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  • The Talisman
  • Love; Man-woman relationship
  • He decided that the wonderful almost mystical bonding between them as lovers had to be broken, and to him fell the unpleasant task. He felt that he had given his all to the affair while to her it was not serious but something she could set aside...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Three people in search of the moon
  • Love ; Man-woman relationships
  • Gwena finds herself at the centre of a strange love triangle with all three of them wanting the moon and none seemed destined to have it. Both men want Gwena as a woman, but she wants Peter only as master of her body, while she wants mastery over...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Start of something again
  • Man-woman relationship; Interpersonal relations; Hurricanes
  • Duckett and Silver meet regularly at their favourite restaurant to talk about art and politics as the city grows restless in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. During this time, Silver is flirting dangerously with a married woman right...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • The Moon or a penny
  • Love stories ; Man-woman relationships
  • Dick is repeatedly frustrated with his fiancé’s prudish attitude towards sex even after they are engaged. She never seems to understand the all-consuming passion that drives him to desire a total union of body, soul and spirit. Her seeming...
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  • Let us walk among our wild oats
  • Love stories ; Man-woman relationships
  • Dennis finds himself reliving scenes and events from his past life including his relationships with women - Eileen with whom he had a special bond, and her sister Ann, whom he fell in love with but never married. The mix of memories about the two...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Till the end of time
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Clive told her he wanted the beautiful black girl to be his model, but his wife doubted his intentions were that honourable. Accusing his wife of jealousy, Clive attempts to engage the services of the said beauty at the nightclub and this leads to...
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  • 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...
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  • Don't stop me laughing
  • Love stories ; Adultery ; Man-woman relationships
  • Although Sherry has another man, she is having an affair with Silver but the relationship is becoming impossible and likely to end although Silver insists he wants it to last forever. For one, she still feels some commitment to her man Jim, but...
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  • Red dirt don't wash
  • Love stories ; man-woman relationships
  • Adrian, a simple country yokel, falls deeply in love with Miranda, a refined, city-bred lady’s maid. He feels woefully inadequate, but nevertheless, he tries to win her heart and this leads him to even buy a pair of shoes for his usually bare...
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  • A yellow leaf
  • Love stories ; Man-woman relationships
  • A thirty-six year old man find himself developing a passion for a blossoming soon-to be seventeen year-old and he is not sure what to do about it. Sensing that his feelings are being reciprocated, he ponders the many ramifications of such a...
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  • 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.
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  • God made Little apples
  • Man-woman relationships ; Life
  • A husband is fed up with the daily grind that allows him to eke out a decent existence, but prevents him from experiencing the joys of life. He feels trapped by respectability, a low paying job and his growing desire for the youthful live-in helper...
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