Slingshots Will Be Executed

Image by Abdul Bacet ‘This operation is important to us. Very important. Even more important than lessons, homework, or solving riddles. We can’t mess this up, because Ziwar’s fate is at stake.’

Fiction 1st April 2026

Marie Bamyani

Marie is a psychologist and writer. She completed her degree in psychology at Kabul University after which she went to India to complete a master’s degree in communication management. Living back in Kabul she worked as a communications manager for various NGOs whilst also establishing her own women-led counselling service, called The Meaning of Life. Marie is a contributor to My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird (MacLehose Press, 2022), Rising After the Fall (Scholastic, 2023), My Dear Kabul (Coronet/Hodder, 2024) and Tongueless Speaker (Nogaam, 2024). Her short stories have appeared in Moveable Type, The Markaz Review and Writers Mosaic. Marie now lives in Germany.