Historias de Westindies

This collection emulates the feelings that engulfed me when i first met a person who i regarded as my lover. It's a work in progress

Memes , jokes and experiences join the Jamaican fun

Oneshots taking place in the Caribbean. These are not complicated stories. They're just for fun. There's no particular order. If I do end up writing sequel to a specific oneshot, I will say so in the segment title.

narrative free-verse dreamlike stories, written through poetry.

A taxi driver notices the changes in Independence Boulevard since freedom was gained from Britain. A free-wheeling spirit spends his time gambling and engaging in riots. A man is sentenced to death for the murder of his lover. Two women escape racial conflict and seek a better life at home and abroad. A housewife has faced the last straw with her husband. A mailman is caught in the middle of the World Trade Centre terrorist attack. These are some of the characters encountered in this engaging collection of short stories from the pen of Ken Puddicombe.

Expatriate Marcus Jacobson wants to make a difference on newly independent Saint Anglia where he is taking up a professorship but there are forces that will test his expectation. The military, under General Marks stages a coup, and Hurricane David is heading for the island. Marcus also has skeletons in his closet. He's descended from the Planter Class that once owned slaves on the island. He's torn-does he have the right to get involved in the politics of the island or should he be a bystander? The people Marcus encounters will determine his attitude to the Junta. These people include: Melanie, a student who thinks force should be used to restore democracy; Father Bert, a priest who believes in Liberation Theology; Clarence Baptiste, editor of the local newspaper who will use the media to oppose; The Reverend who runs a dirty tricks campaign for the Junta; Kentish, an islander who is a pacifist by nature and believes that events should run their course. Marcus finds himself being inexorably drawn towards Melanie and when she takes matters into her own hands, the decision is made. But, the Junta is determined to hold on to power at all cost.

Hear me now.

I am a die hard cricket fan, and these are my predictions for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in February/March, 2015. (Don't mean to offend any nation's cricketing fan. These predictions are only based on statistics and ground facts. Anything could happen on field.)

Victoria did not think that her family's ancestral secret could be shared, even less by a man who roams the seas searching for treasure and for his identity. She is thrown in a world of travels, of stories, of adventures she had only read about, confronted to a reality she was not aware existed.

This is an autobiography that takes the form of four parts; early childhood, late childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Take this trip with me down memory lane with me as I look back on the good, the bad and the ugly of my childhood and how it made me the person I am today

In the 3rd T20, India won the series 3-0 with a stunning victory in the last T20 match against the West Indies. Bowling first, the Indian team stopped the West Indies for 146-6 runs in 20 overs due to the excellent bowling of Deepak Chahar, in this match, Deepak took three wickets for just 4 runs and showed good bowling. Navdeep Saini also took 2 wickets for 34 runs.

Guyana is a hidden gem with stories waiting to be told. Stories about its lush emerald trees, its unique and delicious foods, its culture and beauty. A beautiful country uniting in unity together as One People, One Nation, and One Destiny. 'Home' is a Non-Fiction piece about a young teenage girl returning home for a short visit after many years. She rediscovers forgotten memories from her childhood while growing up in Guyana.

Because why the hell not? Do not let the peaceful cover fool you. Maybe put that English expression of "don't judge a book by its cover" to work Who am I kidding... You're human.

Isabella Ruth-Ann Wilton, heiress to the Wilton Estates and Manors and semi-citizen of Britain and the British West Indies: belonged in a quite peculiar predicament. Her father just might be dead and without his protection, she just might have to flee everything she's ever known in the Western Isle and take refuge in the cutthroat, 1820, English society. Duke William Cavendish, The 6th Duke of Devonshire, is the fully British sire of one of the oldest, most powerful duchies in all of England. With this power, comes great responsibility. And with great responsibility comes a generally unbearable gentleman of a Duke. In Bella's time of trouble, she is sent to live with the cold, chilling and calculating Duke as per her father's orders. However, when these two personalities collide in a flurry of sexual attraction, sinful temptation with an unsolved mystery as to who leaked the evidence of treason against Lord Wilton and ultimately cause his death; will Lady Bella and Duke Cavendish succumb to the burning magnetism that consumes them both, or will Lady Bella allow society to dictate exactly what a woman of her colour should and should naught do? In a world where love and race are challenged by each other; and sexual attraction does not always lead to affection, will the odds be in one's favour or will one leave England with a broken heart?

Two rival people, poor bahamaians and immigrant haitians dislike each other because of a love gone wrong that happened in the past. A bahamian woman (Pre'Nell) fell in love with a haitian man (Peterson) and the bahamian man (William) who Pre'Nell was arranged to marry didn't like this so he killed Peterson and Pre'Nell. He went to the obeah man and placed a curse that if the two races ever fall in love with each other, there will be tragedy withn in two months. From that day on both people had beef with each other. The Bahamains saw it as if Pre'Nell had never met Peterson it would have never happened. And the haitians saw it as if Pre'Nell obeyed her fathers orders they both would have been here. Therefore both races blamed each other. Now, it has happened again where a haitian girl (Juiliette) fall in love with a bahamian boy (Leon) but, with a twist. A forbidden love that may or may not turn into a tragedy.

This is a simple guide to the vernacular of Trinidad & Tobago, which is where I'm from. I used to do similar posts on my Facebook profile so I decided to compile them in a book that I can just keep updating. So whether you're a fan/tourist of Trinidad & Tobago or just curious about another culture this book is for you! Take a read, leave a comment, ask questions and I'll answer them for you! If you have any words or phrases that you would like to see added feel free to let me know as well.