Looking Dead: The Upright

Akukho ukuthenga okungaphakathi kohlelo lokusebenza, akukho zikhangiso. Khokha kanye, jabulela indaba ephelele. Ngena esangweni legazi lesikhombisa njengesivakashi sesipoki bese uthatha umlindelo wezinsuku ezinhlanu: vikela amatshe amane aphawulwe kuze kufike ibhasi lenkungu. Njalo lapho ithagethi lifa, ukuba khona kokuziphindiselela ngemuva kwesango kuphula olunye uphawu futhi kube okwesabekayo kakhulu. Abantu abangaziwa abayishumi nesishiyagalolunye babuthana ekhefini, bahlukane ngamaqembu, bese bengena edolobheni elimanzi lapho isithunzi sihlala sibheke phezulu. Ukuhleba, ukukhohlisa, nokuthembeka okuguqukayo kufiphaza umugqa phakathi komngane nosongo. Njengoba ukubala phansi kuqina, kufanele ufunde abantu, ubuze yonke inkomba, bese unquma ukuthi uzimisele kangakanani ukufaka engozini kubantu ongabazi kanye nawe. Le noveli ebonakalayo ihlanganisa ukwesaba kokusinda, imfihlakalo, kanye nokucindezeleka kwengqondo, nokukhetha okulinganisa ukwethembana nokuzivikela. Imvula ayipheli. Isango liyabuka. Ungasinda yini izinsuku ezinhlanu bese ufika ebhasini?