Butterfly Effect by Amy Kitcher (Lucent Dreaming Issue 12)
Born betwixt times — head in the old year, feet in the new — Nyathera’s tiny fists punched the air like she wanted to fight the world.“Love her well, mumewangu,” implored her mother, but the words died even before the umbilical was cut, leaving her bitter father to raise Nyathera on goat’s milk, cassava and shame.The meagre diet didn’t stunt