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    • Jamaica - Politics and government ; Constitutional history
    • The author harshly denounces the proposed new constitution for governing former British colonies which reveals the hypocrisy and deception of its creators who are not interested in dissolving “…the colonial system which permits the shameless...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The lady is a whore

    • The lady is a whore
    • Jamaica - Politics and government ; Atlantic Charter
    • The author discusses the inadequacies of the “Atlantic Charter” which should represent freedom for mankind. However, he sees the freedoms being promulgated as confined solely to “gentlemen of certain complexion”, although this was not stated...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The musical plumber

    • The musical plumber
    • Music ; Interpersonal relations
    • The author is awakened by the sound of lusty singing and loud hammering. Tracing both sounds he finds the source – a plumber who loves music and is more than happy to give the author a demonstration of his musical range. The plumber’s personality...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Two women in profile

    • Two women in profile
    • Women ; Biographical fiction
    • The author, a tenant, listens to the story of the lives of two women at the boarding house where he lives. They tell him about their past, show him pictures of their family and friends and for a brief moment they seem to bond, then just as quickly,...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The miracle

    • The miracle
    • Family relationships ; Man-woman relationships
    • Henry finally came around to accepting the hard labour in the field as his lot, although he had tried very hard to escape the rut. However, he felt guilty of having his wife, a former teacher who could have married better, sharing it with him all...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • That man of mine

    • That man of mine
    • Abused women; Love stories
    • Innocent Pansy, fresh from the country, comes to the city and lodges at the YWCA as a good girl should. There she acquires domestic skills that get her a live-in job in lower St. Andrew. Everything is going fine until one evening she meets a...
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • A Pot of Cyclamen

    • A Pot of Cyclamen
    • Life ; Philosophy
    • The author purchases a pot of bright flame-coloured flowers to help lessen the austerity of the grey London weather, and to remind him of his home country where the landscape seems eternally drenched in sunlight. This simple act affords him the...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles

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