Javeir Henry. Growing up in Jamaica, there are a lot of unsettling conspiracy theories that I have heard throughout my childhood. When I was younger, my mother often sent my siblings and I to stay with my grandmother during the holidays. Being at my grandma’s house, I met up with my other cousins and there…

In the spirit of Halloween, I wanted to speak on something a bit more ghoulish and haunting. A belief that many of us heard about while growing up was that of ghosts, spirits (both good and evil) and other kinds of phantom beings. Aside from the season being a reason I wanted to explore this,…

By Brianna Thomas In the small Jamaican village named Lodge nestled in St Mary between lush green hills and the rhythmic waves of the Caribbean Sea, there existed a belief that stirred the winds of folklore and mystique. The tale spoke of the elusive Silver Serpent, a mystical creature said to inhabit the depths of…

Having experienced the outside effects of dementia from interacting with some of my relatives, I have been told and now follow the belief that you should give in to the delusions of the person suffering from dementia. I have learnt from my personal contact with relatives suffering from dementia that it is a difficult disease…

Now this is the story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down… I’d like to describe myself as a fun-loving, energetic person. Maybe you wouldn’t, especially if you’re seeing me for the first, second, third, fourth – okay it takes a while to see it. The point is that those closest to…

Jamilla Morgan is in the building! I repeat, Jamilla Morgan is in the building! Yes, I am my own hype-woman. Want to know what else I am? I’m a Computer Science student who is pursuing a minor in Creative Writing at the University of the West Indies. I am a lover of all things beautiful…

Writing prompt 1| October 2 2023| Jason Tomlinson It’s not easy to talk about loss in any context because to speak on it is to recognize there is something being willingly or unwillingly extracted from your life. In a way it considered more stolen than loss as wants to lose anything but it’s an important…

When I was a boy, I lost my mind. The year was 2003. I was twelve years old and wallowing in the confluence of shadows cast by my parents’ divorce, my body changing, my sister cutting, and the impossible task of integrating into high school. I couldn’t sleep more than two to three hours a…

By Kelli-Rae Francis | Writing Prompt 1 | October 1, 2023 When many people hear the word “LOSS”, they think of  losing a loved one to death. The truth is, that as humans we have all experienced loss in some form. Either we have lost a loved one, our sense of self, memories, our self…