Short stories tagged with Caribbean

Listing 8 stories.

As a member of a 1950's West Indies African/Indian family steeped in superstitious tradition, a teenage boy has four encounters with a spirit that comes to collect the dead, with the last taking someone he loves dearly.

An ex-New Yorker with a secret past finds his idyllic Caribbean lifestyle threatened after someone delivers two breadfruits to the bar he owns.

When a Black teenage girl is groped at a club, she quickly realizes that everyone will place the blame on her. She thinks back to an old friend who was cornered in a similar situation and abandoned by everyone else.

After a young woman inherits a mythical Caribbean trait from her bloodline, her grandmother must intervene to make sure she is not overcome by it.

A young Barbadian woman takes her twisted revenge on a scorned lover during a bacchanalian Carnival celebration.

A young woman’s insatiable hunger draws her to the sea, and despite her mother's efforts fights to suppress her daughter's urges, she is increasingly unable to hide her true self.

A woman who suffers from an unknown illness on a cruise is haunted by the ship’s doctor.

Two men and their girlfriends sail on their way to a dope deal. However, along the way, they are sabotaged by islanders and face the fatal struggle against the currents.