Designed to amplify the authentic voices of emerging writers, Turquoise Dreams is a short story collection depicting life experiences through the eyes of women in modern day Southern Africa. With contributing writers from Matebeleland, Midlands, Masvingo, Mashonaland and Manicaland, the stories portray post-colonial struggles amidst societal degeneration within a declining economic environment in Zimbabwe and beyond its borders. There are 29 short stories in total, each ranging between 1500 and 7000 words, by the following 10 writers: - Tinatswe Mhaka - Mantate Queeneth Mlotshwa - Nyasha Chiyanike - Nadia Mutisi - Chipo Mawarire - Sibonginkosi Netha - Nkosilesisa Kwanele Ncube - Gwadamirai Majange - Edith Moreblessings Virima - Panashe Mawoneke