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    • Thunderhead

    • Thunderhead
    • City and town life
    • The author provides short insights into the lives of different people in the city at a time of social turbulence: Joie and Sam looks forward to Christmas together but tragedy intervenes; a seventeen year old boy furtively tries to seduce a girl...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Ed is coming home

    • Ed is coming home
    • Marriage; Man-woman relationship
    • Joie keeps her husband fully informed about their neighbour who has a husband in New York and is left in Jamaica to cope with two small children. Joie feels sorry for her, but Sam less so as he notices the regular visits to their neighbour of a man...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • World's End

    • World's End
    • Death; Loss; Fathers and sons
    • The old man’s world seems to have come to an end with the death of his donkey, his only means of making a living. As he and his son inform the regular customers on his donkey cart route, a few show sympathy but most appear indifferent. Only when he...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Coincidence or ducks

    • Coincidence or ducks
    • Witchcraft ; Obeah ; Ghost stories
    • Sam finally decides to shoot his neigbour’s troublesome ducks which won’t keep out of his yard, but his severe action incurs the wrath of their owner, Miss Harkness, who many believes can work obeah. Despite their doubts, due to the many strange...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Gravel in his shoes

    • Gravel in his shoes
    • Man-woman relationships
    • The washerwoman did the laundry with meticulous care in the same way that she ordered her personal life, choosing to live above the common concerns and unkind gossip of her neighbours. She just wanted to be left alone to savour the living bond...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles

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