15 stories
The Debt Collector
His uncle owes him two million shillings. The family has no money—but they have women willing to pay in other ways.
Behind on Rent
Two months behind. Eviction looming. His landlady has a proposal—one that doesn't involve money. By the time he agrees, he realizes she's been planning this since he moved in.
Poker Night
He loses big at poker. The winner isn't another player—it's his friend's mother, who owns the house, bankrolled the game, and now collects her winnings from every man at the table.
Rent Due
He's three months behind on rent. She's a landlady who knows exactly what she wants. When she offers an alternative payment plan, he discovers that some debts are meant to be paid in person.
The Debt
Her husband owes fifty thousand to the wrong people. When they come to collect, he offers them something unexpected: her. She's supposed to hate it. She doesn't.
House Rules
She owns the building. All six units. All young male tenants, all behind on rent, all paying the same way. Tonight she's making her rounds—apartment to apartment, collecting what's owed.
Debt Collection
She paid for the wedding. The house. His wife's lifestyle. Now she's collecting on the debt—not in money, but in him. Weekly visits to her estate. Mandatory.
Past Due
He's three months behind on rent. His landlady has a proposal that doesn't involve money.
The Debt Collector's Wife
Her husband collects debts for Mombasa's moneylenders. When a young man can't pay, she offers a different kind of collection. Some debts are settled in flesh.
The Landlady
Rent's due. He can't pay. She has other arrangements in mind.
Landlady
He's three months behind on rent. She has alternative payment arrangements.
Deni la Nyumba
Rent is three months late. The landlord is in Dubai. His thick wife comes to collect—but she doesn't want money. She wants payment in flesh. Monthly. Until the debt is cleared.
Mkopeshaji
Father died owing the village moneylender. The debt transfers to the son. But the thick moneylender doesn't want money—she wants him. Weekly payments. In her bedroom. Until the debt is 'satisfied.'
Overflow
A wounded runner wakes up on her table. The payment plan is going to take a while.
The Landlady of Stone Town
She owns half the rental rooms in Stone Town. When a young student can't pay his rent, she offers an alternative arrangement. Some debts are paid in currency. Others in service.