Caribbean

Staying Afloat in Guyana

‘Oats’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

‘A Hurricane and the Price of Fish’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

'Son-Son's Birthday' was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   Kingston, Jamaica: Mi wake up this morning like…

The Riverton City Dump

'An Elephant in Kingston' was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. View the full shortlist here.

'Passage' won the overall 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and the regional prize for the Caribbean.

'The Boss' was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. View the full shortlist here.

And now they say you dead. That your body did wash up at Hot Pot in the middle of the…

I was living on Long Island, New York when Hurricane Donna came through in 1960. I was a kid, how…

It all start when Granddaddy say he not giving me a dollar to buy a pack of corn curls, so…

Ophelia's words are sprinkling, tinkling in my ears. They smell like cut grass just washed with rain. I want to…

My daddy is Prime Minister. I was born in the back room of a whore house on Popeshead Street. I…

Nassau was hot. The limestone foundation of the island burned through Tonia’s shoes and scalded her feet. Her chest felt…

The role of Gardener passes from one woman to another in this story. The first I encountered — I thought…

Samson Street was a dead end. But it came alive the day of Tantie Lucy’s Thanksgiving service for Saxxy.