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Featuring a preface by way of Olive Senior.

Includes the 2013 Commonwealth Prize-winning tale "The Whale condominium" by way of Sharon Millar.

Akashic Books and Peepal Tree Press, of the key publishers of Caribbean literature, release a joint Caribbean-focused imprint, Peekash Press, with this anthology. Consisting fullyyt of brand-new tales through authors residing within the zone (not easily authors from the region), this assortment gathers the superior entries to the Commonwealth brief tale Prize, together with a mixture of demonstrated and up-and-coming writers from islands during the Caribbean.

Featuring those brand-new stories:

"The Whale residence" by means of Sharon Millar (Trinidad & Tobago)
"A strong Friday" by way of Barbara Jenkins (Trinidad & Tobago)
"Reversal of Fortunes" by means of Kevin Baldeosingh (Trinidad & Tobago)
"The Monkey capture" via Kevin Hosein (Trinidad & Tobago)
"The technology of Salvation" by means of Dwight Thompson (Jamaica)
"Waywardness" by way of Ezekel Alan (Jamaica)
"Berry" through Kimmisha Thomas (Jamaica)
"Father, Father" via Garfield Ellis (Jamaica)
"All the key issues No-One Ever is familiar with" by means of Sharon Leach (Jamaica)
"This factor We name Love" through Ivory Kelly (Belize)
"And the Virgin's identify was once Leah" through Heather Barker (Barbados)
"Amelia" via Joanne Hillhouse (Antigua & Barbuda)
"Mango summer time" by way of Janice Lynn Mather (Bahamas)

and others!