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    • Adventure

    • Adventure
    • Family life ; Imagination
    • The children engage in wildly imaginative play where the boys hunt lions and buffaloes while the girl and her doll travel to the sea where she hears the lap of the waves and watch as the frail boat struggles to stay afloat against the elements....
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • An old flame

    • An old flame
    • Marriage
    • Janet puts all her efforts into helping her friend Linda revive her marriage which had become very routine and dull. As she tries to help Linda, the truth suddenly dawns on Janet that in order to save her own marriage from boredom she herself needs...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • An Old flame

    • An Old flame
    • Marriage
    • Janet puts all her efforts into helping her friend Linda revive her marriage which had become very routine and dull. As she tries to help Linda, the truth suddenly dawns on Janet that in order to save her own marriage from boredom she herself needs...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Angela King

    • Angela King
    • King, Angela; University of the West Indies-Degrees; Degrees, Academic
    • Angela King, whose roots trace back to St. Ann and Morant Bay, Jamaica, has been bestowed with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. She has exemplified a steadfast commitment to justice and freedom throughout her life. Notably, in 1997, she assumed...
    • Citations to Recipients of UWI Honorary Degree
    • Anything can Happen

    • Anything can Happen
    • Love stories ; City and town life
    • The bar serves as a meeting place for various people: a discontented wife who does not want to stay home with her child; a disgruntled lover, kept from his beloved by her brother; three dangerous looking men who later feature in a rape; and a...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Barometer falling

    • Barometer falling
    • Interpersonal relations; Women
    • The author gives a bird’s eye view of life among a variety of people on a given day and concludes with the story of Connie whose dog had bitten her friend’s child. Every day Connie feared the child’s mother would confront her with a medical bill,...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Black magic

    • Black magic
    • Horse-racing ; Suicide
    • Ruth recounted her story of how her handbag featured in the suicide of an ex-jockey whom she accidentally encountered and who insisted that she bet on the horse “Black Magic”, a sure winner. The man was in desperate need and was counting on some of...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Blackout

    • Blackout
    • Racism
    • A chance encounter of a white American woman and a black Jamaican man one night on the street during a black out at the time of WW2 brings to fore the tension between the two races. The woman is left questioning many of her racial assumptions...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Blue Roses

    • Blue Roses
    • Man-woman relationships ; Marriage
    • A husband, bored and somewhat annoyed with the solicitous attitude of his wife, longs for his privacy and solitude, but when his chance for solitude actually comes, he finds the time apart from her unbearable.
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Buddies

    • Buddies
    • Love stories ; Jealousy ; Violence
    • Aston and Rufus were friends until the day they quarreled over Silvie, Aston’s girl. He felt that Rufus was being too friendly with her and so in a jealous rage Aston attacked his friend. Rufus was prepared to continue the fight until, battered and...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Buried treasure

    • Buried treasure
    • Deception ; Buried treasure ; Man-woman relationships
    • As far as Joshua is concerned, women are not very smart and he has no intention of spending his fortune on his wife who considers him mean and lazy. He denies these accusations along with her saying he is easy prey to any conman, until the stranger...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Cannon off the red

    • Cannon off the red
    • Marriage ; Man-woman relationships
    • Wiseman and his wife’s relationship is like a deadly game of billiard with each trying to out-manoeuvre the other. Ella uses the weapon of flagrant infidelity to wound his self-esteem, while her husband relies on his superior brute force to inflict...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Christmas Eve

    • Christmas Eve
    • Christmas stories; City and town life; Rural life; Interpersonal relations; loss
    • Christmas Eve is usually a time of food, laughter and good cheer, but for some like Connie, there is little cause to celebrate. In the country, she listens to her family’s chatter as they express their wishes for a better new year. Mass Jim talks...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Confetti

    • Confetti
    • Interpersonl relations
    • Mabel’s invitation to a party brought forth diverse responses form her guests—some came out of curiosity as to why they were invited; others felt flattered at being considered one of the in crowd; while yet others came to stir up old rivalries or...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles

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