Birthday Breakup and Other Stories By Silas Nyanchwani

Ø A young commercial sex worker keeps older men on a rota, each of whom unwittingly believes that he is the only one. Then her cover is blown.

Ø A young man is treated to an exciting 25^th birthday before he is dumped in the evening. He has other ideas.

Ø A Kenyan in America cancels his wedding at the last minute in a dramatic fashion of sweet revenge.

Ø A lecherous university professor sleeps with his student crush. Then he makes an unsettling discovery.

Ø A broke college graduate bets Ksh 100,000 with a richer friend to take a TV star out on a date but jealousy gets in the way.

Ø A boss and a junior employee sneak their female colleague for a Valentine’s Day vacation but end up staying in the same hotel. Blackmail ensues, with disastrous consequences.

Prior to writing his best-selling novel, Sexorcised, Nyanchwani experimented with short stories, some of which were published in The East African. This collection is a compilation of his early writing full of potential, displaying his roaming and roving eyes at work. This anthology hints at the sardonic humour that would eventually characterize his writing.

Silas Nyanchwani is the author of several books, including Sexorcised, 50 Memos to Men, and Man About Town. When he is not writing “Memos to Men,” he walks his dogs around Kitengela. He still claims to be Africa’s tallest writer. He is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Nairobi.