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Rutendo Chichaya
Rutendo Chichaya is a Zimbabwean poet and writer. Her work appears in several anthologies and online literary magazines. She is the author of Anchored Stitches (2026), her first poetry collection.
Poem
WHEN WINTER CAME
smoke benign and heavy still, / enough to usher in an unfamiliar presence.
01 April 2026
Short Story
Three Is a Crowd
She queried if she had missed it in the way he had nonchalantly ordered vanilla ice cream despite her plea that chocolate pistachio was her favourite.
08 January 2026
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