THE GIANT'S TOY

About this story

There are fantasies people admit over drinks, and fantasies they only type into a blank chat window after midnight. Xolani's belongs firmly in the second category. He wants to be small. Not helpless. Not hurt. Just small enough to feel the whole world rearrange itself around a woman who knows exactly what she is doing. The Saxon is supposed to give him one anonymous night with a woman who understands. A crossed booking gives him Refilwe instead: the glamorous founder of the technology in his hand, a woman with a burgundy wave of hair, an executive's patience and a very personal interest in finding out whether his courage survives contact with reality. Their encounter begins as a mistake and becomes something neither of them planned — heat, trust and a game where every rule is spoken aloud. But Khulu Shift is built for more than one kind of transformation. By dawn, Xolani may have his ordinary size back. The question is whether ordinary will ever be enough again.