See
As first published Here on Honeycomb Literary Magazine Bright embers sparked behind my closed eyelids. Soft music twinkled in my ears, a river of soulful RnB flowing through my consciousness, and the revving of cars as they passed by us. Warm sunlight caressed my skin, and as I blew a piece of bubblegum, my eyes opened, taking…
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Risks, No Reward
As first published Here on The Connector I’m sitting in my overcrowded apartment, looking up at the glow of the TV that has had me in a trance for the last 12 hours. Friday, 31st May, the last day of the quarter and the last day you can turn in your homework. I was on a great…
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Quarter Life Crisis
Cover painting courtesy of Dylan Griggs. As first published Here on SCAN Magazine If your cup isn’t even full, do you give to others from love or fear? The descent is painful, but the climb back is so much worse. Hell has the same path in and out. You have to go through to accept…
DARK GREY 