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    • Holy terror

    • Holy terror
    • Earthquakes - Jamaica - 1907; City and town life ; Riots
    • An about-to-be retired reporter shares some of his many on-the-job experiences with a junior colleague. These include the Darling Street riots and the 1907 earthquake with its terrible scenes of human suffering and devastation.
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The white wing

    • The white wing
    • Marriage ; Man-woman relationships
    • While the wife basks in the satisfaction of the orderly life she has created in Jamaica after migrating from England, her husband feels trapped like a bird in a cage because circumstances force him to be too dependent on his wife who seems intent...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The Old mill

    • The Old mill
    • Aging
    • The old man sadly surveys his property, including the sugar mill, and he watches all the various activities and antics of the workers as they boil the sugar. Regrettably, he will have to leave it all behind to a stranger because one of his sons is...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The Moon or a penny

    • 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...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Acorn into oak

    • Acorn into oak
    • Life ; Death ; Birth ; Philosophy
    • The country doctor finds himself called upon to tend a dying old man and soon after to help bring a baby into the world. The juxtaposition of these two events causes him to ponder the physical and philosophical aspects of birth and death.
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • 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
    • Blind man's buff

    • Blind man's buff
    • Love stories ; Man-woman relationships
    • Three young women set off for to catch water from the spring at Blind Man’s Hollow where very often there are mysterious sounds and happenings. The girls are not bothered by these things as they enjoy themselves with carefree abandon, especially...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • A Man can laugh

    • A Man can laugh
    • Boxing ; Love stories
    • Having just won the boxing match, Nick did not like listening to Spink, his manager, telling him that he would only be good for a few more fights because his legs were giving out. Nick’s uncertainty about the nature of the relationship between his...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • And one

    • And one
    • Philosophy ; Love stories
    • 1,461 persons perished aboard the torpedoed vessel, and the odd figure of one makes the protagonist ponder the meaning of life as “…The vastness of the heavens and its stars made him think of infinity and the relative insignificance of a lone...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • 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
    • The China Pig

    • The China Pig
    • Marriage ; Adultery
    • Henry, though married, finds himself developing a growing passion for Crystal, his friend Paul’s wife. She obviously shares his feelings and he tries very hard to resist but his attempts prove futile until Paul brings matters to a head by talking...
    • 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
    • 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

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