Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean

by Kevin Baldeosingh, Barbara Jenkins, Sharon Millar

Best New Stories from the Caribbean features outstanding entries from the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2013, including the winning story, The Whale House by Sharon Millar. In The Whale House , a woman recovers from a miscarriage whist wrestling with an old conflict and a long kept secret. Bush medicine, teenage sexuality, and difficult moral choices culminate in this uniquely Trinidadian story one of marriage and the secrets we keep from the ones closest to us. In A Good Friday by Peepal Tree Press author Barbara Jenkins, a mysterious woman enters a strange bar straight from church one Good Friday, where she meets a smooth operator bent on seduction. Peekash Press is a collaboration between Peepal Tree Press in Europe and Akashic Books in North America. The imprint is founded to unearth and champion homegrown talent in the Caribbean.Featuring these brand-new The Whale House by Sharon Millar (Trinidad & Tobago) A Good Friday by Barbara Jenkins (Trinidad & Tobago) Reversal of Fortunes by Kevin Baldeosingh (Trinidad & Tobago) The Monkey Trap by Kevin Hosein (Trinidad & Tobago) The Science of Salvation by Dwight Thompson (Jamaica) Waywardness by Ezekel Alan (Jamaica) Berry by Kimmisha Thomas (Jamaica) Father, Father by Garfield Ellis (Jamaica) All the Secret Things No-One Ever Knows by Sharon Leach (Jamaica) This Thing We Call Love by Ivory Kelly (Belize) And the Virgin's Name Was Leah by Heather Barker (Barbados) Amelia by Joanne Hillhouse (Antigua & Barbuda) Mango Summer by Janice Lynn Mather (Bahamas)

140 pages, Paperback

Published April 7, 2014

Reviews

[S.Ravkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book as part of my reading of the world project. It is a collection of short stories by different authors. Overall all it is a fun mix of topics and genres - humor, supernatural, spooky, friendship drama. Some of the stories are excellent, some are not as strong. But it is my thought that the stories a reader may prefer are based on the genres they prefer, and so I am not willing to rate each individual story. It is definitely a fun solid read. If you enjoy short stories, or enjoy Caribbean storytelling, then this is a must read. If you are looking to explore Caribbean writers, this is a good place to start because you can maybe identity some preferred authors without dedicating the time to a complete book.