Extract from Thandi H. Dlamini's diary, year 2058:

"I never thought this day would ever come. The day when every male on the planet ceased to exist. It's absolutely mind-boggling. The words convey meaning, yet lack true coherence. While all the women celebrated this accomplishment, I harbored a deep resentment. A resentment so intense that it drove me to betray those I once trusted wholeheartedly. I am left with no one to rely on, not even my own mother. I feel lost in this realm of sorcery. Will I ultimately perish in solitude within this dystopian society?"

A World Of Women

Two hours later, disbelief still hung over me like a storm cloud. Out of all the embarrassing things I had endured in my miserable life, this was by far the worst. 


“I’d love to leave please! My next class starts in a few minutes.” 


Those were the words I had said to Amara. I still could not believe I said that. 


What kind of person says something like that? 


The words were out before I could stop them, and now they echoed in my head like a cruel joke. 


I couldn’t imagine how Amara must have felt. I still had the image of the look of her face when I left her in that classroom. The sadness in her ocean blue eyes, the frown in her eyebrows. It just...broke me. She was the one who had always been there for me—in ways no one else ever had. And that was how I treated her? My own best friend? 


Pi