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    • A yellow leaf

    • 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...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Storm Warning

    • Storm Warning
    • Hurricanes
    • A hurricane is approaching and already the heavy rains are causing physical destruction and severe hardship for the people. For example, Silver has a terrible toothache and because of the storm he is unable to get to the dentist; Pinkie, desperate...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • City stricken to the bone

    • City stricken to the bone
    • Hurricanes ; Social classes ; City and town life
    • The author presents a microcosm of city life including : “wealthy bourgeoisie” who lives uptown; the “ pale stenographer in the administrative office; men and women living in “teeming shacks”; and “the… vice-ridden, violent myrmidons and the poor...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Lunch hour rush

    • Lunch hour rush
    • Love stories
    • Milly is the best waitress in the restaurant and she is counting on this to help her to get a raise of pay so she and Phil can get married soon. However, her plan to confront her boss about the matter and give him an ultimatum, if he refuses, goes...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • God made Little apples

    • 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...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Hurricane

    • Hurricane
    • Historical fiction
    • The hurricane sweeping over the land not only destroys Crawford’s banana plantation but also unleashes destruction in his family as he learns of his daughter falling in love with the young overseer at Severn. This unwelcome development and the loss...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Red dirt don't wash

    • 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...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • A piece of rope

    • A piece of rope
    • Family relationships ; Fathers and sons ; Country life
    • Young Jimmy seems set to follow in his father’s footsteps as a no-good thief and gambler until he is unexpectedly employed as a yard boy. He badly wants to maintain the trust Busha places in him, but the frequent beatings with a piece of rope...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles

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